Tag: mining

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Opponents of deep sea mining suffered a serious setback Friday when they failed to ...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Opponents of deep sea mining hope to take a potentially significant step toward an ...

Abidjan (AFP) - The discovery of huge deposits of natural resources including oil, gas and gold in the Ivory Coast ...

Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - Niger on Monday confirmed one of the world's biggest uranium mines had returned to public control ...

Diego de Almagro (Chile) (AFP) - As night falls in Chile's Atacama desert, the world's driest, a drilling machine extracts ...

Santiago (AFP) - Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining ...

London (AFP) - Australian mining behemoth BHP announced Wednesday that it has walked away from a proposed $49-billion takeover of ...

London (AFP) - Mining giant Anglo American, cyber security firm Darktrace and Royal Mail parent IDS -- three major UK ...

London (AFP) - Mining giant Anglo American rejected a request by Australian rival BHP to extend talks on a $49 ...

Sydney (AFP) - Mining behemoth BHP on Wednesday sought a deadline extension in its takeover pursuit of Anglo American, outlining ...