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4,176 Mining Titles Revokes In Eight Years — FG

The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development said it revoked 4,176 mining titles between 2011 and 2018. The ministry disclosed this in a report made available to journalists in Abuja. It said that 908 mining titles were revoked in 2011, none was revoked in 2012, while 548 were revoked in 2013

NASA Reveals Steam Powered Spacecraft That Mines Its Own Fuel

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A steam powered spacecraft that could roam the sky 'forever' is being developed by Floridaresearchers. Called 'the World Is Not Enough', the NASAfunded prototype craft extracts water from asteroids or other planetary bodies to generate steam. It then uses this to drive a rocket thruster and propel itself. (more…)

Mines Team Gets NASA Funding For Intelligent Drilling System

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An intelligent drilling system capable of characterizing materials as it drills into the lunar or Martian surface is under development at Colorado School of Mines. A team of three Mines professors, led by Jamal Rostami, Haddon/Alacer Gold Endowed Chair in Mining Engineering and director of the Earth Mechanics Institute, has received

Senate Approves $1bn ECA Funds To Complete Ajaokuta Company

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The Senate on Thursday endorsed the decision that $1bn from the Federal Government’s share of the Excess Crude Account be utilised to complete the Ajaokuta Steel Company. (more…)

Reps Approve Reversal Of Ajaokuta Privatisation

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The House of Representatives has asked the Federal Government to cancel the privatisation of the Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and revive it with the loot recovered from a former military dictator, the late Gen. Sani Abacha. (more…)

Nigeria Loses $3bn To Illegal Export Of Gemstones

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Nigeria loses about $3bn annually to illegal export of gemstones, stakeholders in the mines and steel industry have said. The stakeholders spoke under the aegis of the African Gems and Jewellery Exhibition and Seminar at a press conference in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in Abuja on

Gov Akeredolu: Equipment Needed For Bitumen Exploration In Ondo Now In Akure

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GOVERNOR Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has disclosed that equipment for the exploration of bitumen have arrived the state. (more…)

10,000MW Of Electricity Coal Deposits Wasting In 28 Sites

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Okobo Okpiko community is one of the eight sites endowed with vast deposits of sub-bituminous coal in Kogi State. In spite of this blessing, residents in the community said their plight was contrary to the blessings natural resources can fetch. (more…)

FG Moves To Concession Five Coal Blocks To Power

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In a bid to give action to its plan to generate power from coal, the Federal Government on Thursday moved to concession five coal blocks belonging to the Nigerian Coal Corporation as it constituted a team to deliver on the target. (more…)

FG Inaugurates Earthquake Seismometer Detecting Equipment

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In a move to end the incessant earth tremor panic experienced among the residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and its environs, the federal government yesterday inaugurated an earth tremor detecting machine. Government noted that the decision to acquire the Seismometer detecting equipment represent the implementation of some aspects of

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