The evening sun casts a glow over the Bisha mine as the last dump trucks of the day climb up gravel tracks on their way to a refinery, where copper and zinc ore will be processed and shipped off for ...

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* Accuses Eritrea of religious freedom abuses * Calls for hardening of U.S. policy * Eritrea denies abuses, foreign miners reject call By Jeremy Clarke NAIROBI, May 13 (Reuters) - Mining companies ...

Eritrea is seen on the threshold of a mining boom, with hopes it may boost an agriculture-based economy that has suffered from irregular rainfall. The UN voted last year to punish Eritrea for its ...

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ASMARA (Reuters) - Eritrea granted a mining exploration licence to Bermuda-based Sahar Minerals on Friday as the Red Sea state continues its drive towards a highly anticipated mining boom, industry ...

Several foreign mining companies working in Eritrea, ordered by the government on September 2 to close, are still waiting for explanations, Mines Director General Alem Kibreab said on Wednesday. ”We ...

Asmara — The director general of mining department in the Ministry of Energy and Mines, Mr. Alem Kibreab, said that Eritrea managed to become one of the countries that launched mining activities in a ...