Country's first platinum reserve found in Orissa
The Geological Survey of India has found the country's first reserves of platinum, at Baula-Nuashahi in Orissa. This is the first instance in South and South-East Asia that gold has been found along
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Geological Survey establishes vast coal reserves
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has established vast coal reserves in six states holding fresh promise to solve the ongoing power starvation in the country. Coal reserves have been identified in
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Ringwood wins a round in quarry fight
The borough scored a victory in its efforts to close a quarry this week when a West Paterson (U.S.) judge found the quarry guilty of violating several local ordinances. Judge Robert S. Damiano found
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President supports ILO safe mining convention
U.S. President Bill Clinton asked the Senate to ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention Number 176, the "Convention Concerning Safety and Health in Mines." He said his support of
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Uncontrolled mining takes the richness out of Goan soil
For decades, its adverse impact has been played down and the ravages of mining have been tucked away into a remote part of interior Goa. But the latest technological tools are now being used to bring
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Supreme Court notice
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Union government on a public interest petition to protect people from the hazards of uranium mining in Bihar. The workers at the uranium mines at
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SC notice to Union Govt on uranium mining
The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Union Government and three others on a public interest litigation(PIL) seeking a direction to take immediate steps to insulate the people living in the
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Austrialian mine destroys rivers, global ban urged : The release by Australian mining company Broken Hill Proprietary of reports confirming severe environmental impacts of mine wastes dumped in Papua
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Mea copper, mea culpa
There is nothing new in the story of a mining company messing up the environment of a poor country, nor of its being publicly castigated for doing so. But it is at least unusual for said company to
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Illegal mining threatens Kulti village
Illegal mining by the local coal mafia and reckless, unscientific excavation by the Bharat Coking Coal Limited have put 5,000 villagers of Borira at risk. The area is a danger zone and should be
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Govt appoints Andersen to study mining
The ministry of steel and mines has decided to review the entire regulatory framework governing the mining sector. International consultancy firm Arthur Anderson has been comissioned to carry out the
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Australia keen in investing in mining
"Madhya Pradesh is a state waiting for Australian discovery". This was the remark made by australian High Commissioner to India Rob Laurie while advocating a greater interaction between Australia and
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Nuclear ills threaten Jadugoda tribals
Ram Nath began working in a uranium mine in Jadugoda about 15 years ago. Today, most of his colleagues are dead. Only two are alive and they are suffering from tuberculosis. There are many tribals
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UNESCO mission to probe Mexico Saltworks plan
The United Nations will send a fact-finding mission to a lagoon in Mexico where environmentalists fear plans to build the world's biggest saltworks may threaten endangered whales, turtles, antelopes
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HC directive to Govt. on sand quarrying
Holding local and district officials responsible for illegal sand quarrying in the Kortaliyar river bed in Tiruvallur taluk, the Madras High Court has directed the Government to take steps for
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Permit necessary for quarrying agricultural earth
HC: The Madras High Court has held that agricultural earth was a mineral as defined under Section 3 of the Mines and Minerals(Regulation and Development) Act, 1957. Hence, the Tamil Nadu Government
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Radiation diseases alleged
Bihar Legislative Council chairman Jabir Hussain directed the State Government to request the Central Atomic energy Department to help control certain diseases among the tribals, caused by radiation
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Goa sanctuaries face threat from mining lobby
In was only recently that two wildlife sanctuaries on the Western Ghats in Goa - the Madei and the Natravali - were notified during the President's Rule, but here are fears that the ruling
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Tisco mine bags environmental award
Tata Iron and Steel Company (Tisco) has received this year's 'FIMI-Gem Granite Environment Award' given by the Federation of Indian Minerals Industries (FIMI), for eco-friendly initiatives at the
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Goa's iron ore sector protests move to notify 2 wildlife parks
Goa's iron ore mining industry in the private sector is worried about the fate of ore deposits in the Western Ghats even as state government's decision to notify two wildlife sanctuaries in the