Oyo Government vows to end illegal mining activities statewide
Oyo State Government has put measures in place to end illegal mining in every part of the state, the Director-General, Oyo State Solid Mineral...
New report shows $30b in new investments needed to meet Canada’s critical mineral demand
A newly released report estimates Canada will need at least $30 billion in new capital investments by 2040 if it wants to meet domestic...
Nigerian Railways talks tough on illegal mining activities near rail tracks
* Rail tracks destroyed by suspected illegal mining activities at Jebba, Niger
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has pledged to take serious action against perpetrators...
MAN president Dele Ayanleke bags Champion Newspapers’ Lifetime Achievement Award
President of the Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN), Chief Dele Ayanleke, was among the high calibre personalities honoured recently at the Champion Newspapers’ Annual...
FG delegation meets Sino Steel executives on revival of Ajaokuta Steel plant
Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu and the Director-General of the Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership (NCSP), Joseph Tegbe have held a strategic meeting...
NSCDC CG orders Mining Marshall’s boss to withdraw petition against police submitted to the...
The leadership of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has expressed its displeasure at the petition allegedly filed by the Commander of...
Nigerian mining professionals undergo training at Murdoch University, Australia
*Photo: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake (middle) at the launching of a capacity enhancement programme for the first batch of...
Kidnappers demand ₦1b for Chinese, Nigerian miners abducted in Kwara
Gunmen who who abducted a Chinese expatriate, Mr. Sam Xie Wie, and his Nigerian colleague, Mr. David Adenaiye, during an attack on a mining...
Gunmen kill two policemen, abduct one Chinese, one Nigerian at Kwara mining site
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two police officers and abduction of a Chinese national and a Nigerian by gunmen...
Two Chinese docked for alleged illegal mining
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, arraigned two suspected Chinese illegal miners,...
