The Ministry of Solid Minerals Development started as the Mines and Steel Development Ministry in 1985. Until the advent of President Olusegun Obasanjo, whose administration commissioned a comprehensive geological survey and mapping of the country’s solid minerals, the mining sector had remained inchoate and in abeyance. Even as it remained inchoate and in limbo, artisanal…
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Taraba-state
Taraba
Nigeria
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Nigeria-general
Berlin
Germany
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Xizang
China