The Minister of Steel Development, SHUAIBU ABUBAKAR AUDU has proposed a roadmap of the present administration to transition metals produced locally with requisite value addition.

The minister who disclosed this in Abuja, at the African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit said that the government will encourage investments in the determination of large volumes and deposits of transition metals.

He also reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to ensure a conducive environment for investments in mineral processing plants across the country to ensure forex proliferation and the creation of jobs for both skilled and unskilled workers in the mining sectors.

AUDU also sought the establishment of the Host Communities Mineral Development Fund, to address the challenges encountered by local communities on ownership of mineral deposits.