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According to LAFARGE, in 2014, Nigeria was estimated to have lost N300 billion to bitumen importation. Now, with biting foreign exchange scarcity, dwindling revenue, and prevailing economic recession, experts have called for the use of concrete to build roads rather than bitumen. In this article we take a look at the advantages of Concrete road over Asphalt road In recent ...

Pulse reports that The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has announced it will begin mining of the rich bitumen deposits in the Ondo state This is towards diversifying the economy and boosting foreign exchange earnings of the country. The government has awarded a mining licence to the state government to explore a natural resource that in its opinion could be ...