Illegal Mining Highest In Niger, Five Other States In Nigeria Niger State is the leading destination for illegal mining of solid minerals in Nigeria, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative announced on Thursday. NEITI further stated that five other states including Plateau, Ebonyi, Imo, Enugu and...

Nigeria’s Solid Mineral Revenue Hits N262b In Nine Years   Experts call for urgent interventions to address sector challenges Total revenue from the solid mineral sector in Nigeria in the past nine years stands at about N262 billion, maintaining a slow rise from N8.1 billion in 2007...

Solid Mineral Exploration cost Huge For Only Govt Says Bwari   The new Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, has said the cost of solid mineral exploration is too prohibitive for government to bear alone. Speaking during the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of...

Solid Minerals: Apapa Gridlock Delays N85m Export   The persistent difficulty in accessing the nation’s major seaport, Apapa, is taking its toll on movement of non-oil exports and may affect the earnings for this year, investigation by our correspondent has revealed. It was gathered that on the...

An independent audit of the operational processes and financial payments to Nigeria from companies that mine her solid mineral resources has shown that more of the country’s minerals were exported from her shores without legal permits. The report explained that while it is statutory that...

The Minister of Solid Mineral Resources, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has said that over five million Nigerians are involved in informal mining. The minister spoke, at a town hall meeting organised by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, in Kauna. He said there was need to...