{"id":44709,"date":"2018-06-19T05:19:29","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T05:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sahara.test\/?p=44709"},"modified":"2018-06-19T05:19:29","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T05:19:29","slug":"finally-nigerias-largest-steel-plant-ajaokuta-to-begin-operation-after-40-years-of-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/finally-nigerias-largest-steel-plant-ajaokuta-to-begin-operation-after-40-years-of-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, Nigeria&#8217;s largest steel plant, Ajaokuta to begin operation after 40 Years of building"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sahara.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5b27f949691cd.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-44710\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sahara.test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5b27f949691cd-300x217.jpg?resize=300%2C217\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5b27f949691cd.jpg?resize=300%2C217&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5b27f949691cd.jpg?w=484&amp;ssl=1 484w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nigeria&#8217;s largest steel plant will finally start production four decades after it was built.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Ajaokuta mill has cost the country more than $8bn, but has never produced any steel. It is hoped that getting the facility off the ground will save Nigeria billions of dollars in steel imports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Built on a 24,000 hectares (59,000 acres) site in 1979 with the coke oven and by products plant larger than all the refineries in Nigeria combined.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See the video below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FqVyWiYdKQA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria&#8217;s largest steel plant will finally start production four decades after it was built. &nbsp; The Ajaokuta mill has cost the country more than $8bn, but has never produced any steel. It is hoped that getting the facility off the ground will save Nigeria billions of dollars in steel imports. &nbsp; Built on a 24,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[75],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/5b27f949691cd.jpg?fit=484%2C350&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Suws-bD7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44709"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}