The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, is leading the Nigerian delegation to the Africa Down Under (ADU) Conference, holding in Perth, Australia, September 6-8, 2017.
Widely regarded as a conference that attracts significant interest from organisations prospecting for business opportunities in the mining sector in Africa, the Nigerian delegation includes critical stakeholders, notably, officials of some state governments in charge of minerals and mining; financial experts, investors and operators.
The Minister will also deliver a paper “Mining for Shared Prosperity: Why Nigeria, Why Now” on the opening day of the conference which is renowned as one of the leading fora for facilitating discussions on how to grow investments and participation in the African mining space.
According to the statement from the ministry, Nigeria was a major focus at the conference last year following the discovery by an Australian firm, of a huge deposit of Nickel in Kaduna State.
