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Nigeria Develops New Legal and Regulation for Mining Exploration and Industry
Nigeria has developed a new legal and regulatory framework for mining, in addition to carrying out a number of institutional reforms, the country’s Minister of Mines and Steel, Deziani Allison-Madueke, said here Friday.
Mining Exploration Area High Risk In Nigeria
Radioactive materials in abandoned mining fields in central Nigeria’s Plateau state pose a serious health hazard to two million people, officials said Saturday.
“Around two million people now live and farm close to the mines, which means they are all at risk from the harmful effects of the radioactive emissions from the mining fields,” Plateau [...]
Utah, Colorado rival OPEC oil reserves, lure Chevron, Exxon, Shell
Colorado and Utah have as much oil as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Nigeria, Kuwait, Libya, Angola, Algeria, Indonesia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates combined.
That’s not science fiction, according to Bloomberg News. Trapped in limestone up to 200 feet (61 meters) thick in the two Rocky Mountain states is enough so-called shale oil to [...]
