{
  "id": 2222737,
  "title": "FG seals deal to revive Delta Steel after decade-long shutdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/fg-seals-deal-to-revive-delta-steel-after-decade-long-shutdown-2222737",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-20T21:02:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/fg-seals-deal-to-revive-delta-steel-after-decade-long-shutdown/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Federal Government has secured a deal to revive the Delta Steel Company, which has been dormant for a decade. Premium Steel and Mines Limited, the current owners, have committed over $1.3bn to rehabilitate and modernize the plant, aiming to return it to commercial production within 18 to 24 months. The revival plan received a significant boost with the signing of a Sub-lease and Operations Agreement between the National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe, and Premium Steel and Mines Limited, which will provide sustainable access to iron ore, a major requirement for restarting the integrated steel plant. The government's efforts to revive this ambitious industrial project, which was commissioned in 1982 with a capacity of one million metric tonnes of liquid steel annually, could create around 25,000 direct and indirect jobs and contribute to industrialization, economic diversification, and job creation in Nigeria.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "FG seals deal to revive Delta Steel after decade-long shutdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/fg-seals-deal-to-revive-delta-steel-after-decade-long-shutdown",
        "published": "2026-08-20T20:56:48.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}