Illegal mining is leaving a multimillion-rand trail of infrastructure damage across South Africa, with roads, bridges, electricity networks and water facilities increasingly bearing the cost of an underground economy that is destabilising communities above ground.
The damage is no longer...
*Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake
By Martha Agas (News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Nigeria is blessed with solid minerals with at least 44 mineral deposits in commercial quantities across more than 500 locations nationwide.This vast mineral wealth analysts say,...
*Kehinde Bamigbetan.
The narrative is simple. On September 24, 2026, the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development issued a press statement on the groundbreaking signing of the Framework of Investment in the solid minerals sector by Nigeria and the United States...
*Dr Alake (left) with Christopher Landau
The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) has called on the Federal Government to provide the public and civil society with the full details of the recent MoU on mining reached with the government...
Ghana and Botswana Chambers of Mines join NACCIMA in Abuja as the 11th edition focuses on the conditions that turn investment interest into commitmentThe chief executives of the Ghana Chamber of Mines and the Botswana Chamber of Mines will...
If you work in or around Nigeria’s mining sector, this October is the moment to be in Abuja. Nigeria Mining Week 2026 returns to the Abuja Continental Hotel from 12–14 October under the theme “Unlocking Investment and Growth through...
By Martha AgasSome experts have welcomed the U.S. and Nigeria agreement on solid minerals development, saying it will help reposition the sector and increase its contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).The experts told the News Agency of Nigeria...
...Grant programme closes application window, enters technical assessment ahead of Q4 2026 award of beneficiaries
By Yunus Olawale
*Executive Secretary/CEO of the Solid Minerals Development Fund, Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi.
The Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), under the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals...
*Members of the probe panel and the Cross State River the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Ededem C. Ani.
The Cross River State Government has constituted a seven-member committee to investigate complaints raised by Giant Cement Company Limited...
Africa will not accept another era of colonial-style resource extraction as global demand for critical minerals grows, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has told the UN General Assembly (UNGA), calling for structural reforms to address historical injustices.The remarks come...
