Tag Archives: Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office

Ministry condemns publication on illegal mining

The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has described the publication of the BUA Group cement as an unwarranted campaign of calumny against it and the office of the Minister. Alhaji Mohammed Abass, Permanent Secretary of the ministry, said, in a statement, on Tuesday, in Abuja, that the publication by the company to blackmail the ministry into granting a free ...

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Mining title: 60% defaulters respond to warning letters, says D-G

Mohammed Amate, Director General, the Nigerian Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), has said that more than 60 per cent mining title defaulters have responded to a recent one-month notice, warning them of impending revocation by the office. Amate said that MCO issued warning letters to more than 2,000 mining licensees early this month to pay off their debts and also comply ...

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