- Sand quarrying threatens eco-balance in Kerala
Sand quarrying continues unabated in most of the riverbeds in Kerala.The river-beds of Moovattupuzha, Meenachil, Pampa, Bharathapuzha etc. are being exploited.The sand quarrying in Meenachil river
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- India, environmentalists at loggerheads
INDAL Aluminium Co(Indal) and the environmentalists are at loggerheads over the restart of their bauxite mining operations in the lush Western Ghat forests of Maharashtra. While environmentalists
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Asarco in agreement on green issues
Asarco, the mining group has reached a $56.3m voluntary agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency on a broad range of environmental issues affecting its 38 US operations. The company
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Mining lease control for States proposed
The Special Committee set up under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Mr. B. B. Tandon, on the restructuring of the mining sector has recommended the handing over of power to
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SC orders UP govt to file 3 affidavits
The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to file three detailed affidavits in connection with the illegal mining operations in about 5,000 sites in forest areas in the Vindhya
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HC vacates stay on sand mining
The Kerala High Court has vacated its stay on sand mining on the banks of river Bharatapuzha and directed District Collectors concerned to ensure implementation of an expert committee's
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Ban of sand mining
The Kerala High Court vacated its interim order staying the orders of the District Collectors of Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram allowing the contractors to mine sand from the
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GSI discovers diamond rocks
In a significant breakthrough, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered two kimberlite bodies, primary source rocks for diamond, at Pillalapalle, about 10 km from Kayandurg town in
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SC asks Mirzapur DM to curb illegal mining
The Supreme Court appointed the District Magistrate of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh as Commissioner of the Court and Receiver for 500 illegal mining sites. These sites are operated by retired IAS
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Continued mining at Kudremukh sparks protest
Farmers, environmentalists and representatives of other groups at the receiving end of various developmental activities on Tuesday conducted a rally in Mangalore to protest against the continuation
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Bill on sea-bed mining planned
The ministry of mines is formulating a legislation to enable systematic and scientific exploration and exploitation of mineral resources in offshore areas. Union minister of mines Sunder Lal Patwa
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Poor construction and management of dams can cause devastating toxic spills from mining waste
In order to cut down the risks of toxic disasters such as the Baia Mare accident in Romania, in which up to 100 tonnes of cyanide were spilt into the Danube, mining companies need to make
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Manila says approves Lafayette mines project
The Philippines said yesterday it had permitted Australian firm, Lafayette Mining Ltd , to excavate copper, zinc, silver and gold from Rapu Rapu island near Legazpi in Albay province. The Department
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US Senate votes to bar drilling on protected land
The Democratic-led Senate voted Wednesday to bar cola mining and oil and gas drilling on pristine federally-protected land in the west, dealing a fresh blow to President Bush's energy production
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Codelco, BHP Billiton plan copper bioleach plant
Chile's state-owned copper company Codelco and global miner BHP Billiton Plc plan to build a $50 million bioleaching plant in Chile with a capacity to treat 20,000 tonnes of copper annually starting
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Plea against extending Kudremukh mining lease
With exactly a week's time left for the Kudremukh Iron Ore Co's mining lease, environmentalists here have said any extension of the lease would be illegal. According to Mr Leo F. Saldanha and Ms
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Oppn flays govt for denotifying areas in Kudremukh Park
Opposition members in the Legislative Assembly today took the government to task for denotifying large areas of Kudremukh National Park and leasing it out to the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL)
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Foreign mine project faces green axe
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Project, a joint venture sewed up during the reign of the Shah of Iran and a test case for environment activism in India, looks headed for a quiet burial. The project is
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Minister threatens closure of SECL mines
Madhya Pradesh forest minister Harvansh Singh threatened to close down the coal mines of South Eastern Coalfields (SECL) if it failed to complete the work of filling and leveling of mines in Shahdol
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Over 200 feared dead in China mine disaster
More than 200 miners are feared to have died when a tin mine flooded on the southern Chinese province of Guangxi, state media said.