Niger’s transitional administration has taken over the nation’s only industrial gold mine, accusing its Australian-owned ...

Niger’s military government has announced the nationalisation of the country’s only industrial gold mine, accusing its ...

NIAMEY: Niger's military government has announced the nationalisation of the country's sole industrial gold mine, accusing ...

Niger’s military government has taken control of the country’s only industrial goldmine, accusing its Australian operator of ...

NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger's army has raided jihadist-controlled informal mining sites in the country's west, killing more than a dozen insurgents and seizing material linked to the manufacture of ...

At least 18 people were killed and 7 injured after a gold mine collapsed in the Maradi region of Niger. Hundreds have been gathering in the village of Dan Issa, near the border with Nigeria ...

At least 18 people are dead and seven others injured after a gold mine collapsed in Niger on Sunday, officials report. Adamou Guero, mayor of the nearby village Dan-Issa, told Reuters the death ...

Several artisanal gold mines were shut in 2017 as part of government efforts to modernise the industry. Since 2004, Niger has had only one industrial mine at Samira in the Tillaberi region.

FILE - A man digs in a hole as he searches for gold in Kafa-Koira, south of Niamey, Niger, April 25, 2017. Several gold mines in the country's north were shuttered after animal died apparently ...

This image from video shows the scene of a gold mine collapse in the Maradi region village of Dan Issa, Niger, near the border with Nigeria Sunday Nov. 7, 2021. At least 18 people were killed and ...

NIAMEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Niger's self-appointed military government has temporarily suspended the granting of new mining licences and ordered an audit of the sector, the mines ministry said. The ...