Mining – City Business News

October 16, 2025 No Responses

Mikano Motors Unveils High-Performance Machinery At Nigeria Mining Week 2025

Mikano Motors LHCV had a successful outing at the just concluded 10th edition of Nigeria Mining Week held from October 13 to 15, 2025, at the Abuja Continental Hotel.Speaking on the company’s participation, Arab Gazi, General Manager of Mikano Motors...

May 24, 2025 No Responses

Plateau Lifts Mining Suspension On 159 Firms

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has reviewed Executive Order 001 of 2025, which temporarily suspended all mining activities across the 17 local government areas of the state. Briefing Journalists in Jos, Governor Mutfwang said the decision to suspend m...

December 23, 2024 No Responses

FG Lifts Ban On Mining In Zamfara

Five years after, the Federal Government has lifted the ban on mining activities in Zamfara State. A statement issued on Sunday by the Ministry’s spokesman, Segun Tomori explained that the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, disclosed t...

September 25, 2024 No Responses

Ecobank Nigeria Partners Women In Mining On Gold, Gemstone Conference

Ecobank Nigeria, a subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, is partnering the Women in Mining In Nigeria (WIMIN) for its annual Gold & Gemstone Conference & Exhibition. The 3-day event scheduled for Thursday, September 26th to Saturday, September 28th will be....

August 27, 2024 No Responses

Niger Lifts Ban On Mining

Niger State Government has suspended its ban on mining activities in the state, a year after Governor Umaru Bago placed the restriction. Acting Governor Yakubu Garba announced the suspension at the Government House in Minna, outlining the conditions for mining...

April 25, 2024 No Responses

Nigeria Revokes Additional 924 Dormant Mineral Licences

The Federal Government has revoked an additional 924 dormant mineral licences with immediate effect. The revoked mineral licences which include 528 exploration licences, 20 mining leases, 101 quarry licences, and 273 small-scale mining licenses, were disclosed...

March 22, 2024 No Responses

FG Inaugurates Marshals To Combat Illegal Mining

As part of measures to tackle unauthorized mining activities, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has launched the inaugural group of Mining Marshals Corps. Presenting the Mining Marshals in Abuja on Thursday, Alake explained tha...

March 21, 2024 No Responses

Russian Firm, Rosatom Commences Exploration Of Lithium In Edo

One of Europe’s largest nuclear energy companies, Rosatom, has commenced exploration of lithium in Edo State and has gotten the state government’s approval to build a lithium processing plant. The Commissioner of Mining and Energy, Enaholo Ojiefoh, who dis...

February 25, 2024 No Responses

ECOMOF 2024: UBA Reiterates Support For African Economic Expansion Through Strategic Supports For Mining, Oil Sectors

United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc has reaffirmed its unwavering commitment to spearhead economic growth across the continent through targeted policies aimed at maximizing the benefits derived from the mining and oil sectors. To this end, the bank is poise...

November 22, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria Revokes 1,633 Mining Licenses

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, has announced the revocation of mineral titles of 1,633 holders with a stern warning to the former title holders to vacate the relevant cadastre immediately.....

October 22, 2023 No Responses

Lagos Seeks Collaboration With Nigerian Mining, Geoscience Society

The Special Adviser on Mineral Resources, Engr. Abiola Olowu has urged the Nigerian Mining and Geosciences Society to join hands with the present administration in the State to advance the understanding and application of geology, geophysics and related discip...

September 4, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria Issues Illegal Miners 30-Day Ultimatum

The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued a 30-day ultimatum to illegal miners to desist from such activities in the country. Speaking during a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, explained that...

November 5, 2022 No Responses

First Bank Reiterates Commitment To Funding Mining Sector

First Bank of Nigeria has reiterated its support to mining sector development and growth as part of efforts to diversify the nation’s economy. First Bank’s Group Head, Corporate Banking, Energy (Upstream and midstream), Temitayo Osundosumu, said this durin...

August 13, 2020 No Responses

FG Flays Double Taxation In Mining Sector

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), on Wednesday, authorised the finance ministry to directly deduct the federal allocation of any state or local councils found imposing illegal taxes on mining operations. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai M...