Quarrying goes uncheckes at Bannerghatta
Several warnings, visit by a minister and High Court judge, raids by forest departments and other similar actions have little meaning for people who are engaged in illegal quarrying on adjoining
Several warnings, visit by a minister and High Court judge, raids by forest departments and other similar actions have little meaning for people who are engaged in illegal quarrying on adjoining
Around 105 houses in Ingalgi Tanda on the outskirts of Wadi in Chittapur taluk have been damaged because of quarrying operations by the ACC cement factory
Ironically, precious diamond, gold and bauxite mines have turned curse to the Sierra Leonians. Instead of making the nation rich, mineral resources gave the warlords plunder the wealth, allure the
The United Nations Security Council moved closer to placing an embargo on rough diamond exports that fuel the war in Sierra Leone. The UN has already placed an embargo on diamonds from areas held by
Australian environmentalists yesterday took their concerns about the dangers posed to Kakadu National Park by the Jabiluka uranium mine to a United Nations meeting in Paris.The Jabiluka mine posed a
Companies are preparing to tackle mining's next frontier-mineral rich deposits on the ocean floor. For some miners, the potential bounty seems endless. With so much of the ocean's floor unexplored,
A high human toll : "China produces one-fourth of the world's coal, but accounts for four-fifths of the world's coal-industry fatalities," Wang Shengshen, a mining engineer at the Chinese University
South Africa's Minerals and Energy Ministry has budgeted R100-million over the next 15 to 20 years to rehabilitate dozens of abandoned asbestos mines, after nearly a century of unscrupulous mining
A "chain of custody" should be established for diamonds to satisfy people that they have not bought gems from conflict zones, according to a report, published by Global Witness. The influential
A threat by President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to seize the assets of foreign mining companies dealt a further blow to investor confidence in a country already suffering political and economic
Some 61,000 acres in and around a Tennessee state park have been ruled out of bounds for surface coal mining at the urging of environmentalist groups, but an area farther upstream will be opened to
The Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd said on Tuesday it would plead not guilty to charges it had violated Canadian fish protection rules at the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. BHP, operator
Local activists protesting overland rights have lifted a siege of a 14-ton-a-year gold mine in Kalimantan, owned and operated by a Rio Tinto Ltd. unit, the company said. The agreement should allow
A gold smelter in Romania blamed for a big cyanide spill in European rivers in January has restarted operations with tighter safety measures, Australian part-owner Esmeralda Exploration Ltd said
Hungary expressed surprise over Romania's decision to restart operations at a gold smelter which caused a big cyanide spill into Hungarian rivers and surronding farmland in January. The Aurul gold
Dhumal : Mining engineers have urged the government to work out a clear-cut policy with regard to the development of mineral resources in Himachal Pradesh. This demand was made at the two-day
Turkey's environment minister said yesterday an Australian-owned firm had not proved that its plans to use cyanide to mine gold in western Turkey pose no public health threat. Eurogold Madencilik, a
The increasingly negative image of the global mining industry had led the World Council for Sustainable Development to commission a worldwide study on the global mining
A potential health risk has developed in the Kakadu National Park where spent uranium tailings have surfaced on a tourist road and spilt into the nearby South Alligator River.An internal document on
Owners of the Honeymoon uranium mine in outback South Australia expect to begin production next year after releasing a new environmental impact statement yesterday. Friends of the Earth and the