Nigeria's Mining Week sharpens focus on long-neglected sector
Voice of America
FILE - A truck is packed with crushed granite at a mining plant in Zamfara, Nigeria, April 21, 2016.
Nigeria concluded a three-day conference Wednesday to mark National Mining Week. Authorities in the West African nation have been seeking to expand investments in the mining industry in a bid to diversify the economy, amid the global surge in demand for minerals.
FILE - The sun rises near the Kariba Dam in Siavonga, Zambia, on Sept. 19, 2024. Zimbabwean Vice President Constantino Chiwenga speaks at the Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on Nov. 18, 2024. Delegates to the Zimbabwe-Zambia Energy Projects Summit in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, take notes on Nov. 19, 2024.
Pakistani policemen stand guard outside a factory where two Chinese nationals were allegedly shot, in Karachi, Nov. 5, 2024. China said on Nov. 19, 2024, it will send troops to Pakistan for the first joint counterterrorism exercise in five years to enhance security cooperation. FILE - Police officers examine the site of suicide bombing at a highway in Shangla, district in the Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, March 26, 2024. The attack killed five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver, police and government officials said.