Across Africa, artisanal mining supports millions of families. The sector, however, remains largely unregulated, and highly dangerous, wi...

Nigeria’s government has accused a mining firm, Jupiter Ltd, of planning to spread false claims about the country’s mining sector as a dispu...

  Nigeria is stepping up efforts to secure up to $5.7bn in Chinese investment to strengthen its power, mining, and manufacturing sectors, ac...

At least 37 miners have died in a suspected carbon-monoxide leak at a lead and zinc mine in central Nigeria's Plateau state, witnesses h...

A new bill in the United States House of Representatives seeks to have the US Secretary of State collaborate with Nigeria to counter what l...

Nigeria is positioning itself as Africa’s next major minerals hub after rolling out a $600 million lithium processing plant and  multiple go...

Illegal mining is obstructing Nigeria’s efforts to drive out armed fighters, known locally as bandits. They've seized areas in the no...

Two Chinese manufacturers have taken over a Nigerian company that raised eyebrows in 2023 when it started building a lithium refinery in the...

Nigeria has lifted a ban on mining exploration in the northwestern state of Zamfara after a five-year suspension , the mining minister said,...

Nigeria concluded a three-day conference Wednesday to mark National Mining Week. Authorities in the West African nation have been seeking to...

Nigeria’s government is cracking down on illegal mining, making dozens of arrests of unlicensed miners since April for allegedly stealing th...

From dawn, before the sun starts to sear the earth, Biltamnu Sani is already hard at work, pounding away at the dusty soil in his perilous...