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U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced the Clean Energy Minerals Reform Act, legislation to modernize the nation's severely antiquated hardrock mining law.

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By Aduragbemi Omiyale The external reserves of Nigeria may soon begin to make a steady journey northwards without looking back when the country fully commences the local production of bitumen. The country has about 42.74 billion metric tonnes (MT) of bitumen untapped and a significant amount of foreign exchange (FX) is

Nigeria’s bitumen deposits are ranked sixth in the world in terms of reserve size, an official said.

Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources in charge of mines has asserted that Electrcohem Ghana has the licenses required by law to mine salt in the Ada Songor concession in the Greater Accra Region. According to Hon. Duker, the company has the requisite mandate from both the Minerals Commission…

Nigeria’s bitumen deposits are ranked sixth in the world in terms of reserve size, an official said.

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development,  Olamilekan Adegbite, has said that the cost of road construction in the country would ultimately go down

In July 2021, the Right to Information (RTI) Commission instructed the Minerals Commission to release information to The Fourth Estate at a cost of GH₵1.90 through the PDF format the media entity requested the information. If the Minerals Commission was to release the information in hard copy, it was instructed…

As communities get greedy, the government fails to enforce regulations to ensure those they licensed and illegal miners do not destroy the environment, water, and people's cultural assets while smiling to the bank.

Treasury has allocated $4.3m to the programme with a plan to distribute 300,000 cylinders to households.