*Photo: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake*
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has urged world-class mining contractors, engineering firms and equipment manufacturers to take advantage of the numerous opportunities in Nigeria’s mining sector.
He made...
A former governor of Ekiti and former Minister of Mines and Steel, Kayode Fayemi has blamed the tragedy at the mining site in Plateau state where 37 miners died on inconsistent government policy. Fayemi said in a statement at...
*Photo L - R: Mr. Tunde Fagbemi, Chairman, Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Company Limited; Mr. Simon Moses, Engineering Manager, SGS Bateman; Dr Dele Alake, Minister, Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development; Mrs Bose Owolabi, Managing Director, Dukia...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has urged global investors to channel their capital into Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, declaring the country strategically positioned to emerge as Africa’s next major mining hub.The Director of Media and Public...
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Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 40% of the world’s manganese is mined in South Africa. Substantial deposits...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has ordered the closure of areas covered by Mining Licence 11810 operated by Solid Unit Nigeria Limited owned by Abdullahi Dan-China in Zuraq, Wase Local Government of Plateau State following...
At least 38 people have been killed and many others injured following a gas explosion at a lead mining site in central Nigeria's Plateau State.
The incident occurred on Wednesday morning at a site operated by Solid Mining Company in...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, secured an interim attachment order for nine trucks loaded with assorted solid minerals, as well as the final forfeiture of the contents...
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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday reminded operators, contractors, and service companies in the upstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry of their mandatory obligation to...
A mining pit at Enyim Agalegu community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State collapsed on Saturday, leaving at least three persons dead and many others sustaining varying degrees of injury.The incident, which happened on Saturday, occurred at...
