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Coal Import Ban: Australia Seeks Reassurance from China Amid Reports

Halima Sheji Oct 13, 2020 0

Canberra on Tuesday said it was seeking reassurance from Beijing after reports that several Chinese state-owned steelmakers and power plants had been told to stop importing Australian coal.Trade Minister, Simon Birmingham,…

Government

FG involves miners in N5bn intervention fund

Francisca Oluyole Oct 28, 2018 0

The Miners Association of Nigeria says the Federal Government has agreed to involve its executives in the disbursement of the N5billion mining intervention fund.Alhaji Sani Shehu, the President of the association disclosed this in an…

Business

Amu Power Signs Clean Coal Technology Agreement with GE

Femi Famutimi May 17, 2018 0

Gulf Energy, the developer of the 1050Mw Lamu Coal Power Plant (Amu Power), the largest private sector-led infrastructure project in East and Central Africa, has today entered into a Clean Coal Technology agreement with General Electric…

World

Bloomberg gives $50 million to aid shift from coal worldwide

News Agency of Nigeria Nov 9, 2017 0

Former New York mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg is donating 50 million dollars to help nations around the world shift from coal to combat pollution and climate change, expanding his funding outside the United States.The project…

Environment

FG releases N30 Bln for development of solid minerals sector

Uju May 10, 2017

The Federal Government has released N30 billion for the development of the solid minerals sector, a top official of the Solid Minerals Development Fund has announced.Hajiya Hadiza Goni, Acting Secretary of the fund, made the…

Government

Nigeria to partner with AfDB to fund coal projects

Jide Apr 26, 2017

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has revealed that the $150 million World Bank loan recently approved for the sector may not cover coal projects, but arrangements have been reached with the African Development…

World

Trump declares end to ‘war on coal,’ but utilities are not in support

Uju Apr 6, 2017

When President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to sweep away Obama-era climate change regulations, he said it would end America’s “war on coal”.According to Trump, it will also usher in a new era of energy production…

World

Trump to offer federal coal to industry awash in reserves

Uju Mar 29, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has billed his move to re-open federal lands to new coal leases as a win for miners seeking to expand production.But a review of company filings shows that coal miners with the most to gain…

World

China Implements Trump Ban on North Korea, suspends Coal Imports.

Tosin Feb 19, 2017

China will suspend all imports of coal from North Korea, effectively slicing the country's exports by about half.The move, announced by China's commerce ministry on Saturday, is believed to form part of the country's efforts to…

Business

BUA Group Subsidiary, CCNN, Set To Complete$300m Cement Plant By First Half Of 2017

Femi Famutimi Dec 21, 2016

Nigerian industrial giant, BUA Group’s cement subsidiary in Sokoto state, CCNN (also known as Sokoto Cement) expects its new 1.5million metric tonnes per annum cement plant to be completed before the 3rd quarter of 2017. This was made known…

Government

FG to open up Nigeria’s abundant coal deposits to investors, says Fayemi

Owolabi Oluwasegun May 26, 2016 0

The Federal Government says it plans to open up Nigeria’s abundant coal deposits to investors interested in using it to generate electricity.The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, stated this when he featured on…

Opinion

An Open Letter To President Muhammadu Buhari: Reviving The Solid Mineral Sector: Coal Alternative

Opinion Nov 11, 2015 0

Dear Mr. President,We the Class 2013 graduate of Mining Engineering, from The Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) are writing you again as a matter of patriotism, urgency, and responsibility to put our letters to you for…