The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Federal University of Mining and Geoscience, to be located in Jos, Plateau State.
The bill was passed Tuesday after considering the report of its Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, presented...
By Hauwa GidadoThe Nigerian Institute of Mining and Geosciences (NIMG), has reiterated its dedication to advancing mining operations in Nigeria through the delivery of cutting-edge technology and skilled professionals.In an interview with Voice of Nigeria, NIMG Director General, Professor...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja, assured the German government and businessmen of Nigeria’s preparedness to expand frontiers for investors by removing administrative bottlenecks in the energy and solid minerals sectors.In a business session at the State...
By Engr Alexander Elemo, MNSE, FIEAust, CPEng, Bsc (Hons)Eng Unilorin (Nig), M.Eng/Eng Mngt UniSA (Aus) & MBA AIB (Aus)
Africa's mining sector is a cornerstone of its economic landscape, with countries like Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa playing pivotal...
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...
