Sriperumbudur tank falls prey to sand quarrying
The Sriperumbudur tank, situated at about 40 km from Chennai, is the latest victim of illegal sand quarrying. Miners, who faced stiff opposition in other suburbs, have been helping themselves to sand
The Sriperumbudur tank, situated at about 40 km from Chennai, is the latest victim of illegal sand quarrying. Miners, who faced stiff opposition in other suburbs, have been helping themselves to sand
The Environment Protection and Control Authority has again recommended the continuation of the ban imposed on mining in Haryana in the 5 km areas from the Delhi border. The EPCA committee led by Mr.
In a move to decentralise the mines and minerals sector, the Union Government has decided to amend the Mines and Minerals (Regulations & Development) Act,
Varied opinions are being expressed to the Supreme Court verdict which states that Kudremukh in Karnataka must wind up its mining operations by July 2004. Wild life First, a voluntary association
The Dominican Republic government will impose strict environmental standards on the company it selects to invest about $750m in reopening and working the country's main gold mine which was closed
The Centre is proposing to withdraw the coal mining policy of 1979 and replace it with a more liberal mining policy. Coal mining would be freed to state government undertakings and companies. A
The Bush administration went to court today to defend Clinton-era regulations intended to make it easier for coal miners and their survivors to get black lung benefits. The National Mining
From 4,000 feet above ground in a small airplane, the mountain graveyard of Larry Gibson's ancestors looks like a tiny peninsula of grass rimmed by desert on three sides. For 16 years Gibson has been
The Bicholim police have issued a show cause notice to a mining company for diverting ore pit water into the Madai river. According to the information provided by Bicholim Police Inspector, Shamba
The South African government and the mining industry reached a landmark agreement on controversial new legislation that seeks to abolish private ownership of mineral rights, returning them to the
Going by the pace at which the unplanned mining activities around the River Kushawati are going on, it is high time that the Goa Government begins concrete measures to ensure that the flow of the
Additional reserves of quartz, steatite and felspar have been located in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh following change in mining plans on the advice of Indian Bureau of Mines. The Indian
Hundreds of local residents of a fishing village blocked Peru's main north-south highway with boulders on Wednesday in protest at environmental fears surrounding the major new Antamina copper and
Britain and Belgium are ignoring opposition from Russia and kickstarted efforts to halt the trade in "conflict diamonds". Britain is concerned that attempts to stop diamonds from fuelling conflict
The Kanara Small Industries Association (KSIA) has welcomed the Karnataka Government's 'bold decision' by which it is already supposed to have granted a 20-year mining lease to Kudremukh Iron Ore Co
A least two villages on the left bank of the Yamuna face the threat of getting flooded this year because of illegal sand mining very near the first marginal bundh. The bundh is the only barrier
The arrival of an open-pit mine extracting gold, copper and zinc sounds like very bad news for the San Lorenzo Valley (Peru).The company behind the mine, Manhattan Minerals of Canada, insists that
The adivasis in Keonjhar district are beign threatened with displacement ever since the Rio Tinto Orissa Mining Limited (RTOML), in collaboration with RTZ, has been exploring the area for mining
New Caledonian environmentalists said yesterday they were seeking more time to review the environmental impact of a new nickel mine Canada's Inco Ltd is building in the territory's Southern Province.
The government will be extending the deadline for mandatory utilisation of low ash coal by power generation companies. The environment ministry notification last year had made the use of coal with