Mind the Mines
The Environmental Support Group (ESG) is at present campaigning for a ban on mining operations of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) in the Kudremukh National Park. It has the support of
The Environmental Support Group (ESG) is at present campaigning for a ban on mining operations of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) in the Kudremukh National Park. It has the support of
The cancer-causing qualities of asbestos have led many countries to ban its use; others mine it under strictly-monitored conditions. But in Pakistan mining and use carry on unchecked in villages - so
Large scale illegal sand quarrying, beyond permitted depth in a lake in Madambakkam, near Tambaram, has affected four villages in the area, resulting in many people migrating to other parts in search
The Rajasthan High Court today issued notices to the state government and others on a public interest petition (PIL) challenging grant of five marble mining leases last month under discretionary
Hundreds of workers today took out a march to the Kerala High Court and submitted a memorandum before the Registrar praying for the withdrawal of the court ban on sand
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited faces an uncertain future following a legal challenge to its mining operations and plans in a biodiversity -rich region that has been notified as a national
A gas explosion killed at least 23 people in a coal mine in northern China and a search is underway for other missing miners, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. Xinhua said 33 people
The Supreme Court last week allowed the appeal of the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation against the decision of the full bench of the high court allowing the extension of sub-leases to
The mining industry in UK is facing an increasingly complex operating environment as it bids to attract fresh investment, but a new initiative on mining and sustainable development may help provide a
Mines and Geology Minister V Muniyappa today said that National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri), which conducted a survey of land in whcihKudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited
The low-sulfur coal coveted by power plants exists in abundance beneath the green ridges near the central Alabama town of Brookwood, but to get it, miners must take the longest elevator ride in the
Hundreds of protesters blocked a major highway in northern Peru this week, alleging local water supplies had been contaminated by toxic mercury from Latin America's largest gold mine Yanacocha, but
At least 12 illegal miners were killed after the roof of an abandoned mine collapsed near Lalmatia under Rajmahal project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), 60 km from Godda, early this morning.
Continuous and unchecked quarrying in the lower foothills of the Shivaliks has rendered thousands of hectares of agricultural land in more than 600 villages barren during the past over 20 years. In
The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has in an interim order directed that washing of mining trucks should not be carried out near the banks of the Kushavati river and that washing operation
The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Goa State Pollution Control to visit the site of the dam and the Sonchi valley and all sites nearby pertaining to complaints about pollution
The Haryana Government has decided to auction mines instead of issuing permits for mining to check illegal mining in the State. He also directed them to check wasteful expenditure and maintain
The West Bengal state government has sent an SOS to the Centre, requesting it to immediately fill up the abandoned coal mines with sand to prevent illegal mining operations in the Ranigunj Asansol
At least 35 people are feared trapped after an illegal mine caved in near Asansol (West Bengal). The incident took place around 4 am when nearly two sq. km area caved in near the Badur Open Cast
The Union Coal and Mines Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, today reiterated Government's commitment to eliminate unsafe mining conditions from the coal mines to make them sage an asked the State