FG, US plan mining cooperation deal on sidelines of UNGA

Nigeria and the United States are planning to strengthen their cooperation in the mining sector, with a Memorandum of Understanding expected to be signed during the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The agreement, announced by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Lara Owoeye-Wise, came following a meeting between Nigeria's Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and the United States Embassy’s Chargé d’Affaires, Keith Heffern, in Abuja.

The meeting aimed to expand cooperation across the critical minerals value chain, including geological exploration, mining, processing, and value addition, as well as to strengthen secure and resilient mineral supply chains critical to the global energy transition.

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