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World Bank Congratulates Sarafa Isola
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The World Bank has congratulated
the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Chief Sarafa Tunji
Isola for what it described as his achievement since he assumed
office in July of last year. |
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April 23, 2008 |
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Malomo Gets Yar'Adua's Nod For A Second
Term |
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President Umar Yar'Adua has
approved the renewal of the tenure of Dr. Siyan Malomo as the
Director General of the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency for
another 5 years effective from May 20, 2008. |
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April 22, 2008 |
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Minister
Rolls Out Seven Point Code Of Conduct To Enhance Service
Delivery |
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As part of the efforts of the
Federal Government’s commitment for the principle of providing
selfless and purposeful service to people, the Honourable
Miniser of Mines and Steel Development, Chief Sarafa Tunji Isola
has rolled out seven points: code of conduct for staffers of the
Ministry and its agencies. |
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April 3, 2008 |
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World Bank Advocates Sustainability of the
Boom In Mining Industries |
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The price of Gold in the world market has risen from 550 dollars
per ounce in 2006 to 1000 dollars per ounce in 2008,
representing 81.8 percent increase. |
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March 24, 2008 |
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Nigeria Seeks Road Map For Pilot Plant To Process First Barrell
of Bitumen |
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The Minister of Mines and Steel Development has told foreign
investors that Nigeria is eagerly interested in anyone ready to
provide a roadmap that will lead to the setting up of a pilot
plant to process the first barrel of Bitumen in Nigeria. |
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March 24, 2008 |
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Stakeholders Endorse Federal
Government's Mining Policy |
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Stakeholders in the mining sector have thrown their weight
behind the reforms of the Yar'Adua administration in their
sector. |
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January 2008 |
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Australia Invites Nigeria To Roundtable At Mining Indaba |
| Nigeria is one of the two West African Countries
invited to participate at the Australian/ African Regional
Roundtable being organized by the Australian government at this
year’s Mining Indaba, holding in Cape Town, South Africa. |
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January 21, 2008 |
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Zuma
Steel Company Ltd. Charged To Train
Nigerians |
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has charged the management of
Zuma Steel Company Ltd., Jos to ensure that the foreign experts
there train the Nigerians there to be actively involved in the
development of the Steel sector. |
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January 19,
2008 |
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Ajaokuta Labour Crisis Resolved |
| The Minister of State for Mines And Steel
Development, Alh. Ahmed Mohammed Gusau (MFR) has brokered a
10-point agreement between the management of the Ajaokuta Steel
Company Limited (ASCL) and its workforce to usher in lasting
industrial peace in the country. |
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October 9, 2007 |
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10-Point Agreement Crucial To Industrial
Peace And Harmony |
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The Chairman of the Arbitration Panel set up to resolve
industrial crisis which erupted at the Ajaokuta Steel Company,
Mr. Patrick Iwara says that the 10-point, agreement adopted at
the end of negotiations were crucial to the resumption of
peace, tranquility and harmonious relationship between the
management and the workers. |
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October 6, 2007 |
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Govt,ll Pay Attention To Iron, Steel Sector-Minister
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| The federal government will pay more attention
to developing the Iron and Steel sector of the economy, Minister
of State, Mines and Steel Development, Alh. Ahmed Gusau, has
said. |
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August 30, 2007 |
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Neglect of Mineral Producing Communities Portends Danger-
Minister |
| Minister for Solid Minerals Development, Alh.
Sarafa Isola, has warned that the continued neglect of
communities where natural resources are tapped portends
serious danger for the economy. |
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August 30, 2007 |
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Nigeria Targets Steel Development By 2020 |
| The federal government has disclosed an
ambitious readiness to lead the country to the peak of global
steel development by 2020. |
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August 29, 2007 |
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Mining, Agric To Top New Economic Policy |
| The federal Government may soon announce a
comprehensive review of key economic policies to achieve its
targeted 13 percent yearly growth in the nation's Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). |
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August 29, 2007 |
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FG To Develop Nation's Mining Potential-Minister |
| Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Chief
Sarafa Tunji Isola, has said that the present
administration in the country has recognized the immense
contributions the solid mineral sector could make to the
economic development of the nation. |
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August 28, 2007 |
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FG
Urged On Good Governance |
| The paradox called the Dutch Disease which is
associated with mineral wealth in the African continent may soon
be a thing of he past. |
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August 28, 2007 |
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FG Set To Encourage Non-Oil Sector |
| The Minister of Mines and Steel Development,
Chief Tunji Isola has said that the focus of the present
administration was the improvement of Nigeria's economy by
stimulating it through non-oil products. |
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August 28, 2007 |
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African Nations Brainstorm On
Mining Policies of AU |
| Heads of mining and other related activities in
the solid minerals sector under African Mining Partnership (AMP)
have converged on Abuja, the nation's capital to continue the
push to harmonizing mining policies established by the African
Union. |
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August 28, 2007 |
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FG Reassures Aggrieved Steel Workers |
| The Federal Government yesterday waded in the
impasse in the Steel sector as a result of the grievances over
unpaid salaries and severance packages. |
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August 28, 2007 |
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Pan-African Mining Summit Begins in Abuja |
| Seven African countries will today gather in
Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for this year's
African Mining Partnership (AMP) Mid-Term Review from August 23
to 25, 2007. |
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August 23, 2007 |
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African Nations To Review Mining Development Strategies |
| Ministers of Mines in Africa, under the auspices
of the African Mining Partnership (AMP), will today in Abuja
start reviewing strategies for developing their countries'
mining sectors. |
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August 23, 2007 |
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Revealed! We Have Found Soludo's Currency-Indigenous
Miner |
| " I have discovered a near mystery metal that
could be used as a coin metal in this country." |
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August 23, 2007 |
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Importation Of Baryte Will Not Hinder Local Production, Says
Minister |
| Mines and Steel Development Ministry
has assured Baryte miners that their interests would be
protected if he government decided to allow importation of the
product. |
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August 21, 2007 |
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Lagos To Hold Stakeholders Forum On Mineral Utilization |
| Lagos State Government has concluded plans to
hold a stakeholders' forum on the utilization of Silica /glass
sand and fire clay for industrial utilization. |
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August 20, 2007 |
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FG Promises To Help Artisan Miners |
| .The Federal Government has assured artisans and
small-scale miners in the country of its support, promising to
create a link between them and barite multinational companies
for supply of Baryte for the domestic market. |
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August 20, 2007 |
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"Govt'll Focus On Bitumen, Coal
Production" |
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Determined to curtail over-reliance on oil, Minister for Mines
and Steel Development, Alhaji Sarafa Tunji Ishola, has assured
that Nigeria would soon become one of the leading countries in
the production of coal and bitumen. |
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August 17, 2007 |
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