<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of New item titled “Six workers killed in fire inside Nagaland rat-hole mine “appearing in The Hindu Bureau
The government is planning to impose restrictions on all grades of iron ore following complaints about
A government panel has presented a bitterly fought-over report showing that sediment in the equatorial bay where the world's biggest gold producer, Newmount Mining, deposited mien waste is polluted
Residents of five villages of th Anj Bhoj area in Paonta tehsil have formed gramin vikas samiti to carry their fight against elements trying to force the closure of a limestone mine in the area by
The government is set to make a fresh bid to privatise coal mining. The prime minister's office (PMO) is considering forming a group of ministers (GoM) to evolve a political consensus on the
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) will partner BHP Billiton of Australia in developing greenfield coking coal mines in Indonesia and Australia. The two companies recently announced plans to set up one
Unruly scenes rocked Orissa Assembly and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik sustained minor injuries in the melee that followed the hurling of chappals by a Congress MLA. Opposition and ruling party
Holding "uncontrollable greed" responsible for environmental degradation in Rajasthan, the high court has castigated the pollution control board for hurriedly approving operation of thousands of
The Orissa Government has decided to bring a new legislation to impose new taxes on minerals to create a special corpus fund for development of infrastructure in the mining, rual and backward areas
It is the same story again, where the authorities have turned a blind eye into the illegal mining inside a coffee estate in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka. However, the villagers living in foot
Environmentalists repeated warnings of serious future implications if the gem mining on the banks of Kehelgamuwa Oya, (Sri Lanka) a channel connected to Castlereagh Reservoir is to continue
