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 with executives of Sino Steel, one of China’s largest and most influential steel conglomerates. The high-level engagement focused on advancing the long-delayed revitalization of the Ajaokuta Steel Company, a key industrial asset considered critical to Nigeria’s...
NSCDC CG orders Mining Marshall’s boss to withdraw petition against police submitted to the Senate
The leadership of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has expressed its displeasure at the petition allegedly filed by the Commander of the Mining Marshal, Mr Attah John Onoja before the senate committee on ethics, privileges and public petitions, over an alleged attack and shooting of its mining marshals by some policemen, including alleged obstruction of its...
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 Nigerian mining professionals at Murdoch University, Australia* The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has officially launched a capacity enhancement programme for the first batch of Nigerian mining professionals at Murdoch University, Australia. The...
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 site in Kwara State have demanded a ransom of ₦1 billion for their release. The demand was revealed in a post on Friday by one Zagazola Makama on his verified X account. According to the post, the...
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 in the Oreke-Okeigbo community, located in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred at a mining site in the community around 6.30 pm on Wednesday, when gunmen launched an attack on the facility,...
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, Zhang Hong Lin and Zhao Pei Hai, before Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The defendants were arraigned on a five-count charge bordering on unlawful possession and exportation of mineral...
Mining Equipment Life Cycle Cost for Nigerian Miners
By Engr Toks Aregbesola IntroductionLife Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis is a crucial management tool for evaluating the total cost associated with owning, operating, and disposing of an asset over its entire lifespan. For miners in Nigeria, understanding and managing the LCC of equipment is vital for profitability, efficiency, and sustainability, especially given the sector's potential and inherent challenges.LCC moves...
Nasarawa Govt threatens to close all unregistered mining sites in the state
The Nasarawa State Government has announced a partnership with security agencies in the state to ensure that illegal miners across its 13 local government areas stop their activities or get arrested and made to face the law.The state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Ibrahim Tanko, disclosed this during a ministerial press briefing in Lafia, the state capital, on...
Canadian gold miner Barrick seeks World Bank mediation in Mali operation dispute
Canadian company, Barrick Mining has appealed to the World Bank’s arbitration tribunal to settle a legal dispute with Mali. The company is at risk of otherwise losing control of its gold operations in the West African country, Reuters reported on Friday. The request to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) comes ahead of a Malian court ruling...
Kaduna Mining MD promises to oversee grouping of 10,000 artisanal miners into production clusters
*Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani The Kaduna State Government is working to formalise the grouping of over 10,000 artisans miners into clusters because of their capacity to contribute to the economy and the export market. Managing Director of Kaduna Mining Development Company, Alhaji Shuaibu Kabir Bello, stated this at a strategic engagement on the establishment of solid minerals clusters, aggregation centres...
