Industry stakeholders under the aegis of the he Gold Miners Processors and Marketers Association of Nigeria (GMPMA) have affirmed their commitment to partner with other mining developed countries to achieve international standards in the sector.
The GMPMA President, Mr. Auwal Bununu, said on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), that the commitment would support the sector to acquire more knowledge on mining activities and provide equipment for effective implementation of policies and projects.
The challenges inherent in Nigeria’s mining sector, according to Bununu, are provision of mining equipment and machinery as well as international standard technical services.
“What we have started doing now is that we are looking at the mining developed countries such as Australia, Canada, China, South Africa, Turkey and Europe, to work with them.
“We are collaborating with those countries so that we can strongly build and strengthen mining companies in Nigeria.
“Working with international companies will help us get their capacity, gain more knowledge and higher standards to support our mining industries,” he said.
The GMPMA chief said that Nigeria took samples to laboratories in those developed countries to test some of the materials before use in the country.
He said that if such services could be provided to Nigeria about 80 per cent mining problems would be solved appropriately.
“When we have the services and have about 90 per cent of operators who are experts, investigations of materials and other activities will be easy and accessible.
“We can also provide the services locally in accordance with international standards.
“So, we are making efforts for our local mining companies to have access to such equipment that will get to the standards,” Bununu said.
He disclosed that the GMPMA had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Beijing Institute of Mineralogy and Mineral Resources.
He said that the association had also engaged with other partners from Europe to build up the synergies in the effort to ensure that Nigeria would get to the international standard in the mining activities.
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