Saturday, 29 August 2020_A recent spate of mass killings in Colombia will not be stopped by the presence of the armed forces alone, a high-ranking security official said this week, emphasizing that social investment is key to ending violence.
TEHRAN, Apr 18 - The mining town of Kamituga is located in an area with vast mineral resources estimated to be worth $24 trillion in untapped deposits, but despite this Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has one of the lowest levels of GDP per capita in the world.
TEHRAN, Feb 18 - Brazil's government on Monday banned new upstream mining dams and ordered the decommissioning of all such dams by 2021, targeting the type of structure that burst last month in the town of Brumadinho, killing hundreds of people.
TEHRAN, May 28 - Iran says Russia has announced readiness to invest in its mining industry in what could be a clear defiance to US President Donald Trump’s agenda to bar investments in the economy of the Islamic Republic.
TEHRAN, November 12 - Speaker of Iran’s Parliament Ali Larijani called for accelerated efforts to attract foreign investment and new technologies in the country’s mining sector, saying such a lucrative industry should find export markets as well.
TEHRAN, November 11 - Iran plans to attract $50 billion of investments in its mining sector by 2025, head of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) said.
TEHRAN, November 8 - Chairman of the Board of Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) Mehdi Karbasian said the organization is going to ink agreements with Asian and European banks for investment in mining .
TEHRAN, October 10 - The 6th annual Conference and exhibition on Investment Opportunities in Iran's. Mines & Mining Industries (MINEX 2017) kicked off in Tehran on Tuesday as 200 Iranian and 55 foreign companies from 15 countries are attending the event.
TEHRAN, June 28, YJC - Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Mehdi Karbasian said Iran would receive $30 billion foreign investment by 2025.
TEHRAN, March 14, YJC - A new zinc mining project in Iran, which was recently awarded to a consortium of locals, is expected to enable the country to supply at least 4 percent of the world’s total demand for the strategic metal once completed within the next few years.