The federal government’s team to the upcoming 2017 China Mining Expo are expected to market Nigeria’s mining investment opportunities, as well as discuss attractable mining incentives with would be investors at the event.
The Forum will provide platform to showcase to potential Chinese investors the investment opportunities in the mining sector in Nigeria and existing incentives and enabling legislation that appeals to would be mining investors in Nigeria.
The conference will also provide government officials, industry leaders and experts from both Chinese and foreign mining industries with in-depth dialogues on questions related with the mining conference.
Abubakar Bawa Bwari,the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, a statement from the Mining Ministry is to lead the Nigerian delegation to the China Mining Congress and Expo scheduled to hold from 23rd to 25th September, 2017, at the Meijiang Convention in Tianjin, China.
The China Mining Congress and Expo is one of the world’s largest mineral investment, cooperation and trading platforms. It covers the whole value chain, including geological surveying, exploration development, mining rights and mineral trading, mineral processing and smelting techniques, mining equipment and services.
During the conference, the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development will deliver an address at one of the main congress sessions as well as at the Nigeria-China Mining Investment Forum that is organised by the Ministry.
Government officials and companies of the two countries will network to review existing areas of cooperation and explore new areas of cooperation,as the Forum is meant to provide a platform for interaction between Nigerian and Chinese investors in the mining industry.
The objectives of Nigeria’s participation at the China conference include among others to re-affirm Nigeria’s economic policy priority, which focuses on the diversification of Nigeria’s revenue base by repositioning the mining sector for greater productivity, to showcase to potential investors the investment opportunities in the Nigerian mining sector and the existing incentives and enabling legislations.
The Trade Expo would also take advantage of the attendance of key makers and influences in the industry from all over china to strengthen bilateral relationship between Chinese central and regional governments as well as ensure robust tracking of the competitive activities of other mining countries towards identifying ways through which Nigeria can improve the marketability and competitiveness of our mining industry.
