Nigeria Outlines Plans To Grow Sand Mining Sector

LAGOS State Government has restated its commitment to ensure internationally accepted standards in the sand mining industry in the country. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Iyabode Obasa, stated this while receiving the Environmental Impact Assessment Report and Evaluation of mining sites and document from companies intending to operate across the three […]

Zambia Threatens Non-transparent Mining Firms

THE Zambian Government insisted it would punish mining companies whose operations were shrouded in controversy. Subsequently, the government announced plans to extend forensic audits to all mining companies in the country to ensure their operations were transparent. Addressing Parliament recently in Lusaka, the Mines, Energy and Water Development Minister, Christopher Yaluma, said the process had […]