NIGERIA STEEL MINISTER DETERMINED TO PROMOTE BACKWARD INTEGRATION IN STEEL PRODUCTION

Nigeria’s minister of mines and steel has told Steel First that his government intends to push ahead with its policy of developing comprehensive backward integration for the country's iron and steel sectors.The plan had been unveiled on January 23 by mines and steel minister Architect Musa Mohammed Sada, with Nigeria’s industry minister, at a forum in Lagos on the 'transformation of minerals, iron and steel sub-sector for industrial revolution in Nigeria.'In in an exclusive interview, Sada told Steel First that the policy is intended to ensure that Nigeria ...


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