Nigeria and South Africa have concluded an agreement on mining sector cooperation, suggesting that Nigeria is taking the promotion of mining seriously. Nigeria sees the sector as a key part of its diversification plan. It has toughened its stance on informal mining operations and is seeking to see the mothballed Ajaokuta steel plant and associated […]
World Bank and the Bank of Industry (BoI) are now actively in support of Nigeria’s initiative to secure and lend machinery to help small scale artisanal miners in mechanising and making safer their mineral exploitation and processing operations. Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel development, stated this Wednesday in Cape Town, South Africa, while […]
Just as his most recent lecture “The Successor- Generation: Reflections on Values and Knowledge in Nation Building”, delivered at the 49th Convocation ceremonies of his alma mater, the University of Lagos, has become a subject of diverse interpretations, analyses and appraisals, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Mines and Steel Development, is seen by many from […]
The federal government through the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said the Ministry is working on a cooperative licensing arrangement for Artisanal and Small Scale Miners (ASMs). The minister said, “This is to help give the ASM better capacity to operate competitively in the sector and globally” Speaking as a […]
… to bring Vedanta, world’s largest zinc miner, to Nigeria The minister of mines and steel development Dr Kayode Fayemi, alongside other ministers of mines across Africa is in the forefront in a new drive to reverse illicit outflows of the continents mineral resource wealth. The minister indicated this in an interview with Journalists […]
Being the text of remarks by Mohammed Abbas Permanent Secretary At the FORMAL COMMISSIONING OF THE KNOWLEDGE ACCESS VENUE (KAV) Protocols Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, I am indeed delighted that you have responded to my invitation to participate in the formal Commissioning of the Knowledge Access Venue. The Nigerian mining sector is […]
The ConMin West Africa Exhibition and the National Mining Summit planned for April have been shifted to June 13 to15. According to its organisers, the planned closure of Abuja Airport next month necessitated the postponement. It said with the huge number of expected attendees and speakers, who would be travelling from Lagos and abroad, the […]
Experts in the mining industry have raised alarm over the spate of illegal mining activities being carried out across the three senatorial districts of Kogi State. The experts who spoke yesterday in Lokoja during a stakeholders forum organised by the Ministry of Mines and Steel Industry said there was a need to chart a new […]
Geologist Neil Adshead used his time on the podium at AME’s Roundup event in Vancouver, Canada, to reflect on his 12 years as a mining analyst with the likes of Passport Capital and Sprott Asset Management, sharing his insights with a packed crowd eager to learn. By Paul Harris in Vancouver Adshead said he looked […]
NEWS last month that Endeavour Mining and Acacia Mining had held merger talks brings talk of African gold consolidation back to the fore. The two African gold producers, worth more than $US3.5 billion combined, said talks had taken place and a transaction was a possibility. It follows comments made by Australian-born Acacia CEO Brad Gordon […]