Burkina Faso’s government has obtained its first shipment of gold bars derived from processing mining residues known as fine coal, previously abandoned at the Essakane mine.
Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo accepted the bars on behalf of interim leader...
In an effort to boost Nigeria's solid minerals sector, the country has entered into a partnership with Saudi Arabia to extract and process iron ore into steel. This collaboration was announced following discussions at the Resourcing Tomorrow event during...
*Photo: Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi*
The Association of Women in Mining Nigeria (WIMIN), led by Engr (Dr) Janet Adeyemi,has congratulated Hajia Fatima Shinkafi on her reappointment as the Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF).
WIMIN in a press...
Makems Jewellery, an Abuja-based fast-rising jewellery-making company in Nigeria, has set the city agog, as it recently held its annual jewellery exhibition with a wide range of trendy, fine and unique handmade, locally-produced and imported jewellery products on display...
*Photo: President Bola Tinubu (middle) flanked by Dr Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development (right) and Hajia Fatimah Umaru-Shinkafi, ES of SMDF*
The Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MSMD) has affirmed that the reappointment of Fatima Shinkafi as...
*Photo: Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi*
Zamfara Professionals League on Sunday thanked President Bola Tinubu for the re-appointment of the Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajia Fatimah Shinkafi.
The League, in a statement by its President, Yunana Shibkau, said Shinkafi...
*Photo: Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, Executive Secretary of SMDF/PAGMI*
President of Miners Association of Nigeria, Mr Dele Ayanleke has commended President Bola Tinubu on the re-appointment ofHajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi as the Executive Secretary of the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) and...
By Dada Olusegun
President Bola Tinubu as part of his global diplomatic shuttles to seek out more development opportunities for Nigeria through forging of partnerships with other nations, undertook a state visit to France. President Tinubu's trip to France was...
*Photo: Executive Secretary of SMDF/PAGMI, Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi*
The Zamfara State chapter of the Association of Small Scale Miners of Nigeria has congratulated the newly re-appointed Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund and Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative, SMDF/PAGMI,...
*Photo: Kano State Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development and Natural Resources, Alhaji Safiyanu Hamza Kachako*
The Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural Resources in Kano State has recorded notable achievements, according to Commissioner Alhaji Safiyanu Hamza Kachako. The commissioner expressed...















