The Bihar Government has earned Rs 807.97 crore revenue from mineral resources during 1997-98 while its target for 1998-99 was Rs 860 crore. The achievement of the target for last year has not been
Highly toxic waste from metal miningposes a major threat to the environment and human health across Europe, and existing laws can do little to solve the problem, a leading environmental group said.
The newly set-up Directorate of Petroleum of the Rajasthan Government has identified huge reserves of lignite in Barmer-Sanchore region in western parts of the state at a depth of 200 to 1,600
The Geological Survey of India(GSI) will soon embark on an intensive survey in the 200 villages in the State to explore mineral resources and examine the land
Mining is seriously polluting the rivers and other water bodies of north Goa, according to a recent study conducted by a Goa-based eco-researcher, NinaB, da Costa, under the supervision of Nandkumar
Even as Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahant, while presenting the Rs 1,517 crore deficit budget in the State Assembly , admitted that the shortfall in receipts and expenditures have
An alarming rise in cases of land subsidence in the Raniganj coal mine belt in Burdwan district of West Bengal has become a major cause of worry for geologists. In the last of such incident on
Uranium mining in Jaduguda, Bihar is causing radiation, genetic mutation and slow death. And there is no protection for the villagers, nowhere to go (Cover
The Union cabinet yesterday approved the replacement of the Mining and Minerals Regulation and Development Act, 1957, to usher in an investor-friendly environment and delegate more powers, including
Four people have died from methane gas poisoning in an illegal coal mine in the north-east Vietnamese province of Quang Ninh, the police said on Tuesday. The accident occured las Friday when a group
The Government is taking necessary steps to bring about required legislation to make existing laws and procedures for regulation and development of minerals compatible with the policy changes and to
The UK government will apply tight new limits on the development of opencast coal mines in an effort to protect the environment and local communities. Richard Coborn, regions minister, will publish
Spain's Andalusian regional government on Wednesday approved the reopening of a zinc mine that spilled millions of tonnes of toxic sludge last April in Spain's worst ecological disaster. The Los
The Australian government dismissed environmental concerns about a new uranium mine in the remote outback, giving the go-ahead to the latest move to exploit the world's largest uranium reserves. The
Mineral Resources, Higher Education and Manpower Planning Minister Krishna Kumar Gupta has alleged that the control of Centre over mining of precious minerals were proving to be a major deterant
Spain's regional government of Andalusia says it expects to grant a permit later this week for Boliden to reopen its zinc mine, Spanish newspapers reported early this week. The regional government
A three-year battle by residents and conservationists to stop an opencast mine planned by Sasol along the banks of the Vaal River (South Africa) has ended in victory for the residents. The Supreme
Senior minister Narottam Patel has criticised the Centre for taking "considerably long time" in clearing mining and quarrying activities in the forest areas. Presenting his budgetary demands of Rs
For the first time in the country, regional environmental impact assessment(EIA) studies of mining areas have been carried out by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). The study will formulate an
The Gujarat government is likely to allow salt farms on nearly 10 per cent of the 4,953 sq km of area on which the Wild Ass Sanctuary is situated in the Little Rann of Kutch. A report by the Gujarat
