{"id":55195,"date":"2016-12-27T00:51:30","date_gmt":"2016-12-26T23:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=55195"},"modified":"2016-12-27T00:51:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T23:51:31","slug":"coal-deposits-commercial-quantity-discovered-sokoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/coal-deposits-commercial-quantity-discovered-sokoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal Deposits in Commercial Quantity\u00a0Discovered In Sokoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The efforts of the federal government to diversify Nigeria\u2019s economy has received a major boost with the discovery of coal deposit in commercial quantity Sokoto State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This discovery boosts Sokoto&#8217;s share of solid minerals awaiting exploration by the authorities. Others earlier discovered include phosphate for making fertilizer, gold, limestone, gypsum, iron ore, copper, columbite, tantalite, zinc, kaolin among others.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking during a capacity building workshop on Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV)s for beneficial participation of state governments in mining, jointly organised by the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and the<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sokoto Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural Resources Development, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said the state government has already engaged a Chinese company to make research on the available mineral resources, determine their locations and their commercial viability.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said the company has presented the first phase of its findings and identified 20 varieties of solid minerals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>On coal, the government said the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN), otherwise known as Sokoto Cement and owned by the BUA Group, has started using the substance as a source of energy in operating its plant.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;BUA will use coal sourced from Sokoto to fuel the 40MW power plant being constructed at the factory. 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