It has been revealed that the Federal Government will ensure the development of downstream Barite Mining industries through the Establishment of the Barite Processing Plant in Ugaga Community of Yala LGA, Cross River State where the natural resource is found in vast quantities. The Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite disclosed this […]
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite has emphasized the need for regular monitoring and evaluation of the training process in our tertiary Institutions to ward off quackery in the profession and ensure only those that have been properly trained, monitored and evaluated are allowed to practice. He made this known during […]
The Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development Arc Olamilekan Adegbite has disclosed that the creation of gemstone market will ensure the diversification of the National Economic base of Nigeria. The Minister disclosed this at the Commissioning of the Ultramodern International Gemstone Market Ojoo, Akinyele Local Government Area Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday 4th May,2023. […]
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has commissioned the Ultramodern International Gemstone Market Centre and the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ASM CLUSTER Project in Ibadan Oyo State. The Honorable Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite who commissioned the Ultramodern International Gemstone Market on Thursday 4th May […]
The Honourable Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite has disclosed that the Management of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, and Participants of the Senior Executive Course 45, are putting together a crop of foremost practitioners and policy think-tank that will produce top-class Technocrats and Researchers with high […]
To ensure in-depth knowledge of its mandate, the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, MMSD has sensitized the Participants of the Strategic Management and Policy Studies Course 5/2022 of the Nigeria Army Resource Centre (NARC), Abuja on its activities and programmes, towards the growth of the Mining industry for the realization of economic diversification of […]
L-R: Obadiah Simon Nkom, DG, Mining Cadastre Office; Dr. Abdulrazak Garba, DG, Nigeria Geological Survey Agency; Michael Kolawole Ogunbiye, DG, National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency and Prof. Zacheus Opafunso, Registrar, Council of Nigeria Mining Engineers during the Ministry’s Retreat held recently in Ibadan.
The Minister, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite briefing the Press at the Ministry’s Retreat held in Ibadan.
The Permanent Secretary, Dr. Oluwatoyin Akinlade reacting to questions from journalists about the benefits of the Ministry’s Retreat held in Ibadan recently.
The Honorable Minister, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite addressing participants during the Opening Session at the Ministry’s 2022 Retreat held in Ibadan from 25th-27th January 2023.