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Alake woos investors in London, promises low production costs for mining companies

Dele Alake, the minister of solid minerals development, has assured foreign investors of low production costs to foreign investors if they invest in the country’s mining sector. Speaking at the

UNDERCOVER: In Ebonyi, orphans and little kids are mining in the pits of death

Story Highlights Mining is a family business in some poor communities in Ebonyi Encouraged by their low rates, artisanal miners often engage child miners to work during school hours Some

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Sokoto to get $6m from World Bank to ‘open up mining sector’

The Sokoto state government said on Friday that it had concluded arrangements with the World Bank to access $6 million to support mining activities in the state. NAN reports that

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Diversion of explosives: Fayemi recalls mines officers

Kayode Fayemi, minister of solid minerals development, has ordered the immediate recall of all federal mines officers in the 36 states of the federation and the federal capital territory (FCT).

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