Developing artisanal small-scale mining in Nigeria

Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) is an important part of the Nigerian mining sector which has the potential to raise internally generated revenue and enhance our foreign exchange earnings, create employment, reduce poverty and encourage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) if well managed. Stakeholders say ASM in Nigeria is undeveloped and…

(PDF) IMPACT OF MINING ON WOMEN, YOUTH …

Garuba et.al., (2020) did a study about the impacts of mining on youth communities in Nigeria and found that the youth communities in mining areas are at risk conditions due to the socio-economic ...

Nigerian Mining Sector Watch

a keen focus on the mining sector as a viable vehicle to achieving this objective, the FG should be willing to provide targeted fiscal incentives, monetary support and funding to jump start the …

Families to leave ancestral lands as coal mine expands

Seven families have been ordered by the Land Claims Court to move from an area in Mpumalanga where open cast coal mining is taking place. Blasting by the mine is dangerous for the families. The court said mining company, A Re Shomeng Holdings must build permanent homes for all the families nearby and they must be allowed to graze their cattle.

Senate to FG: Deploy security agents to mining communities in Nigeria

According to the Senate, the Federal Government to come out with strict safety measures and regulation on mining activities in Nigeria in line with International Best Practices.

2024 Mid-Year Report On The Nigeria Mining Sector

INTRODUCTION. In our maiden edition, we discussed the major challenges that plague the Mining Sector, juxtaposing them with some initiatives by the Federal Government targeted at addressing a few of these challenges and evaluating how effective they have been through the years.In this Mid-year edition, we seek to revisit the Mining Roadmap of 2016, …

#IWD2022: Gender Inequality Bane of Mining Industry – …

…As WIMIN launches G4M to mentor young Women artisanal miners. As Nigeria joins the world to commemorate the 2022 International Women's Day (IWD2022), the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite, has identified gender inequality as one of the many challenges preventing the mining industry from reaching its full …

Nigerian Mining Sector Brief | 1 Nigerian Mining Sector …

f the country's railway infrastructure to boost evacuation.Nigerian's mining sector can be categorized according to the key activities in the sector as follows: exploration and mining …

Mining reforms in Nigeria to drive sector growth

Nigeria's mining sector is entering a new phase following the Covid-19 pandemic, with greater government support and a growing role as an important generator of export earnings amid …

Mining Resource Corridor development in Nigeria: critical

The Nigerian Mining Sector In 2023

These sort of reports on banditry and insurgencies across several mining States have discouraged foreign investors from participating in the Nigeria mining sector. Former Minister of State Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah, disclosed that Nigeria has in the past six years lost revenue estimated at $5 billion to the smuggling of gold.

Families lament as Over 30 People Still Trapped in Niger Mining …

More than three weeks after a mining pit collapsed in Galkogo, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, over 30 miners have remained trapped, victims' families and residents said. Daily Trust recalls that labourers were working inside the 400-metre-deep pit owned by African Minerals and Logistics Limited when it caved in on June 3 after ...

THE NIGERIAN MINING SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW

Additionally, the Nigerian government has invested in foreign iron ore operations in Guinea (Mallo 2007) Uranium: The Nigeria Uranium Mining Company (NUMCO) was a parastatal organization that controlled the exploration and …

Nigerian Mining – Progress, but still a long way to …

Download Nigerian Mining – Progress, but still a long way to go. This publication shares insights on the progress of the Nigerian Mining industry and the growth to be made. Globally, the mining industry is experiencing a boom as there is an …

Socio-Economic Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale …

About 100 million people – workers and their families - depend on artisanal mining compared to about 7 million people worldwide in industrial mining (World Bank, 2013). Nigeria has over 40 different types of minerals spread across the country. ... information on the number and types of licences in the state was obtained from the Nigeria ...

Nigeria's lithium ambition is getting an unexpected boost

The News. LAGOS — Nigeria's ambition to build a value-added supply chain for critical minerals including lithium is getting a significant boost from an unlikely source: an e-marketplace startup.

Nigeria Mining Week 2024 Slated for November 4-6

The Nigeria Mining Week 2024 is slated to hold in November. Speaking with Audrey Bading MVE, the program director of VUKA Group and a mining stakeholder, Penelope Masilela emphasises the value of international involvement in promoting Nigeria's mining potential.. The Nigeria Mining Week 2024 will focus on the complex problems that the …

De-risking Mining Business In Nigeria Through Fiscal …

Over the past decade, the Nigerian mining sector (the Sector) contributed less than 1% to the Nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), year-on-year. This is abysmally low given the variety and reserves of precious minerals that the country is endowed with. To put this in context, similar mineral mining countries in Africa have historically seen ...

Mining, from The Report: Nigeria 2023

Mining. With greater government support and a growing role as a generator of export earnings, Nigeria's mining sector is poised to maximise its considerable potential in precious metals …

Nigeria Mining Week

Hosted by Ministry of Solid Mineral Development of Nigeria, organised by Miners Association of Nigeria, in partnership with PwC Nigeria and VUKA Group, Nigeria Mining Week is the premier event dedicated to the mining sector, providing a platform for industry professionals, government officials, and key stakeholders to come together, share insights, and explore business …

Effect of Lead–Zinc Mining on Socio-Economic and Health

Lead–zinc mining in Nigeria and around the world is known to create adverse effect. ... miners have engaged some of the inhabitants on full/part term basis thereby providing means of livelihood for their families; however, larger population of youths in these host communities remained unemployed. Even the few that were engaged in the mining ...

Nigerian Mining – Progress, but still a long way to go

Globally, the mining industry is experiencing a boom as there is an increase in the need of critical minerals and new mining technologies, the Nigerian Mining is not left out in this change, this document highlights the progress made and the steps to achieving the growth needed.

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Nigeria's mining sector is diverse in mineral resources including high value commodities. ASM accounts for over 90% of solid minerals mining in the country and is a vital livelihood for thousands of people across Nigeria (GUES 2011, 11).Estimates of direct employment provided by the sector vary from 400,000 (AMDC 2017; Oramah et al. 2015) to 500,000 people …

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(PDF) Addressing the Socio-Economic and Community Issues in Mining

In the past two decades, the Federal Government of Nigeria has made concerted efforts to revitalise and grow Nigeria's mining sector to diversify its sources of revenue and foreign exchange earnings.

A legal and regulatory analysis of lithium mining in Nigeria

INTRODUCTION TO MINING IN NIGERIA. Lithium has become a vital alternative energy resource in the 21st century and it has the potential to reshape the world's energy landscape. The global demand for lithium is estimated to surpass 2.4 million metric tons of lithium carbonate by 2030, doubling the 2025 forecast. ...

Gold Mining Activities and Impact on Osun River Basin in

The Osun River Basin occupies an area of about 1942 km 2 and is home to a population of around 200,000 people (Adedoyin, 2023).It is a major drainage system in Southwest Nigeria with a rise in the Okemesi ridge (~5 km north of Efon-Alaye) from where it flows through Itawure, westward through Osogbo and Ede and then southward to enter Lagos Lagoon (Oke …

Nigeria's Mining: Prospects, Challenges and Opportunities

Nigeria's mining sector is a sleeping giant with immense economic potential. Addressing its myriad challenges necessitates a concerted effort from government bodies, industry stakeholders, and the global community. Armed with the right policies and sustainable practices, Nigeria could well become the mineral powerhouse it aspires to be. ...

(PDF) LEGAL ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA'S MINING …

The development of Nigeria's mining sector has been slow despite its huge potentials. To reinvigorate the seemingly comatose sector, successive administrations have taken initiatives aimed at ...

Miners Association of Nigeria

The organization was formed to improve the Nigerian mining industry by empowering mining operators, creating a more favorable business environment, and working with the government to create supportive policies and …