JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The entire topside of the island of Nauru, in the Central Pacific, has largely been mined out and requires extensive rehabilitation, says Asian Development Bank (ADB) ...

Australia has begun transferring immigrants to the remote Pacific island nation of Nauru under a controversial agreement ...

Nauru was once one of the wealthiest places on the planet but lucrative supplies of phosphate deposits have long dried up - Copyright AFP TORSTEN BLACKWOOD Nauru was ...

Australia has started deporting foreign-born criminals to a barren Pacific island under a controversial new deal.

Australia has started ferrying immigrants to the barren Pacific nation of Nauru under a contentious deal inked this year, ...

The International Seabed Authority — meeting this week — must consider mining permits, but it hasn’t established regulations to protect the environment. With a Canadian company preparing a bid to mine ...

Citizenship of Nauru, an island nation spanning just 8 square miles in the southwest Pacific Ocean, can be yours for $105,000. The tiny, low-lying island has launched a “golden passport” initiative ...

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit (or ‘mission’), in most cases to a member country. Missions are undertaken as part of ...

There’s a whisper of hope on the stricken Pacific island of Nauru these days, and it’s coming from a 35-year-old Harvard graduate named David Adeang. Since becoming Finance Minister in the new ...