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  "language": "en",
  "interfaceLanguage": "en",
  "url": "https://voltformer.com/news/nigeria-scrap-dealers-steel-strike-october-2026",
  "slug": "nigeria-scrap-dealers-steel-strike-october-2026",
  "category": "mining-materials",
  "publishDate": "2026-10-01",
  "sourceName": "Punch Newspapers",
  "sourceUrl": "https://punchng.com/scrap-dealers-begin-15-day-warning-strike-over-pricing-dispute/",
  "readingTimeMinutes": 1,
  "tags": [
    "Nigeria",
    "Mining",
    "Minerals",
    "October 2026",
    "Scrap metal"
  ],
  "content": {
    "title": "Scrap dealers begin a 15-day strike over steelmaker pricing disputes",
    "summary": "A national association told members to suspend scrap supply, citing disputed prices and weighing practices at steelmakers.",
    "sections": [
      {
        "heading": "Nationwide supply stoppage",
        "paragraphs": [
          "Punch reported on 1 October that the National Association of Scrap and Waste Dealers Employers of Nigeria began a 15-day warning strike. Deputy president Aminu Hassan Soja said members were directed to stop supplying scrap metal to iron-smelting companies."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Punch Newspapers",
            "url": "https://punchng.com/scrap-dealers-begin-15-day-warning-strike-over-pricing-dispute/"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "heading": "Dealers’ allegations",
        "paragraphs": [
          "The association alleged that some buyers reduced agreed prices after delivery and used disputed weighing procedures. It asked the federal government to intervene; these claims were presented as the dealers’ account of the dispute."
        ],
        "sources": [
          {
            "name": "Punch Newspapers",
            "url": "https://punchng.com/scrap-dealers-begin-15-day-warning-strike-over-pricing-dispute/"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "companies": []
}