Global supply of clean-energy related critical minerals concentrated in few countries – IAE report
The sources of critical minerals are increasingly concentrated in just a few countries, thus leaving the global economy vulnerable to supply cutoffs that could disrupt industry and hit consumers with higher prices, a report by International Energy Agency (IEA) has said.Released today, the Paris-based International Energy Agency's report looked at the availability of minerals and metals that may be...
TheMiners gets marketing right for African Resources and Energy Investment Summit 2025 holding at Presidential Villa
Miners Communications Limited, publishers of The Miners Magazine and The Miners Online (www.theminers.com.ng) has been given the right to market the forth-coming African Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS) holding between 15th -17th July, 2025 at the State House Conference Centre, Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Abidoye Abiosun,Director of Marketing, Miners Communications Limited, disclosed this in a press statement...
How unregulated artisanal mining fuels Nasarawa’s out of school children phenomenon
By Chris Nyamtu* Mother's and children at a mining site/Photo: Chris Nyamtu In Nasarawa State, a disturbing trend is unfolding. As the solid minerals sector is expanding, so too does the number of underaged children dropping out of school and heading into hazardous mining pits.Stakeholders are sounding the alarm, warning that the rise in child mining is crippling school enrolment...
Court orders deportation of 4 Chinese, forfeit of N134m to FG over illegal mining activities
The Federal High Court, Jos, Plateau State has ordered the deportation of four convicted Chinese: Liang Quin Yong, Wang Huajie, Zhong Jiajing and Long Kechong over their illegal mining of solid minerals in the state.Justice Dorcas V. Agishi ordered that the convicts be deported from Nigeria and banned from re-entering the country, while forfeiting N134 million recovered from them...
Tinubu Media Volunteers lauds Alake for reviving mining sector as ministry raises N6.7bn from license fees
The Tinubu Media Volunteers (TMV) have applauded the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, for revolutionising the solid minerals sector in the country.In a statement signed by its Chairman, Chukwudi Enekwechi, TMV stated that the minister has succeeded in breathing life into an all-important sector that had, over the years, not lived up to its potential.The statement...
Solid Minerals: China to establish electric vehicle factories in Nigeria
*Photo L-R: Dr Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development and Ambassador Yu Dunhai of China * The Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria has stressed the importance of enhanced collaboration between China and Nigeria in unlocking the potential of Nigeria’s Solid Minerals sector through the establishment of electric vehicle factories in Nigeria. Speaking while paying a courtesy visit to the Minister...
Guinea revokes 46 mining licences, signalling stricter oversight of major operators
Guinea has revoked the licences of 46 mining companies operating in the country, an anonymous government source stated on Thursday, while another said it could be up to 53 permits, in what some analysts see as a warning shot to larger operators in the world’s second-largest bauxite producer.The move comes amid growing resource nationalism in the military-ruled country and...
MCO DG to ECOWAS: Synergy within the region on mining will boost investment opportunities in the sector
*Photo R-L: DG of MCO, Engr. Nkom decorating Mr Madu Fika, Chief Geologist at Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum* Director General of the Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Engr. Obadiah Nkom has said synergy within the ECOWAS region on mining will boost investment opportunities in the sector. He said this on Friday when a high-level ECOWAS delegation visited MCO in Abuja. *Engr Engr. Obadiah...
Oyo Govt inaugurates joint task force on illegal mining
By David Adeoye Oyo State Government has inaugurated a joint task force on illegal mining to enforce the Executive Order 001/2023. The State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said that the inauguration, which was held on Monday at Iseyin City Hall, Iseyin, attracted government officials, traditional rulers, community representatives, and representatives of security agencies. Speaking during the inauguration,...
Segilola Resources invites Osun students to apply for anti- illegal mining contest
Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL) has launched the 2025 SROL University Competition, inviting students across tertiary institutions in Osun to propose sustainable solutions to tackling illegal mining in Nigeria. With the theme, “Innovative and Sustainable Solutions to Curtail Illegal Mining in Osun State and Nigeria at Large,” the competition will run from Monday, May 12 to Friday, June 6, 2025....
