In 2005, as uranium prices surged, President Mamadou Tandja began negotiations with Areva (formerly Orano) in an attempt to end the French monopoly. Two decades later, General Tiani finished the job. ...

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 ...

Niger State, a region rich in mineral wealth, has become synonymous with the grim spectre of illegal mining. Despite a litany of tragic incidents, including fatal collapses and environmental ...

Niger is tightening its grip on the country's uranium industry, with mining rights withdrawn for the French company Orano and Canadian miner GoviEx. GoviEx reports that it has been informed by Niger's ...

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 government has arrested 33 suspected illegal miners in the Gbokuchi-Kotongba area of Paikoro Local Government. The raid, which took place on February 17, 2025, was led by the Permanent ...

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, Namibia, and South Africa make up 20 percent of the global uranium deposits, but all these countries export their ...

Kalahari Minerals (AIM: KAH) said that the redistribution of its stake in Extract Resources (ASX&TSX: EXT) to its shareholders would be value destructive and turn off its major institutional investors ...

Analysts say Russian mercenaries focus on mineral extraction rather than security in Sahel countries after U.S. and French ...