By SAMUEL MOBOLAJI Nigeria has placed a ban on the export of coal as global demand is projected to weaken from 2026, reflecting mounting competition from renewable energy, natural gas and nuclear power, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The policy move comes as the IEA’s Coal 2025 market report forecasts a gradual decline in global […]
The federal government has discovered about 1,260 abandoned mining sites in the country. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite said about 25 sites have been recovered from 2007 since the programme started. The abandoned sites, he said, are useful sometimes because they form artificial lakes especially in dry season farming for those […]
Seven coal miners have died and 17 are trapped after a shaft flooded at a mine in northern China. State radio said on its website that more than 600 rescue workers were pumping water on Tuesday and drilling holes from the surface in hopes of reaching those still inside the Jiangjiawan mine near the city […]
Prof Jere Bala, the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) has revealed that solar electricity generation has reached 28 megawatts. Bala disclosed this in Abuja, adding that Nigeria had started integrating some of the alternative energy sources, like the penetration of solar energy into energy supply in the country. “A lot of solar […]