Punch Newspapers Sections Ada Wodu, Calabar The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development says an artisanal and small scale mineral processing cluster will be established in Cross River State. The cluster will serve the South-South zone of the country and designed to activate the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister of State, Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogar, disclosed this in Calabar on Monday while receiving title documents for a five-hectare land donated by the Cross River State government for the project. He said the project was to harness the barite deposit which is abundant in the state.