Conversations are underway between the Minerals and Miners Centre , London, United Kingdom, and Nigerians in the diaspora who are interested in participating in the business activities of the Nigerian solid minerals sector.
While saying the Centre is focused on promoting fruitful engagements and seeks to ensure that Nigerians living abroad profit from the solid mineral endowments of their country, she added that the MMC will go into multiple partnerships, and is also seeking interested partners to fill in gaps as credible mining engineers, machinery engineers, environmentalists, geologists and geoscientists, adding, “it is a centre for everyone operating in the mining sector.
The Managing Director stated: “We plan to dialogue on this in London by November and sign MOUs with Nigerian firms,” adding that the MMC will coordinate arrangements with the Chinese manufacturers of beneficiation machines.” “To give you a clue, the Minerals and Miners Centre will start with some women who will be supported to establish cooperatives for Mineral Buying Centres. We are already succeeding and inviting NGOs and other women’s groups to take advantage of this. We are also setting up small-scale equipment for beneficiation that will be managed by women who will add value to industrial minerals via froth floatation techniques.
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