Located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, Nauru is 800 miles ... For decades, the island's economy was heavily reliant on phosphate mining, which began in 1907, but the phosphate reserves were ...

Nauru, a picturesque island in Micronesia located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, was once one of ... Nauru took control ...

We're opposing lax environmental standards, challenging a proposed phosphate mine off the coast of Mexico, and working on issues surrounding rare-metals exploration (nickel, cobalt, copper and ...

Synthetic phosphate fertilizer poses a serious threat to our environment. Phosphate rock mining, along with the inorganic fertilizers and animal feed supplements and pesticides for which phosphate is ...

I was skimming through a science news website when photos of the Bou Craa mine and conveyor belt brought back a memory of touring a Moroccan phosphate mine and fertilizer plant with an ag group in ...