DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world record ...

Niamey, Niger — Niger on Sunday announced the imminent start of copper mining in its desert north as the country seeks to diversify its exploitation of raw materials. Niger, which is already a major ...

“The uranium is ours. It must benefit the Nigerien people.” With economic sovereignty the rallying cry of many African leaders, this could easily be a statement uttered today. Yet it was Mamadou ...

Yakubu Garba, Acting Governor of the state, inaugurated the taskforce in Minna on Monday and announced the conditional lifting of the ban on illegal mining in the state. He said that the terms and ...

Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago yesterday linked the insecurity in his state to the struggle by unauthorised persons to grab the rich mineral resources scattered across the state. Bago, who ...

Niger's state-owned Timersoi National Uranium Company has signed an agreement with Russian company Uranium One Group to cooperate in uranium mining and eventually open new mines. Meanwhile, Global ...

Viktor Voropayev says Russia, Niger plan cooperation in energy, mineral extraction, and processing NAIROBI, February 6. /TASS/. Russia has shipped 20,000 tons of mineral fertilizers to Niger, Russian ...

Expectedly, the recent collapse of a gold mining site in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, raised questions about mining operations in Nigeria. Officials attributed ...

Niger Launches Copper Mine To Spur Its Mineral Ambitions By AFP - Agence France Presse Feb 23, 2025, 10:40 am EST Share ...