Once considered the richest country in the world per capita, Nauru, a small island nation in Micronesia, now faces economic ...

Jack Lohmann is a writer from Richmond, Virginia. "White Light" is his first book, and he joins us to discuss life and ...

The country's main revenue has historically come from now-depleted phosphate mining, fishing, and processing Australian asylum seekers. Nauru officials have predicted that 90% of its 13,000-member ...

Discover surprising facts about the world’s smallest countries, starting with Vatican City, where the Pope serves as both ...

South African National Parks has denied Kropz Plc’s (LON: KRPZ) request to extend its phosphate mining operations into the West Coast National Park, citing legal prohibitions on mining within ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday destabilized a global effort to limit mining in the deep sea ... it to form a financial partnership with Nauru, a Pacific island that has a population of ...

It is raising concerns about environmental safety. At the center of the controversy is a former phosphate mine in Dover. It is also home to a superfund site. Back in 2010, Hillsborough County ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the deep sea. Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing the ...