Dukia Gold, SGS Bateman sign MoU for 40,000 TPD polymetallic processing facility
*Photo L - R: Mr. Tunde Fagbemi, Chairman, Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Company Limited; Mr. Simon Moses, Engineering Manager, SGS Bateman; Dr Dele Alake, Minister, Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development; Mrs Bose Owolabi, Managing Director, Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Company Limited and Engr (Dr) Segun Faniran, Chairman Arinola Mineral Resources Development Plc , an...
Ooni, at Africa Mining Indaba projects Nigeria for foreign investments as Africa’s emerging mining hub
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, has urged global investors to channel their capital into Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, declaring the country strategically positioned to emerge as Africa’s next major mining hub.The Director of Media and Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Otunba Moses Olafare said the Ooni made the call during the 2026 African Mining Indaba in Cape...
Critical mineral supply faces risks if local communities aren’t consulted enough: the case of lithium in Ghana
By Clement Sefa-Nyarko/TheConversation Clean technologies depend on critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt. Over 65% of the world’s cobalt is mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nearly 40% of the world’s manganese is mined in South Africa. Substantial deposits of lithium are found in Zimbabwe. Ghana is emerging as a miner of that mineral of lithium too. What’s less well...
Plateau’s Wase deaths: Minister of Solid Minerals closes site, dispatches forensic investigators
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake has ordered the closure of areas covered by Mining Licence 11810 operated by Solid Unit Nigeria Limited owned by Abdullahi Dan-China in Zuraq, Wase Local Government of Plateau State following the deaths of villagers allegedly mining in pit containing gaseous emissions. In a condolence call to Governor Caleb Mutfwang, Alake sympathised...
38 miners killed in suspected carbon monoxide gas explosion in Plateau mine
At least 38 people have been killed and many others injured following a gas explosion at a lead mining site in central Nigeria's Plateau State. The incident occurred on Wednesday morning at a site operated by Solid Mining Company in the Zurak community of Wase Local Government Area, affecting mainly miners working underground. Preliminary reports showed that an accumulation of toxic...
EFCC secures interim attachment order on trucks used to ferry suspected illegally mined minerals in Kwara
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, secured an interim attachment order for nine trucks loaded with assorted solid minerals, as well as the final forfeiture of the contents of another truck, in a sustained crackdown on illegal mining activities in Kwara and Oyo States. The order was granted by...
Remittance of 1% Nigerian Content Levy Still Mandatory – NCDMB
***Access to Approvals, Services Dependent on Payment Certificate The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday reminded operators, contractors, and service companies in the upstream sector of the Nigerian oil and gas industry of their mandatory obligation to remit one percent (1%) Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF) levy into the bank accounts officially designated by the Board. In a...
Three feared dead, many injured in Ebonyi mining pit collapse
A mining pit at Enyim Agalegu community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State collapsed on Saturday, leaving at least three persons dead and many others sustaining varying degrees of injury.The incident, which happened on Saturday, occurred at a mining pit said to be operated by First Patriots Limited, formerly known as Royal Salt.Confirming the development on Sunday...
Niger State Govt orders closure of mining site over deadly attack
The Niger State Government has condemned Tuesday deadly attack at Zuzungi Kataeregi mining site in Katcha Local Government Area, during which a police officer was killed and a patrol van of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) burnt by suspected illegal miners. The government has consequently ordered its temporary closure, according to a statement on Friday by the...
SMDF begins 2026 training for staff of Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative
By Martha AgasThe Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) has begun its 2026 training for the staff of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) to drive reforms in the gold mining sector.The training on professional ethics and personal effectiveness was part of a series of capacity-building programmes by the SMDF aimed at equipping PAGMI`s staff with the skills...
