2 die, two hurt as mine caves in
Two workers died and as many sustained grave injuries when the mine where they were working caved in a village Uradi, falling under Sivni-Malwa region, in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh.
Two workers died and as many sustained grave injuries when the mine where they were working caved in a village Uradi, falling under Sivni-Malwa region, in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh.
The mining activity in the Faridabad district has been reduced drastically following the Supreme Court's order banning mining in reserve forest area of Aravalli Hills. The court passed the interim
Reports that the site of former Bhatti mines is to be converted into a landfill have raised the ire of environmentalists. And for several thousand families of former employees of the Delhi
Over 6,000 mines operating in Aravalli hill ranges in 14 districts of Rajasthan were closed on Tuesday following a Supreme Court order, official sources said. The mining engineers and the field staff
After the severest drought of the decade, it is the closure of the mining sector of the Rajasthan that would hit the state badly rendering, over 10 lakh people unemployed directly or indirectly. The
The Supreme Court mandated ban on mining in the Aravalli ranges (Rajasthan) has industry in the affected area - which stretches across Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan - crying foul. Rajasthan, in
The Haryana Government has been forced to issue an order imposing a blanket ban on mining being carried out in the Aravali ranges in the state following the Supreme Court taking umbrage at the state
Mining operations in Saral, Dadum, Nigana and Kanak were stopped in the light of directions from the Supreme Court to this effect, rendering thousands of labourers jobless. The District Magistrate
The Chief Minister, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has asked the Department of Mines and Geology to compulsorily encourage private participation in exploration and exploitation of the available 48 major and
Illegal quarrying of sand from the bed of river Vaigal in Madurai district continues unabated causing extensive environment and ecological problems. Lorries carrying loads of illicit mined sands are
The Haryana government has banned all mining operations in the Aravalli hills, following an order by the Supreme Court. The state government will file a compliance report in the apex court, giving
Supreme Court stating that all mining activities in the Aravalli Hill ranges has been stopped in compliance with the apex court's order. It is learnt that the draft states that the government has
The Andhra Pradesh state government will soon identify areas for tapping precious minerals in different parts of the state under public-private partnership. In the Integrated Tribal Development
Provincial officials have given the green light to development of a metals mine in northern British Columbia that has been bitterly opposed by environmentalists, native groups and the state of
Even as the Supreme Court's interim order to stop all the mining activity in and around the Aravalli hill system threatens to upset the economy of Rajasthan, the Waterman and Magsaysay award winner,
After banning mining in the entire Aravallis stretching across 250 km in Haryana and Rajasthan on October 29, the Supreme Court today modified its earlier order providing relief largely to Rajasthan
Deep red mine wastes from a lead and zinc mine owned by a subsidiary of the Toronto based TVX Gold, Inc., are discoloring the Bay of Ierissos in northeastern Greece. More than half a mile of the bay,
Tension prevailed at Sankarapuram in Kancheepuram district as locals objected to granite quarrying in the village by a lessee. Official sources said the villagers were taking the lease every year by
The NWFP forest department is reluctant to allow the directorate of mines and minerals to explore marble and iron deposits in the Malakand protected areas and Dera Ismail Khan regions, according to
The world's largest diversified miner, BHP-Billiton Plc (BLT.L) (BHP.AX), obtained environmental approval to begin production at its Spence copper project in Chile, said Chilean financial daily El