Forge and Fabrication Shop is a facility of Engineering Works Complex of Ajaokuta Steel Company The shop is equipped with machines, equipment and installation necessary to produce Steel Forgings of light and heavy parts up to 500Kg, Fabricate light, heavy parts and Steel structures up to 10 Metric Tons etc. The shop’s forging and fabricating…

Ajaokuta Steel Company is located on 24,000 hectares of sprawling green-field land-mass. The Steel Plant itself is built on 800-hectares of land. The chosen Technology for Steel Production is the time tested Blast-Furnace – Basic Oxygen Furnace route for Steel Production. The Ajaokuta integrated steel complex was conceived and steadily developed with the vision of…

SINTER PRODUCTION PLANT Capacity 2,610,000 tonnes per annum COKE-OVEN AND BY-PRODUCTS PLANT Capacity Coke   – 880,000 tonnes/year Tar    – 48,000 tonnes/year Ammonium Sulphate (Fertilizer) – 12, 000 tonnes/year Coke Oven gas – 210,240,000m³ Steam  – 350,000 tonnes/year BLAST FURNACE: Capacity Liquid Metal – 1,350,000 tonnes /year Pig Casting Machine – 155,000 tonnes/year Blast Furnace Slag …

Engineering Workshops has business relationship in the repair of equipment and manufacture of parts with the following industries: •    Kaduna Refining and Petro-Chemical Company.•    Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company.•    Port-Harcourt Refining Company.•    Delta Steel Company.•    Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Sokoto.•    Obajana Cement Company.•    First Aluminum Company , Port-Harcourt.•    Zhong Yang Industry Nigeria Limited. Kogi…

The National Commission for Museums & Monuments has received a treasured repatriated Ife terracotta head from the Kingdom of Netherlands. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alh. Lai Mohamed took delivery of the artifact at a brief handing over event in his Office. Netherlands Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Harry Van Dijk, presented the valuable piece…

Originating from the Akan Kingdoms of the Gold Coast, present day Ghana, Kuduo (meaning vessel) are ornate cast brass vessels which were possessed by kings and courtiers in the Kingdoms. Kuduo was used to keep Gold dust, and other items that were of personal significance and value to the possessor of the Kuduo. When the…

The mossi dolls originate from the mossi people of Burkina Faso, in West Africa. The mossi doll is also called ‘biiga’ (which means child), by the mossi people. These mossi dolls are wooden figurines made from one piece of wood standing on a broader base. The dolls portray the characteristics of an adult woman; with…

The Oba heads are courtly artifacts that originate from the Edo people of the Benin Kingdom, Nigeria. The title of “oba,” or king, is passed on to the firstborn son of each successive king of Benin at the time of his death. The first obligation of each new king during this transfer of rule is…

The Dogon is an ethnic group mainly located in Mali, West Africa. This Dogon maternity figure is a fine piece of art carved out of wood. To the Dogon people, it represents symbolically, feminine beauty and fertility. Dogon statues as this are mostly found in shrines and used as objects of petition and prayers, for…

The Guro /Gouro also called Kweni, people of the Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), in the valley regions of the Bandama River; they speak a language of the Mande branch of the Niger-Congo family of African languages. The Guro masks are handcrafted by the Guro people and represent their spiritual way of life. This Guro mask,…