Dangote Granite Mines disburses scholarships to students in Ijebu-Igbo host communities
As part of its social investment programme aimed at promoting educational development in its host communities, Dangote Granite Mines Limited has awarded multi-million naira scholarships to secondary school and tertiary institution students from Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu-North local government area of Ogun State over the weekend. The company stated that the scholarship initiative underscores its commitment to empowering local communities...
WIMIN’s Gem and Jewlery Conference & Exhibition: Highlighting the 3-point interventions to drive mining industry to next level
By Shakirudeen BankoleAs the three-day conference and exhibition of Gemstones and Jewelries came to a close on Saturday, September 28,, 2024, with a relaxing dinner, participants departed with a determination to enhance much needed critical interventions to reposition Africa's mineral wealth as a long-term solution to the prevailing economic and social problems bedeviling the continent.Organised by Women in Mining...
Osun Govt seals off premises of mining company, Segilola, over alleged obstruction and tax evasion
*Photo: Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State* The Osun State Government has today, Monday 30th September, 2024 sealed up the business premises of Segilola Resources Operating Limited, following a Court Order permitting the State to distrain the company for various flagrant tax violations and failure to disclose fully the employees directly and indirectly involved in its business activities and...
UI celebrates retiring Professor of Geology with valedictory lecture on Friday
*Photo: Professor Gabriel Oladapo Adeyemi* A Valedictory Lecture will be delivered on Friday Oct. 4, in honor of Professor Gabriel Oladapo Adeyemi who will be retiring from the services of the Department of Geology, University of Ibadan upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70. The event which will also include a book presentation by the retiring Professor according...
Dele Alake pledges Nigeria’s support to global campaign against lead poisoning
*Photo R-L: Nigeria's Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake and Dr. Casey Bartrem of USAID, at the Lead-Free Future event organised by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on the sidelines of the on-going United Nations General Assembly in New York * The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele...
Women in Mining’s Gold and Gemstones Conference opens in Lagos with call for integration, ethical mining in Africa
By Shakirudeen Bankole Major players in African mining Sector are currently converged in Lagos, Nigeria to discuss business prospects, policies, challenges, and opportunities that abound in the sector. The convergence heralds the 3rd edition of the Gold and Gemstone Conference and Exhibition, organized by the Women in Mining in Nigeria. The conference , which is holding at the Ecobank Headquarters on Victoria...
Extracting raw minerals without processing locally deepens Africa’s underdevelopment- President Tinubu
*Photo L-R:Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen Kashim Shettima, Chairman of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group,(AMSG) Nigeria's Solid Minerals Development Minister Dr.Oladele Alake, Secretary General of the AMSG, Mr.Moses Engadu and Minister of Minerals Development of Malawi, Hon. Monica Chang'anamuno at the High Impact Event of AMSG in New York, United States on Wednesday* President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on...
Ebonyi govt shuts 4 mining companies over non-compliance with community agreement
*Photo: Ebonyi State Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Hon. Chidi Onyia* The Ebonyi State Government, on Wednesday, sealed four mining companies for non-compliance with the terms of the Community Development Agreement in the state.The CDA is designed to ensure that mining companies contribute to the development of the communities in which they operate.The Commissioner for Solid Minerals and...
US targets China’s rare earths dominance with minerals-security finance network
The United States announced the establishment of a minerals-security finance network with its allies on Monday, the latest step in its bid to halt China’s global dominance of critical minerals. The network was the latest initiative out of the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), a framework the US set up with 13 countries and the European Commission in 2022. It aims to diversify the countries’...
Ecobank partners Women in Mining on Gold & Gemstone Conference and Exhibition
Ecobank Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, the leading pan-African banking group, is partnering the Women in Mining In Nigeria (WIMIN) for its annual Gold and Gemstone Conference & Exhibition. The 3-day event, scheduled for Thursday, September 26th to Saturday, September 28th will be held at the Ecobank Pan African Centre (EPAC) on Victoria Island, Lagos. The Gold and...
