*Photo: Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima (commissioning the facility). To his immediate left is Ambassador Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki Gambari, founder of Kursi Group*
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has said the reforms of the administration of President Bola Ahmed...
By Idowu Olayinka*Photo: Professor Emeritus Maroof Adenrele Omar Rahaman*There are two main seasons in the tropics, namely the dry season and the wet season. However, Nigerian Geoscientists have in the recent past come up with a third season christened...
By Adesuwa Dan-Princewill For far too long, our conversations about Nigerian mining has been stuck in a loop of "untapped potential." Nigeria boasts of a geological tapestry of over 44 minerals, yet the climb from artisanal digging to large-scale,...
*Engr Jimoh delivers his inaugural address
The Edo State chapter of the Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) has commended the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for its collaboration with the association to reduce incidences of illegal mining...
Gunmen on Friday night launched a deadly attack on a mining site in Mazat community, Ropp District of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing four persons, including a pregnant woman, and leaving four others injured.Residents said...
By Tokunbo AregbesolaIn many mining operations, maintenance is treated as an unavoidable cost rather than a strategic investment. When production targets are under pressure, preventive maintenance is often the first activity to be postponed. Ironically, this short-term decision usually...
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development and Chairman of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), Dr Oladele Alake, has called for stronger regional cooperation among African nations to position the continent as a formidable force in global mineral supply...
By Olufemi Olubi, Senior Geologist, Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL)
Nigeria’s mineral endowment is not a secret. Gold, lithium, tantalum, and many other critical minerals lie beneath West Africa’s most promising geological terrain: the Pan-African orogenic belt, a region formed...
*AFNIS Roundtable led by (L-R) Secretary-General of AMSG, Moses Engadu; The Chairman of AMSG, Oladele Alake; Minister of Mining of Kenya, Ali Joho and Permanent Secretary of Solid Minerals Development of Nigeria, Engr. Farouk Yabo.
The narrative of African...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has announced plans to create a paramilitary unit to secure the country’s large mining sites.
The country's General Inspectorate of Mines (IGM), which oversees it's abundant deposits of critical minerals, announced the...
