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Mining Industry Development, EPA Grants Plans Invest $7M To Develop Methane Reduction, Clean Energy
Through the Methane to Markets partnership, EPA is making up to $7 million in grants available for innovative international projects and activities. The agency expects to award up to 40 cooperative grants agreements ranging from approximately $100,000 to $700,000.
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 [...]
Saipem awarded new Offshore contract in Nigeria worth in excess of USD 1.3 billion
Saipem has been awarded the contract for the Umbilicals, Flowlines, Risers and Oil Loading Terminal (UFR & OLT) activities for the subsea development of Usan deepwater field, located off the coast of Nigeria, about 160 kilometres South of Port Harcourt. The contract is worth in excess of USD 1.3 billion.
The contract has been awarded by [...]
Nigeria: Mitigating Climate Change in Nigeria
Nigeria is a party to both the Montreal and Kyoto Protocols, where all signatories agreed to combat climate change by participating actively in phasing out all ozone layer depleting substances, and reduce greenhouse gases emissions, through the implementation of corresponding national programmes based on informed policy decisions.
The Brussels Declaration that developed countries (Annex 1 Emitters), [...]
Cotton & Western Mining, Inc. Debunks New Democrat News Paper’s Headline Story of March 6th, 2007; Monrovia, Liberia
Cotton & Western Mining, Inc. Robert L. Cotton, President & C.E.O. of Cotton & Western Mining, Inc., stated today that, “The front-page story published in the New Democrat News Paper, Monrovia, Liberia, was not only incorrect but also presented misleading information to its Liberian readers.” The headline for the story read, “Bong Mine’s 300,000 Tons [...]
Nigeria: ‘Nigeria’ll Benefit From Mineral Boom’
Federal Government has said it will use the current global demand for mineral resources as an opportunity to strengthen the country’s mining sector.
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Prof. Leslye Obiora said in Abuja, that the development would enable the country participate in the current boom in the sector.
According to her, “the boom has only [...]
New Nigerian oil-exploration campaign to begin soon
West African oil-and-gas explorer and developer Equator Exploration and Peak Petroleum Industries Nigeria will start drilling on their oil development, OML 122, in Nigeria soon, the companies said on Monday.
They were currently arranging finance for this project, and were hoping to start production during the third quarter of next year.
Equator announced on its website that [...]
