Repositioning Africa’s Solid Minerals Sector: The task ahead for Alake, AMSG
Dr Alake (seated right) with Secretary General of AMSG Amb. Moses Engandu and other Ministers of Mines
By Laraba YakubuAfrica holds about 30 per cent...
Rare Earth Mineral Scramble: Nigeria’s Ticket to the Global Stage
By Adesuwa Dan-Princewill The world is reeling from a series of events that have redefined mineral security. The "Global Power Play" is no longer...
FG consoles DR Congo over mine collapse that killed hundreds
The Nigerian government has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic collapse of the Rubaya Coltan Mine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),...
South-east states move to harness the region’s mineral wealth to drive industrialization
Vice President Kashim Shettima has called on the people of the South-East to leverage the region's abundant mineral deposits to drive industrialization in the...
NEITI boss lauds research on Illicit Financial Flows in Nigeria’s Solid Minerals Sector
*Hon Musa Sarkin Adar, NEITI Executive Secretary*
Executive Secretary of theNigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) , Hon Musa Sarkin Adar, has commended a research carried out...
Ellipse International boss, Denzel Akogwu advocates decentralized mining regulatory environment
*Mr. Denzel Henry AkogwuThe Chairman of Elipse International Limited,Mr. Denzel Henry Akogwu, has called for a decentralization of the mining sector, arguing that the...
Glencore sells 40% stake in DR Congo mines to newly established US-govt backed firm...
Anglo-Swiss multinational, Glencore has reached an agreement to sell a 40% stake in two of its copper and cobalt projects in the Democratic Republic...
Algeria opens newly-built 600-mile railway to tap vast Iron-Ore deposit
*President Abdelmadjid TebbouneAlgerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has inaugurated a 950-kilometer (590-mile) railway built in collaboration with China that’s key to exploiting vast iron-ore deposits...
Gold and silver’s $7 trillion wipeout delivers a painful lesson about risk
If ‘safe’ investments like gold and silver can crash in a single day, investors need to reconsider their portfolio hedges
By Naeem Aslam
For assets that many...
Ten persons and trucks arrested for suspected illegal mining activities in Kwara
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested ten individuals suspected of involvement in illegal mining...
