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Nigeria to prioritise Lithium, bitumen, limestone, others

...the vision is predicated on Nigeria’s position as the largest economy in Africa

William Ukpe by William Ukpe
October 14, 2022
in Business News, Commodities, Markets
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The Nigerian government has placed Lithium (the key component for making batteries in electric vehicles), as one of its priority minerals for exports, and expanding Nigeria’s mining sector.

FG stated that, along with Lithium, it will prioritise six other minerals, including Coal, Bitumen, Limestone, Iron Ore, Barites, Gold, Lead/Zinc Ore, and Lithium.

This was disclosed by Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki on Wednesday in Abuja, at the Nigerian Society of Mining Engineers 21st Annual General Meeting.

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What she said:

The Minister stated that Nigeria’s Mining Ministry is working to transform the Nigeria Minerals and Metals sector into an irresistible mining destination for global capital, attracting foreign direct investments to grow the sector to optimum level.

She said that the Ministry’s confidence in the realisation of the above vision is predicated on Nigeria’s position as one of the largest economies in Africa.

“With a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 514.05 dollars, a population of over 213 million people, over 57 percent economically active population is endowed with over 44 different minerals resources in commercial quantities,”

“Streamlining application processes and significantly increasing private sector investment in mining,

“Ensuring orderly and efficient mining of the seven priority minerals in the mining roadmap (Coal, Bitumen, Limestone, Iron Ore, Barites, Gold and Lead/Zinc Ore and now Lithium)

“Strengthening collaboration with State governments and relevant security agencies to ensure sustainable security and safety of mining areas.”

She added that other incentives by the Ministry include, improving the investment climate for mining activities, stamping out illegal mining and formalising artisanal and small-scale mining activities across the country, and collaboration with the private sector to create a large number of well-paying jobs for Nigerian youths.

The Minister also stated that President Muhammadu the Buhari administration has targeted mining in the diversification agenda, with a target of a five percent contribution to GDP, and creating an industry worth $27 billion.

FG stated that it has started pursuing some critical initiatives for the promotion of mining activities in Nigeria, including bitumen block auctioning initiative, barite mining and processing, and bulk mineral haulage, and mineral buying centre operations in Nigeria.

“As members of the global mining community, we must put in place the necessary framework in line with international best practice to promote sustainable mining in Nigeria.

“The available record of about 1,700 abandoned mine sites as at 2020 with more than 700 in Plateau alone speaks volume about sustainable mining in Nigeria,” she added.

What you should know

Nairametrics reported in August that The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated in a report that Nigeria’s mineral production grew by 39.19% in 2021, from 64.29 million tons recorded in 2020 to 89.48 million tons in 2021.

The report added that the most mined mineral in Nigeria remains Granite at 22.3 million tons. Granite is among the four most mined minerals. The others are laterite at 7.3 million tonnes; limestone at 44.7 million tonnes and sand, at 1.6 million tonnes.

Last month, the Miners Association of Nigeria called on the Nigerian Government to check the activities of Chinese miners “scavenging” for Lithium.

They said: “Chinese are moving from one mining site to the other, scavenging and mopping our raw lithium mineral at a cheap rate to develop their industries and economy.

“This is not good for the future of our economy; what this means is that Nigeria will end up buying electric batteries from them.


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  1. mike says:
    October 14, 2022 at 10:24 am

    With what the minister of state for mining is saying, we will still continue to buy Batteries from Chinese. She is talking of exporting the lithium as raw materials instead of using it to manufacture Battery locally, can’t we set up or revive our Battery manufacturing companies, must we continue to make the same mistake over and over again. We are loosing out significantly in the area of maximizing our earnings and local employment when we continue to to export raw materials instead of finished goods. Flush our all Chinese from our mining sites, they are parasites and have no good intentions for Nigeria economic growth. If they do, let the set up their Battery manufacturing plant here in Nigeria.

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  2. OTUDERO OLUWAFEMI says:
    October 17, 2022 at 10:46 am

    Nigeria wil not develop if we continue to export our raw material without adding value. The process of adding value to simple materials will stimulate industrialization which we desperately need. When we begin to export quality producst that has undergone processing and value add then we will create more skilled jobs and earn more foreign exchange. Government can incentivise investment in the manufacture of batteries.

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    • OTUDERO OLUWAFEMI says:
      October 17, 2022 at 10:53 am

      Nigeria wil not develop if we continue to export our raw material without adding value. The process of adding value to simple materials will stimulate industrialization which we desperately need. When we begin to export quality products that has undergone processing and value add then we will create more opportunities for skilled jobs and earn more forex. Government can incentivize investment in the manufacture of batteries.

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