*Photo: Managing Director of Miners Communications Limited, Alhaji Mikail Mumuni(left), presenting a copy of TheMiners magazine to Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi,Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF)*
Executive Secretary of the Solid Mining Development Fund (SMDF) ,Hajiya Fati Shinkafi was...
In a decisive move to tackle the rampant illegal mining activities plaguing Cross River State,the Chairman of the Committee on Illegal Mining and Taskforce, Prince Paul Effiong, has convened a critical meeting with top security officials in the State....
*Photo: Governor Ahmadu Fintirin of Adamawa State*
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The Adamawa State Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Mr. Ibrahim Haruna, has said that the state has large quantity of gold deposits across the state.
The Commissioner who spoke...
The Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 arraigned two Chinese siblings: Wang Jian and Wang Richard before Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Independence...
The South African government has vowed it will not send help to hundreds of illegal miners who are believed to be hiding inside an abandoned mine in the country’s North West province.Authorities have cut off food and water to...
*Photo: Mining Marshals during an exercise*
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Dr Ahmed Audi has said over 200 mining sites have been recovered from bandits and illegal miners across the country following the inauguration...
*Photo R-L: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake;Director (Human Resource Management), Mrs Ijeoma Idika and Hon Kehinde Bamigbetan, Special Adviser to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, at a press conference on Tuesday*
The Minister of Solid Minerals...
About 13 persons have been killed in a collapsed mining site in Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau.
This was confirmed to newsmen in Jos, the state capital, on Monday by Dr Joshua Riti, Chairman of the LGA...
*Photo: Dr Dele Alake*
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has charged South African investors and global mining giants to seize the opportunities presented by ongoing reforms and the improved business climate in Nigeria’s mining sector.
In...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) announced the arrest of two Chinese nationals and two Nigerians on Friday for attempting to illegally export solid minerals out of Nigeria.
The suspects, identified as Wang Jiang, Wang Richard, Donatus Agupusi,...
