Hidden Gems: Women defying gender norms to venture into artisanal mining
After a two-hour drive from Kisumu, a city in the Western part of Kenya, a dusty road wounds at a quiet village deep within Siaya county. Homesteads seem concentrated in one place, and large swathes of bare land occasionally appear in areas where there is no human settlement. Mobile phone reception is shaky, but after manoeuvring, we find a slightly elevated...
In US, Gov Sule markets Nasarawa’s mineral wealth
*Photo: Governor Abdullahi A. Sule (right) at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC...on Tuesday* Governor of Nasarawa State, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule took the center stage on Tuesday, September 17,2024, as a speaker at the Africa Critical Minerals Panel, held at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC, United States of America. During his presentation, Governor Sule shared Nasarawa State's...
Large deposits of minerals abound in Ogun, says Gov Abiodun …British Battery Recycling Company plans investment
*Photo L-R: First Secretary, Political, British High Commission in Nigeria, Katherine Fernades; Senior Political Adviser, Wale Adebajo; British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Richard Montgomery; Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun; his Deputy, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele and Manufacturing Africa Adviser for Nigeria, Elizabeth Davies Kumadiro, during a courtesy call on Governor Abiodun at the Governor's Office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, on Wednesday.* Governor...
Five foreign nationals arrested for illegal mining in Akwa Ibom
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, have arrested five suspected illegal Chinese miners at Ndito-Eka-Iba village, in Ibieno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. The five alleged illegal miners were arrested by the “Special Task Force on illegal Mining” following credible intelligence on the illegal activities of foreign mining companies...
FCT Minister visits largest quarry in West Africa
Photo:FCT Minister, Barrister Nyesom Wike (3rd left) with the Coordinator of Abuja Metroplotan Management Council, Hon Felix Obuah (2nd left) and other senior officials of the FCTA during the Minister's tour of Zeberced Quarry in Abuja on Saturday. Minister of the FCT, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike on Saturday August 14, 2024 visited the Zeberced Limited Quarry, the biggest Quarry in...
Women in Mining’s Gold and Gemstones Exhibition excites jewelers, fashonistas, mining stakeholders
The third edition of the African Gemstones and Jewelry Exhibition and Conference (AGJEC) promises to foster business growth, enhance skills and create opportunities for local businesses to participate in the mining value chain to contribute to a more diversified economy, organisers of the event have said. The AGJEC, which holds in Lagos from the 26th to 28th of September, is...
Price of Gold soars to all-time high of $2,600 per ounce
The price of gold reached an all-time high on Friday, soaring above $2,600 per ounce as global investors continue to seek safe-haven assets. Spot gold prices rose 1.13% to a record high of $2,609.8 per ounce before pairing some gains. Prices were up roughly 4% for the week and 23% so far this year, exceeding the 13% advance registered for...
Nigeria Mining Week confirms new November date, Abuja venue
The Nigeria Mining Week conference and expo returns to Abuja for its ninth editionfrom 18 to 20 November 2024. This landmark gathering of mining pioneers, investors,regulators, suppliers and service providers in the region’s burgeoning extractive industrywill take place at the Abuja Continental Hotel in the Nigerian capital. The organisers of the event had to change the dates and the...
Nasarawa Governor unlocks more lithium riches with historic agreement
*Photo: Governor Abdullahi A. Sule and parties to the agreement* Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, has witnessed the signing of a landmark Cooperation Agreement between Nasarawa Mining Company and Ganfeng Mining Company. The 10-year renewable agreement grants Ganfeng the rights to exploit lithium on behalf of the state government within the 1.5 Cadastre Unit allotted by the Federal Ministry...
One killed as illegal miners attack MI Wushishi estate in Minna, vandalise vehicles
The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the attack on MI Wushishi Estate, Minna by persons suspected to be illegal artisan miners operating near the estate. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Minna. Abiodun said that “on Tuesday at about 1400hrs, a distress call was received that suspected illegal miners, miscreants and...
