Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Struggles With Vague Chinese Mining Contract. 5 October 2021. The Nation (Nairobi) By Patrick Ilunga. More than a decade …

The Nigerian government has commenced moves to stop the illegal activities of Chinese and other artisanal miners across the country. A senior official of the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Fran Odoom, made this known to PREMIUM TIMES in a telephone interview. The official said that illegal mining activities "are killing Nigeria…

During the event, China Mining International Productivity Cooperation Enterprises Alliance, the International Center of Excellence on Coal Mine Methane in China, China-Nigeria Mining Investment and Financing Alliance, PP research Center under Union of Mining Environment Rehabilitation & Financing, etc., had all been unveiled and showed that all ...

Chinese Mining Exodus Leads to ASIC and GPU Second-Market Surplus and Lower Prices . ... Microstrategy CEO Advises Nigeria and Zimbabwe …

Nigeria Cracks Down on Illegal Chinese Mining. Last year the Nigerian government announced that it would no longer tolerate rampant illegal mining and would begin enforcement actions to crack down on the practice. To make sure that everyone knew how serious they were, the Federal Government set up special courts just to prosecute illegal mining ...

It's not often that an African government takes decisive action against a Chinese extractive resource company. In fact, it's quite rare. So, it's notable when investigators from Nigeria's Federal Government descended on the Chinese-owned Hongao Mining Company's site near Abuja to follow up on an investigative report by Chinedu Asadu, ...

17 Chinese men arrested for illegal mining in Nigeria. by Adejumo Kabir. May 4, 2020. 2 min read. The Osun State Government on Sunday announced the …

The Chinese regime is Africa's largest trade partner and miners in countries such as Ghana increasingly rely on Chinese equipment and capital. But there are ...

In 2008, the Democratic Republic of Congo's national mining company gifted concessions to Chinese miners. In Nigeria, the Chinese government has …

Ihuoma Chiedozie, Abuja. The Federal Government has frowned on China's domination of the Nigerian mining sector, noting that the development had not helped the country's economy.

As China's engagement with Nigeria is skewed towards the extractive industry, the paper focuses solely on the oil and mining sectors. It traces the transforming developments and also addresses the concerns for Nigeria, relating to economic, environmental and social, following China's commercial presence in those sectors.

Nigeria is seeking Chinese mining companies to stop open mining. Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi urges the company to adopt modern methods, to save the people from the hazards associated with open mining. The governor spoke at the weekend at Echo alike in Ikwo Local Government during the funeral service ...

The scale of China's expansion in Africa is just a mind blowing. In less than 10 years since Chinese authorities called for mineral resources diversification globally, the number of major mining ...

The facility is a joint venture between two Chinese firms: Sunda Group and Keda Clean Energy Company. Sunda started out by importing tiles from China into Nigeria, but has since launched its own manufacturing operations in a number of African countries; its partner, Keda, is a Shanghai-based supplier of industrial machinery.

China's engagement in Nigeria amounts to total financing commitments of US$5,4 billion. The initiation of activities dates back to 2002 with the agreement on the first phase of the National Rural Telephony Project (NRPT), when China's two telecom giants ZTE and Huawei began actively pursuing equipment supply and network rollout projects for both fixed and wireless services in the country.

That was the year FSG founded a dedicated company in the DRC, Global Pioneer Assurance, and then obtained a license to operate from the Kinshasa authorities before winning a contract with the giant China Nonferrous Metal Mining Corp (CNMC, AI, 07/09/20). In Nigeria too, FSG's revenues come mainly from contracts obtained from Chinese companies ...

By Sodiq Adewale Chocomilo On Aug 19, 2020. Mohammed Bello, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory has revealed that the Chinese mining company operating in the nation's capital has no lease to mine gold. This was disclosed by the FCT minister in a meeting with the minister of water resources, Suleiman Adamu on Tuesday, August 18.

At least 27 illegal miners, including 17 Chinese, were arrested in the southwestern Nigerian state of Osun, local media reported Monday. The 17 Chinese …

Nigeria cracks down on illegal Chinese mining. Last year, the Nigerian government announced that it would no longer tolerate rampant illegal mining and would begin enforcement actions to crack down on the practice. To make sure that it was taken seriously, the government set up special courts to prosecute illegal mining cases.

A Chinese-owned mining firm has constructed a modern laboratory to study malaria parasites in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Malaria is a leading cause of death in the central African nation. The lab aims to use its research to help reduce the high prevalence of the disease in the region.

Coal mining processing plant in Nigeria. This coal mining project is an open pit mine located in Nigeria, announced by mining company - Western Goldfields - that it has discovered 62,400,000 tonnes of proven reserves of coal deposits worth US$1.2 billion which …

Chinese mining companies operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) need to do more to prevent their operations from leading to human rights abuses, Amnesty International warned today in a new report. Profits and Loss: Mining and human rights in Katanga, examines the impact of the mining industry in south-eastern DRC. The report […]

Chinese companies are working in Nigeria on projects such as mining, railways, airports and roads. Photo: Shutterstock. Gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese workers from a gold mining …

Nigeria Cracks Down on Illegal Chinese Mining. Thread starter denel; Start date Jun 12, 2021 ...

Take mining for example. You might read, as I just did in a student's paper, a source that says that a Chinese company is making an $8 million (800 ) investment in uranium in Zambia. But let's put this into perspective. Mining has a number of stages, and a long lifecycle. It can take 10 to 15 years just to get a mine into production.

China is now Africa's biggest trade partner, with Sino-African trade topping $200 billion per year.According to McKinsey, over 10,000 Chinese …

The coal found in Nigeria is said to be of very high quality. In the 1940s, mining and exportation of coal were major sources of foreign exchange in the country, but many mines were abandoned due to the Nigeria civil war. Mining of coal and other minerals like iron ore are still going on in the country though on a low key.

17 Chinese men arrested for illegal mining in Nigeria. by Adejumo Kabir. May 4, 2020. 2 min read. The Osun State Government on Sunday announced the arrest of …

Nigeria: With Police Support, Illegal Gold Mining Thrives in Osun Communities. In April when the federal government gave the order for stoppage of illegal mining in Zamfara, a …