Major Problems Facing Nigeria Today - Africa and the World ...
NIGERIAN MINING SECTOR BRIEF 2014. OVERVIEW Nigeria is endowed with vast reserves of solid minerals, including, but not limited to, precious metals, stones and industrial minerals. The country was a major exporter of tin, columbite and coal in the early 1970s. However, activities in this sector nose-dived considerably when crude oil production began to take the centre stage, and became a major ...