11,8456.66 mt of sand being exported from State daily
An estimated 118456.66 mt of sand is being exported per day from three districts in Kerala to outside States, according to a report fled on behalf of the Government.
An estimated 118456.66 mt of sand is being exported per day from three districts in Kerala to outside States, according to a report fled on behalf of the Government.
It is now the turn of the Officers' Association of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) to give their company a 'clean chit'. The association has claimed that the "facts and figures of mining
The former Chairman of Coal India Ltd and Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, Mr G.L. Tandon, has supported the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company's claim to long-term lease for the already broken area where it
A high court in Ankara overturned a ruling that had been hailed by many in Turkey as a massive step forward in environmental protection. In May, a lower court in Izmir had banned international gold
The Karnataka Government has told KIOCL that the company may have to look out for an alternative location and that the Government does not want it to continue iron ore mining in the eco-sensitive
On Saturday, the wall of silence and obfuscation surrounding the flooding of a south China tim mine began to crumble, with the Communist Party's main newspaper confirming - nearly three weeks after
Chief Minister S M Krishna today said the State government has indicated to the chairman and managing director of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, which is mining in the Kudremukh region of
Rajya Parisara Samrakshana Samsthe, a Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) employees' Organisation has reiterated its demand to the State government to reconsider the plight of 2,500 employees
Around 4,500 rock quarries in and around Hyderabad are posing a danger to the environment with no strict regulations to control the sound and dust pollution. This apart, workers in these units are
Describing the Central Government's affidavit for five-years-lease extension to Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) as an "after-thought under pressure", KIOCL Chairman Murari said that the
Mineral prospectors in North Kanara have long believed that plants like 'Karipatta', whose leaves (curry leaves) are used to flavor many South Indian dishes, can be good indicators for the presence
The Chinese police have detained 15 people in connection with a mining accident that killed at least 70 in the south western region of Guangxi, the state media said as reports emerged of another
As the battle between the environmentalists and the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL) continues over the mining in the Kudremukh area, the families of the employees of the company recently made a
The Supreme Court has directed that the Karnataka Government should "consider afresh" the final notification which excluded 3,703 hectares of forest land from the Kudremukh National Park.
The recent discovery of gold deposits in northwestern Peru has split the population between those who support proposed mineral extraction and those who fear it will cause irreparable ecological
The Karnataka Women and Children Welfare Minister, Ms Motama, has said that any final decision by the State Government on extension of mining lease to Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) purely
Rescue workers halted their search for survivors on Monday in a blazing coal mine in eastern Ukarine where a methane gas explosion killed at least 36 miners, in a deadliest disaster in the country's
Visiting the site of Ukraine's worst mining disaster in 18 months, Leonid Kuchma, the country's president, said he would turn to the US government and international organisations in help fund a
Three Ukrainian coal miners injured in an underground methane gas explosion this month have died from their burns, bringing the death toll in the tragedy to 52, the emergencies ministry said on
The change in the rain pattern in Himachal Pradesh has got farmers, orchard owners and tea growers worried. Scientists at the agricultural university in Palampur say that large scale felling of trees