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AT present, the mining sector's contribution to Nigeria's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is about 1.5 per cent, a figure industry experts and stakeholders
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Nigerian mining laws came out from the three laws governing mining activities in Nigeria. They are the Nigeria Mineral and Mining Act of 2007 called "the Act", the National Minerals and Metal Policy of 2008 and the Nigeria Minerals and Mining Regulations of 2011, called "the Regulation". The law, however, gave the rights to ownership of ...
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Nigeria is keen on developing its coal mining industry as studies highlight that the country has proven deposits of over 1.5 billion t based only on partial exploration. Development in coal mining will thus result in a simultaneous development in the country's power infrastructure. Investment
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Aug 13, 2022Nigeria's 2022 budget deficit is as a result of oil theft and illegal gold mining. The volume of crude that is being stolen is well beyond comprehension. You can see some of the figures in the press, maybe it's about 100,000 barrels per day at $100 per barrel and that's $10 million per day that is being stolen.
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Artisanal mining of cassiterite is one tedious activity that is done daily. It involves daily extraction of economic mineral deposits through the use of primitive tools like shovel, digger, and spade. The continuous extractive act by these artisanal miners tends not to bother the Government of Nigeria and as such, there is no detailed record that collates the quantity of cassiterite mined and ...
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businesspeople, mining industry representatives as well as Nigerian and international investors to understand and evaluate the barriers preventing the development of Nigeria's mining sector. The research returned 6 fundamental insights that go beyond the Roadmap's conclusions. 1. The SMDF is not widely known. Many industry participants are ...
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This research study focuses on the extractive minerals sector as limited current research exists on the Nigeria‟s mining sector, compare to oil and gas which has been extensively researched. Nigeria has distinctive opportunities and challenges in relation to its extractive industries.
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Lehmann said there were "enormous opportunities in Nigeria's mining sector with some of the world's highest-grade mineral deposits found in the country. ""For us, it is not all about gaining expertise, or the experience but also the willingness to engage with countries that are invigorating their mineral sector.
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Sep 8, 2022A coalition of Nigerian mining host communities and Civil Society groups in the mining sector has called for speedy dispensation of justice in cases involving 19 foreigners and 21 Nigerians arrested recently for illegal mining activities in Osun and Zamfara states. The group made the call in a statement on Wednesday.
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Nov 25, 2021AS solid minerals sector remains strategic in driving the economy, the Mining Cadastre Office, MCO, has called for synergy between government and private sector to drive invest to galvanise the ...
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Jan 15, 2022The minister asked the investors to invest in the Nigerian mining sector, describing it as one of the most investor-friendly in the world. Read Also: ICRC: Nigeria Air to fly before June 2023 He said some major mining companies have started showing interest in the country's mining sector.
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Aug 4, 2022"The consequences of this neglect of the mining sector are, but not limited to, the following: scarcity of foreign exchange due to low non-oil export volumes from the solid minerals sector,...
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Oct 13, 2021The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development (MMSD) is working actively to attract local and international investment into Nigeria's mining sector. Currently, investments are being made in Gold, Baryte, Tin as well as Lead and Zinc mining and processing.
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Collaboration between politically connected Nigerians and Chinese corporations in illegal gold mining drives rural banditry and violent local conflicts in some parts of Nigeria. This includes the North West, North Central and to some extent South West regions. An estimated 80% of mining in the North West region is carried out illegally and on ...
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During the 1970s Nigeria had a prosperous, export-orientated mining industry. Before the discovery of oil, the West African nation had developed strong production operations for coal, tin and columbite. The discovery of hydrocarbons eclipsed these activities and relegated mining to an economic footnote. However, with the recent decline in the global price of oil and reductions in production ...
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Nov 29, 2021The Federal Government of Nigeria are thinking partnership with the private sector as part of measures to increase contribution of the solid minerals sector to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2025. Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo revealed the plans and said they intend to increase the contribution by 5% as means of diversifying the economy.
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The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has appealed to banks in Nigeria to fund the solid minerals sector with a view to boosting the national economy. ... the mining sector in other ...
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The workshop was aimed at identifying the gaps between the "Roadmap for the sustainable growth and development of the Solid Mineral Sector and the African Mining Vision" with a view to promoting its domestication in Nigeria.
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Dec 3, 2021The office of the former ruler of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Hamdan bin Khalifa, has pledged the sum of US $2bn to Nigeria in a bid to ensure the development and growth of Nigeria's Mines and Steel sector. The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah made revealed the pledge as he delivered an ...
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In real terms, the Mining and Quarrying sector grew by 6.19% (year-on-year) in the third quarter of 2019. Compared to the same quarter of 2018, it was higher by 9.00% points and lower by -0.82% points relative to second quarter 2019. Quarter on quarter, growth rate recorded was 18.50%.
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Oct 27, 2020In 2015, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development identified 'Seven Strategic Minerals' namely; coal, bitumen, limestone, iron ore, barites, gold and lead and zinc - for priority development in a bid to revive the mining sector, unlock its potential and diversify the economy away from crude oil.
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Resumen This report firstly presents an analysis of the Nigerian economy as the environment within which the solid minerals sector is situated. It discusses the economy in terms o
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Despite growing by 240% between 2011 and 2017, the value of mining as a share of total GDP shrank over the period, from 0.14% to 0.11%. While sector activities remain peripheral to the economy at-large, export revenue from solid minerals makes up a larger share of foreign exchange (forex) earnings.
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Nigeria Mining in Nigeria. Interview - Nigeria s focus on its oil industry has resulted in an under-developed solid minerals industry, yet exploitation of the vast and largely untapped solid mineral reserves could provide the answer to the country s power-supply problems...
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Dec 31, 2021Before the brutal civil war between 1967 and 1970 there was an active mining sector in Nigeria, and the country was a significant exporter of certain mined minerals including coal and tin. "That all changed in the 1970s partly as a consequence of the oil boom, and to a large extent the oil sector crowded out the mining sector.
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Other solid minerals with substantial commercial reserves in the country include iron-ore, tantalite, kaolin, feldspar, barites, copper, tourmaline, glass-sand, marble, lignite, dolomite, coal, salt, bauxite, phosphate, sand tar, zinc, lead, gypsum, uranium, tin, manganese, and graphite.
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The Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act is the principal legislation that regulates the sector. The Act vests the control, regulation and ownership of all mineral resources in the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN). The Minerals and Mining Regulations and the National Minerals and Metals Policy also govern the sector.
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Nigeria is richly endowed with abundant solid minerals, particularly gold, and which are widely distributed across the country. Mining in Nigeria, and especially of gold, has been viewed as a key...
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The Mining Act reduced government participation in the mineral sectors to the role of "administrator-regulator", and allows exploration and mining licenses to be held in full by foreign companies. For More Information on this and Itagunmodi, Click Here, The Problem and Research Question,
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Despite the huge deposits of mineral resources in Nigeria, the success of the Mineral and Mining industry in alleviating poverty has been relatively low. There is high inequality which is reflected in a wide gap between the rich and the poor and poverty alleviation. Environmental, social and economic activities encourage poverty in Nigeria.
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The scrutiny is to be done by national mining experts, who will carefully consider amendments both in substance and form to the entire draft mining document as presented and build consensus on the articles contained in the texts. To this end, a three-Day Workshop was held in Abuja on August 14, 2018 to create a harmonious and regulated ...
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Policy Recommendations - Nigeria's mineral revenue sharing formula needs a revamp, to incentivise states beyond the meagre 13% derivation that applies in the more mature oil and gas sector. - To co-opt states as effective mineral sector administrators, the federal government should target the multiple legal, administrative, practical and other obstacles preventing states from [.]
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Section 100 of the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007, and various stipulations of Minerals and Mining Regulations of 2011, and on that basis, expresses support for the Ministry's stated intentions to explore feasible administrative models to involve States in the process of issuance of consent only for the granting of Minerals titles;
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Industry watchers have credited the leap in revenue generation in the last four years to the ministry's focus on doing the right thing. According to a Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) report, between 2007 and 2016, the mining sector had made a paltry contribution of $1.78 billion to the $476.8 billion the sector ...
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Changes in the MCI-Wr between 1996 and 2016. The value of mineral production at the mine stage was 300 billion USD (in nominal terms) in 1996, equivalent to 0.6% of total world GDP PPP (World Bank 2016). In 2011, the value of metal and mineral production peaked at 1800 billion USD (1.9% of global GDP).
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A holistic review of Nigerias current laws, policies and regulations on minerals, mining and the environment reveals that they are not robust enough to respond to the growing environmental and climatic changes, and anthropogenic pressures on the environment occasioned by mining; and impliedly, they are not sufficiently future-thinking.
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sector and also to a decrease in production of this sector. The intensity of this negative effect depends on how the government redistributes tax revenues from the mining sector. After the year 1982, an important concept in examining the impact of mineral resources has arisen, known as the Dutch disease.
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The high riskiness of mining in Nigeria is due to the fact that the mineral Sector in Nigeria is mainly driven by the artisanal and small scale miners who embark on low technology and crude/traditional methods in their activities. They are exposed to high risk from dangerous metals such as lead and radioactive waste.
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We believe that providing an open dialogue between government, mining operators and technologies & services providers will create opportunities within the sector, Despite having been neglected in the past, Nigeria's mining industry has witnessed some phenomenal developments within the past 6 years.
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Jul 3, 2022"Target minerals under the first phase include Gold, Lead-Zinc, Iron Ore, and the Battery Minerals, among others. The contractors have executed and completed the exploration works on Gold, Platinum Group of Elements (PGEs), Lead-Zinc, Iron Ore and Barites.",
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