About the Department
STEEL DIVISION
- Initiating favourable policies for the growth and development of the metals industry
- Regulating tariffs on metal commodities and products
- Removing unjustifiable non-tariffs that impede the industry’s access to international markets
- Recommending appropriate measures to give effect to agreements entered into by the Federal Government
- Put forward proposals for the revision and amendment of all existing Metallurgical regulations as deemed appropriate now and at times as may be necessary
- Supervise Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, Ajaokuta; and the Metallurgical Training Institute; Onitsha and the National Steel Council
NON-FERROUS METALS DIVISION
- Monitoring development in the other sector of the economy that may have adverse effect on the metals sub-sector and recommending appropriate action
- Make recommendation as necessary to regulate through an appropriate Act, the performance of the Metallurgical industry in liaision with all operators of the sector
- Coordinate information Technology. skill acquision .innovation and new alloy development
- Stimulation and promotion of SME’s in the metals sector and coordinate the support for small amd Medium Scale Metallurgical outfit
- Issuance of permit to Import/Export Metals Products
What we do...
- Formulating policies for the sustainable development of the metals industry in Nigeria
- Establishing a metals data bank on the information and statistics for the metals industry
- Promoting local Production of Metals for domestic, industrial and infrastructure development
- Implementing the objectives of the National Industrial Policy as they relate to the metals sector
- Putting in place necessary incentives to encourage local metals production
- Regularly evaluating the pricing structures and quantity of metals products to ensure international competitiveness.
- Encouraging the use of domestic metal products in the production of automobiles.
- Coordinate the provision of manpower for the metals industry
- Provision of institutional frameworks for sustainable development of the Metals industry
Agencies
- Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL) Ajaokuta
- National Iron Ore Mining Comapany (NIOMCO). Itakpe
- National Steel Raw Materials Exploration Agency (NSRMEA) Kaduna
- National Metallurgical Development Centre (NM<DC). Jos
- Metallurgical Training Institute. (MTI), Onitsha
- National Steel Council (NSC)
