Two people have died and two others were injured in a collapse at French nuclear group Orano's COMINAK uranium mine.

Phase 1 of the Molo graphite mine is fully funded and, when commissioned, will become one of the few operating graphite mines outside of China.

Reaching the target of 8 million tons in the next two years, up from 3.9 million in 2021, would raise production to levels Tunisia hasn’t experienced since before its Arab Spring uprising.

An estimated 1,500 cubic meters of liquid known as slurry leaked after a dam collapsed on Dec. 24 following heavy rains.

Barrick, the world’s second biggest gold miner, is among the firms said to be interested in coming to Nigeria.

“Look at gold and its precious nature - you can’t print it and you can’t make it,” Mark Bristow said.