The United States, US is deepening engagement with Nigeria over investment in the country’s critical minerals sector, with high-level talks at the White House focusing on expanding cooperation and developing secure mineral supply chains.
The development was disclosed by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Lara Owoeye-Wise.
According to the statement, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, led a delegation of the Nigeria Solid Minerals Company (NSMC) to the White House for discussions with David Copley, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Global Supply Chain at the U.S. National Security Council, and Diana London of DCI Group.
The discussions centred on opportunities to increase U.S. investment across Nigeria’s critical minerals value chain, covering geological exploration, mining, processing, refining and local value addition.
The two sides also explored ways to build secure and resilient supply chains for minerals critical to the global energy transition, strengthening Nigeria’s role in the emerging global critical minerals market.
The engagement is part of efforts to deepen the Nigeria–United States strategic partnership through investment-driven cooperation, while supporting sustainable mineral development and industrial growth.
It also aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which places economic diversification, industrialisation, job creation and the attraction of strategic foreign investment at the centre of Nigeria’s development strategy.
The meeting further highlights the Nigerian Government’s push to move Solid minerals industry beyond raw mineral extraction towards processing, refining and other forms of value addition that can generate jobs, attract capital and expand economic opportunities.
