Nigeria is expecting to launch a new that will provide a roadmap on the country’s critical value chain from extraction to beneficiation.
The study is to be funded by the Global Council for Critical Minerals which is driven by the Solid Minerals Development Ministry.
One of the expected benefits of the roadmap is the development of an industrial sector for the local production of solar power and foreign exchange savings from the reduction of imports of solar power products.
The Global Council for Critical Minerals is a specialised organ of the Sustainable Energy for All, a United Nations Agency setup to implement the Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The study, to be carried out by UC Davis and supported by Core International, will examine the country’s critical minerals’ resource and reserve and set international best practices for value development to ensure that it contributes to value addition to grow the economy.
