MINISTER of State for Mines and Steel Development, Honorable Abubakar Bawa Bwari is to lead the Nigerian delegation to the China Mining Congress and Expo scheduled to hold from 23rd to 25th September, 2017, at the Meijiang Convention in Tianjin, China.
The China Mining Congress and Expo is one of the world’s largest mineral investment, cooperation and trading platforms.
It covers the whole value chain, including geological surveying, exploration development, mining rights and mineral trading, mineral processing and smelting techniques, mining equipment and services.
The conference will also provide government officials, industry leaders and experts from both Chinese and foreign mining industries with in-depth dialogues on questions related with the mining industry.
During the conference, the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development will deliver an address at one of the main congress sessions as well as at the Nigeria-China Mining Investment Forum that is organised by the Ministry.
According to a statement signed by Iliya Rhoda Ishaku for Deputy Director, Press/Public Relations Units, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, the forum is meant to provide a platform for interaction between Nigerian and Chinese investors in the mining industry.
The statement said the forum will provide platform to showcase to potential Chinese investors the investment opportunities in the mining sector in Nigeria and existing incentives and enabling legislations. Government officials and companies of the two countries will network to review existing areas of cooperation and explore new areas of cooperation.
It said the objectives of Nigeria’s participation at the China conference include among others to re-affirm Nigeria’s economic policy priority, which focuses on the diversification of Nigeria’s revenue base by repositioning the mining sector for greater productivity.
The statement said it will also showcase to potential investors the investment opportunities in the Nigerian mining sector and the existing incentives and enabling legislations.
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