While most people are familiar with the major countries of the world, several lesser-known nations and territories might ...

“The law of the sea basically colonized [Pacific peoples’] ocean,” said Frank Murphy, a resident of French Polynesia who ...

Government has granted Verdant Minerals two mineral leases for the Ammaroo Phosphate Project in central Australia. Located ...

Fortescue Metals Group has proposed a 644MW solar plant in the mineral-rich Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Today, a private company, Phosphate Resources Limited (PRL), hold a phosphate mining lease which expires in 2018. This operation is limited to previously mined areas and a condition of the lease is ...

Nauru is an example ... After independence in 1968, the country continued phosphate mining. Now, 80 percent of its territory has been stripped, its dusty, rocky inland area is now uninhabitable ...

Saudi Arabia is planning to invest nearly 8.5 billion Saudi riyals ($2.26 billion) in gold and phosphate production projects in 2025, a newspaper reported on Tuesday. The state-owned mining company ...

The 2024 Nauru-Australia Treaty focuses more on Australia’s own strategic objectives than helping Nauru develop sustainably. Nauru’s attempts to raise funds have led to significant issues, emphasising ...

Here's how you can obtain a second passport to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru. In 2025 ... large swaths that were once used to mine phosphate deposits (an ingredient in fertilizer ...

had been discovered on Nauru in the early 1900s and Nauru once enjoyed wealth thanks to phosphate mining. However, the country’s story took a drastic turn when bad investments, a failed airline ...

A $160 million South African phosphate mine owned by billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital Investments that’s been beset by environmental disputes for over a decade is facing a ...