Business

Nigeria targets 10m tonnes of annual steel production to slash imports

DailyTimesNGR DailyTimesNGR 20 March 2025 0

BY TUNDE OPALANA Nigeria’s Minister of Steel Development, Prince Shuaibu Abubakar Audu, has unveiled an ambitious plan to produce 10 million metric tonnes of steel annually within the next five years, aiming to significantly reduce the nation’s reliance on imported steel. This

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FG promises to promote, protect local steel coys

Ihesiulo Grace 10 August 2022 0

Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, says the Federal Government is making effort to promote and protect local steel industries. Adegbite made this known, while inuagurating a nine-man committee for the reconstitution of the National Steel Council on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the committee was inaugurated to protect the interest of […]

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GIS Web Portal costs N700m to develop – ​Fayemi

Ihesiulo Grace 10 November 2017 0

The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) has spent N700 million to develop an Integrated Automation and Interactive GIS Web Portal to improve ‘Ease-of-Doing-Business’ in the mining sector, the Minister, Kayode Fayemi, has disclosed. He stated this in Abuja yesterday at the launch of the portal. Fayemi said “the portal is a cutting edge […]

Editorial

Regulating Nigeria’S Mining Sector

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

Recently, the Nigerian Miners Association (NMA) raised alarm at the influx of unregistered Chinese companies into the mining sector. According to its President, Alhaji Sani Shehu these companies’ recruited Chinese labourers to do the jobs usually reserved for Nigeria’s lower and middle class workers.  We call on the authorities to investigate this claim with a […]