on January 19, 2015 / in News 2:51 pm

The Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office said on Monday that six foreign mining companies and Dangote Group of Companies would commence mining of gold, iron ore, coal and lead/zinc in 2015.

The Director-General of the Office, Mr Mohammed Amate, made the disclosure in an interview with Newsmen Agency in Abuja.

Amate said the companies were Kogi Mines Ltd, Segilola Nig. Ltd and Mines Geotechniques Nig. Ltd.

Others are Northern Numero Resources Ltd, West African Polaris Investment Ltd. and Tongyi Allied and Mineral Services Ltd.

He said Kogi Mines; an Australia Mining Company based in Kogi had concluded exploration programmes, adding that it would commence mining of iron ore in Agbaja in the state in 2015.

Amate said that the company had completed its four-year exploration and that it had delineated more than 500 million tonnes of iron ore.

He said Segilola Nig. Ltd would also begin mining of gold in Iperindo area of the IIesha Schist belt of Osun.

Amate said that so far, the companies had also carried out the same exercise and delineated more than one million ounces of gold in the area.

He said that Mines Geotechniques Nig. Ltd and Northern Numero Resources Ltd, both Australian companies and would begin mining of gold this year in Kebbi.

Amate said the Federal Government had last year signed Memorandum of Understanding with the companies to commence mining t in the state.

He disclosed that Dongote would conclude its coal exploration in 2015 and was expected to immediately commence mining of coal in Kogi and Benue.

He said that Dangote had been working toward commencing coal mining in both states, adding that the company held mining titles covering limestone, coal and gypsum.

The director-general said the West African Polaris Investment Ltd, a Chinese company, would commence mining of tin and columbite in Nasarawa State.

He said the Tongyi Allied and Mineral Services Ltd, another Chinese company, would begin mining of lead/zinc in Wasa, Plateau State.

Amate said the two companies would commence major mining operation in various locations in the two states as they have delineated their reserves.

He further said that 169 Small Scale Mining Companies had already begun mining gemstone, gold, lead/zinc, columbite/Tantalite among others across the country.

Amate advised the miners to carry out their operations legally, pay their fees promptly to the government as well as reclaiming mines sites after activities as provided by the law.

He also warned miners not to discharge any harmful materials into any environment that could pose danger to lives.

“If you are discharging anything you make sure that you discharge safety. You make sure you check the acidic, PH value. Do not discharge anything harmful,’’ he stressed.

He said Nigeria had been losing a lot of money to illegal mining but the government had put in place measures to checkmate the challenge.

“A lot of gemstones are being smuggled and a lot of other minerals are being smuggled out of this country,’’ he told newsmen.

vheMa:
vheMa:
Am sorry OP to derail ur post in any form,jus wanna enlighten some NLanders about FEB 14 election,if you don't have interest,u can easily scroll down and continue with the topic,thanks

In my own observations,I think 60% of nigeria citizens want GMB to be the PRES while 30% wants GEJ and the remaining 10% don't wanna vote for either.

When GEJ was sworn in as the president he said " I'll only rule for four years" now he's coming back. GMB had also ruled nigeria before now without achieving anything(in my own opinion). Think about it

Ask yourself this qstn " is it only APC and PDP that's contesting for presidency" NO,there are other parties,but I don't think we know them... Why don't we vote for those that haven't ruled before? Think about it

GEJ did it, he didn't succeed so as GMB and these two wants to rule again,nigerians let's think... Let's even talk about BH insurgency,don't they eat? Do they go into ammunition to get gun for their operations? NO. Think about it

I read one topic on FP that states" we saw helicopters dropping food into the bush where BH's are" who are those pilots and who instructed them to go and drop those items for the group disturbing the peace of our nation?
(Think about it)

Yesterday ISIS threatens to behead obama,isis is an islamist deadly group BH also are muslims(sighs) (think about it)

I weep for this nation

Lastly,have you ever sat down and think of this " why is it that all the muslims president we've had normally dies while ruling?" To me....

THEY WANTS TO TURN NIGERIA INTO AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY. Vote wisely no homo am clearly one those 10% that won't vote for either cause I think GEJ and GMB wanna ruin the affair of this nation

Think about it.

vheMa:
vheMa:
Am sorry OP to derail ur post in any form,jus wanna enlighten some NLanders about FEB 14 election,if you don't have interest,u can easily scroll down and continue with the topic,thanks

In my own observations,I think 60% of nigeria citizens want GMB to be the PRES while 30% wants GEJ and the remaining 10% don't wanna vote for either.

When GEJ was sworn in as the president he said " I'll only rule for four years" now he's coming back. GMB had also ruled nigeria before now without achieving anything(in my own opinion). Think about it

Ask yourself this qstn " is it only APC and PDP that's contesting for presidency" NO,there are other parties,but I don't think we know them... Why don't we vote for those that haven't ruled before? Think about it

GEJ did it, he didn't succeed so as GMB and these two wants to rule again,nigerians let's think... Let's even talk about BH insurgency,don't they eat? Do they go into ammunition to get gun for their operations? NO. Think about it

I read one topic on FP that states" we saw helicopters dropping food into the bush where BH's are" who are those pilots and who instructed them to go and drop those items for the group disturbing the peace of our nation?
(Think about it)

Yesterday ISIS threatens to behead obama,isis is an islamist deadly group BH also are muslims(sighs) (think about it)

I weep for this nation

Lastly,have you ever sat down and think of this " why is it that all the muslims president we've had normally dies while ruling?" To me....

THEY WANTS TO TURN NIGERIA INTO AN ISLAMIC COUNTRY. Vote wisely no homo am clearly one those 10% that won't vote for either cause I think GEJ and GMB wanna ruin the affair of this nation

Think about it.

stevecantrell:


I'm not worried about GEJ , he taken care of his issues with his own words.

On the other hand, Buhari, even if reformed, is surrounded by the wrong people.

I wouldn't vote for either of them too.

madridguy:


Brb

vheMa:
big ups. You get what am saying, I'd like to vote GEJ but I don't trust his 2nd term,likewise GMB I have no trust for him at all

Ikengawo:
6 foreign firms, Dangote to begin mining gold, iron ore in 2015


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/6-foreign-firms-dangote-begin-mining-gold-iron-ore-2015/

Obiagelli:

After 6yrs of taking Nigeria's mining industry backwards

By Jonah Nwokpoku
The Nigeria Railway Corporation, NRC has taken delivery of five additional 68-seater air conditioned coaches, two 16-seater rail buses and eighteen 5-seater Motorised Trolleys.

Addressing journalists in Lagos while conducting final inspection on the new railway vehicles, the Managing Director, Nigeria Railway Corporation, Engineer Adeseyi Sijuade said that “the new coaches will be deployed over the next two weeks on an extension of the train service from Makurdi to Gombe passing through Lafia, Kanfanchan, Kuru, Jos, Bauchi and with a spur line from Kanfanchan to Kaduna.”
He disclosed that “while the two new rail buses will be deployed for inspection of certain parts of the rail network, the eighteen motorized trolleys will be allocated to railway maintenance engineers to facilitate regular inspection and maintenance of the tracks.”
Recall that the Corporation had in April, 2014 commissioned the first set of 68-seater passenger coaches, six in number, bringing the total number of 68-seater air conditioned coaches added to the corporation’s fleet to eleven.
Sijuade told journalists that the railway vehicles were designed and manufactured in China specifically for the Corporation’s narrow gauge railway system by CSR Nanjing Puzhen Company Ltd., and Kintech Nigeria Ltd.
According to him, the newly acquired air conditioned coaches have been tested satisfactorily in the Corporation’s Lagos workshops and are now being deployed for commissioning.

He said: “We spent the whole weekend testing the whole appliances within these five coaches. These include the air conditioning, the automatic dust system and the passenger information system etc. They have all been tested satisfactorily. We are deploying them to the Eastern line.”
“However, for the commissioning purpose, we are deploying them to the Makurdi Railway station, where it will be commissioned on Thursday, 22nd January. The commissioning will be taking place along with the flagging off of the intercity passenger service that runs from Makurdi to Port Harcourt. As a matter of fact, the trains will be moving from Makurdi, following the flag off, to Port Harcourt,” he added.

vheMa:
am sure you would be back in a jiffy

stevecantrell:


I'm not worried about GEJ , he's taken care of his issues with his own mouth.

On the other hand, Buhari, even if reformed, is surrounded by the wrong people.

I wouldn't vote for either of them too.

Ikengawo:


[size=15pt]Nigeria Railway takes delivery of five 68-seater coaches[/size]





http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/01/6-foreign-firms-dangote-begin-mining-gold-iron-ore-2015/

Ikengawo:


vheMa, I encourage you to vote for Goodluck Jonathan my sister. GEJ is the first man we've had in power that's genuine about developing the country and it's showing. He has brought the rail road back, made us Ebola free, charted our economy accurately making us #1 in Africa, made us the second fastest growing economy in Africa, made Nigeria Polio Free for the first time in our history, brought on a youth lead agricultural revolution, given us fair and free elections, have allowed total press freedom even if opposition uses it to attack him, pardoned all political exiles (El Rufai, Ribadu) even though they were both his political enemies to begin with, has even given his opponents awards (Buhari, Fashola) when he felt they deserved it, invests government money into YOUTH business ideas (YouWIN, Sure P), rebuilt all of our airports, gave us 2 more international airports, added university in every state of Nigeria that didn't have one, reformed the police, has cleaned corruption out of the fuel subsidy industry, and fertilizer industry and increased minimum wage for civil servants nationwide including teachers.


Jonathan is a great Nigerian, and our next president so we definitively would like to see you vote patriotically in support of this progress!

madridguy:


Am back, read my comment please.

Obiagelli:

I this the kind of trains world leaders are taking delivery of today?

Obiagelli:

I this the kind of trains world leaders are taking delivery of today?

vheMa:
I'll agree with you partially,but what about security sector Am very sure that,BH group was created to destroy and give a bad name to GEJ and his tenure(term in office). Also GEJ knows the great pillars behind the deadly group(BH). Am sure he knows their sponsor,why don't he ask of what they need and grant it unto them(if he's capable)

vheMa:
which of which

vheMa:
I'll agree with you partially,but what about security sector Am very sure that,BH group was created to destroy and give a bad name to GEJ and his tenure(term in office). Also GEJ knows the great pillars behind the deadly group(BH). Am sure he knows their sponsor,why don't he ask of what they need and grant it unto them(if he's capable)

CyberWolf:
you have to start from somewhere ..

Ikengawo:


NIgeria won't be serviced by one train, here's the collection President Goodluck Jonathan has been building for us






These are Lagos to Kano, I'll post the Abuja to Kaduna later and the ones above are PH to Makurdi



Interior

Obiagelli:

I ask again is these the kind of trains world leaders are bringing to their countries?

Obiagelli:

Start from the 60s in 2015? He might as well bring in camels

Ikengawo:


As far as the sponsors, Nigeria is now under rule of law. The days of being jailed because of accusations are over and the courts and government are working hard to find substantial evidence on the sponsors. The issue some have with civility in government is things can take time because of due process, but it's better than what we had in the past where an accusation alone or being enemies with politicians can get you jailed, beaten, killed or bombed like Obasanjo did to Odi.

Obiagelli:

I ask again is these the kind of trains world leaders are bringing to their countries?

vheMa:
wow I like your posts sha u r kinda current o

Ikengawo:


i'm glad you brought that up.
Did you know that Boko Haram is larger that ISIS and Al Quaeda according to US security reports?
While Boko Haram is still here, the issues is we try to paint the group as a gang of thugs as opposed to one of the largest armies in Africa. Now, Al Quaeda has been active for 40 years now, while Boko Haram is a new start-up


The question then isn't 'why aren't they gone', that will take a longer time than anyone is comfortable admitting, even if it were the US or Israel, Russia dealing with them (Russia has been dealing with Chechnyan terrorist for 40 years as well, Israel with Hamas and Hezbollah for over 50).

The real point is that Boko haram has taken no territory that the Nigerian military didn't rescue hours or days after.
Boko haram has planned no bombing that the culprit wasn't captured
and has gone from having reach from Borno to Kano to being isolated to forests in Borno and Cameroon (out of Nigeria).



Boko Haram isn't a battle, it's a war and if you push your enemy out of even patch of territory it claims, you're winning the war



GEJ in Borno

vheMa:
yeah ISIL/ISIS has been long way coming,but I tell you GEJ himself knows what they want. Back to what you said @ bolded "

what about the chibok girls?"

What about baja territory

What about sambisa