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Steel Minister signs $1b Steel investment deal with India’s Rashmi Metaliks
Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has signed a $1 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian conglomerate Rashmi Metaliks Group to boost investment in Nigeria’s steel sector.The ...
Australian miner Chariot Resources secures six licences for lithium mining in Nigeria
In what is likely the first entry of an ASX-listed lithium company into Nigeria’s lithium sector, Australian miner Chariot Resources Limited has announced a lithium-rich mineral discovery in Nigeria following ...
Why Nigeria Must Intensify Regulation of Its Booming Mining Sector,- By Mukhtar Ya’u Madobi
*Dr Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development * It is an absolute fact. Nigeria stands on the threshold of a mineral-driven economic renaissance. Beneath its soil lies a vast ...
African Mining Week 2026 takes shape as Namibia records surge in mining exploration licences
Namibia is emerging as one of Africa’s busiest exploration frontiers after receiving more than 800 new licence applications as investors accelerate efforts to expand mineral production pipelines on the back ...
IN NIGERIA’S MINING SECTOR, THE LAW IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS,-By Kehinde Bamigbetan
*Photo: Hon Kehinde Bamigbetan* The coming visit of Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the United Kingdom is generating high expectations on the back of positive evaluations of his economic ...
News around the world
International Women’s Day: Thoughts on Women in Mining and impact of SMDF
*Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund* As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2026 today, Sunday, 8 ...
Children among 200 killed in DR Congo’s coltan mine collapse
More than 200 people have been killed, including dozens of children, in a major landslide at the Rubaya coltan mine ...
FG consoles DR Congo over mine collapse that killed hundreds
The Nigerian government has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic collapse of the Rubaya Coltan Mine in eastern Democratic Republic ...
Ghana cancels long-term mining agreements as gold prices soar
Ghana, Africa's top gold producerhas launched a major overhaul of its mining sector, by moving to cancel and phase out long-term ...
Tinubu invites foreign investors to partner in Nigeria’s lithium and critical minerals sector
*Photo: President Bola Tinubu* President Bola Tinubu hasinvited foreign investors to partner in Nigeria’s lithium and critical minerals sector, stressing ...
Interviews
Exclusive interview: Africa is united behind our mission of domesticating minerals processing – Dr Dele Alake
Illustration by: Faith Emmanuel The re-election of Dr Henry Oladele Alake, Nigeria's Minister of Solid Minerals Development as the Chairman ...
Forging Gold, reclaiming genius: Thomas Akapo and Africa’s long road to minerals mastery
*AkapoFor nearly five decades, master goldsmith and diamond mounter, Thomas Owolabi Akapo, popularly known as Mr. Kapo, has worked at ...
Banditry and kidnapping in the north didn’t start in the mines – Abubakar Ganye
*Abubakar Ganye* Abubakar Ganye is the Secretary of Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) in Adamawa State, North East Nigeria. In ...
Both federal, Oyo state govt secretive about multi-billion support while explosion victims suffer over last 2 years, says Chairman of Bodija Residents Association
*Pastor Bamgbose Two years after explosives stockpiled by a mining firm at a Bodija residence blew up and destroyed the ...
‘It is important that we see more focus on enforcing mining-related rules” – Jumoke Fajemirokun
Jumoke Fajemirokun is senior partner at ENR Advisory, a law firm providing legal and ancillary services to companies and governments ...
The big story
The trillion-Naira dust: Why Nigeria must become the ‘refinery’ of Africa’s solid minerals, – By Halima Imam
*Photo: Halima Imam* The sun over the Sahelian plains of Zamfara doesn’t just burn; it glitters. To a casual observer, ...
FG vows to punish killers of NSCDC officer, kit marshals to combat illegal miners
*Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake* More weapons and equipment to boost the fire power of Mining Marshals ...
Repositioning Africa’s Solid Minerals Sector: The task ahead for Alake, AMSG
Dr Alake (seated right) with Secretary General of AMSG Amb. Moses Engandu and other Ministers of Mines By Laraba YakubuAfrica ...
Choosing the Right Excavator Size for Nigerian Mining Operations
By Tokunbo Aregbesola Across many Nigerian mining sites, a familiar pattern continues to repeat itself. A mine makes a heavy-capital ...
Illegal Miner Jailed Five Years in Kwara
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, secured a landmark ...
Finance news
CBN Raises Gold Reserves To $3.5bn
*Photo R-L: Yemi Cardoso, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria and Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund* The Central ...
Mining Indaba: Dele Alake woos global players in mining sector
*Photo: Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake* The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has urged ...
Ghana cancels long-term mining agreements as gold prices soar
Ghana, Africa's top gold producerhas launched a major overhaul of its mining sector, by moving to cancel and phase out long-term ...
Tinubu invites foreign investors to partner in Nigeria’s lithium and critical minerals sector
*Photo: President Bola Tinubu* President Bola Tinubu hasinvited foreign investors to partner in Nigeria’s lithium and critical minerals sector, stressing ...
Gold, Lithium Plants Position Nigeria as Africa’s Minerals Supply Hub – Alake
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has affirmed that the establishment of lithium processing and gold refining ...
Technology news
Choosing the Right Excavator Size for Nigerian Mining Operations
By Tokunbo Aregbesola Across many Nigerian mining sites, a familiar pattern continues to repeat itself. A mine makes a heavy-capital ...
Alake hails N50bn revenue surge as mining cadastre goes digital
*Photo: Dr. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development, speaking at the launch of 1-Gov Cloud for the Mining Cadastre ...
Alake launches OneGov Enterprise Content Management System at Mining Cadastre Office
*Photo: Dr Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Minerals Development (middle) flanked by Engr. Obadiah Simon Nkom, Director General, Mining Cadastre ...
Daikin, in Partnership with JICA, Launches Energy-Efficient Inverter Air Conditioners Sensitization project in Nigeria
*Photo L-R:Mr Akihisa Yokoyama, GM Daikin Middle East and Africa; Matsushita Keisuke , Project Advisor, JICA Nigeria Office;Mr Kelechi Edmund ...
Mining Equipment Maintenance in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities
By Toks Aregbesola Introduction:As previously mentioned, Nigeria's mining sector holds significant potential for economic growth and diversification, boasting a wide ...
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International Women’s Day: Thoughts on Women in Mining and impact of SMDF
*Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi, Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund* As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2026 today, Sunday, 8 ...
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