The Economic Reality of Iron Ore Production amid ...
The year 1987, precisely in the month of February, a, Federal owned entity, NIOMCO (National Iron Ore Mining Company) was established, to take charge of iron ore mining in Nigeria. The entity is popularly called, ''Itakpe Iron Ore Deposit'', because it was established, in a town called ''Itakpe'', located in the district of Okene, Kogi State.