Counter affidavit on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in OA No 580 of 2022 Mukesh Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others. The report dated May 13, 2025 related to the Khadia Opencast Coal Mine Expansion Project located in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, and …
This book by an experienced activist and researcher depicts the changing world of international mining. Mineral consumption is outstripping the capacities of both communities and fragile ecosystems to cope with bigger and bigger mines. This book identifies mining's key players. It shows where the key minerals are mined, who processes …
Mine safety in the U.S. has dramatically improved overall since the Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, and fatalities, specifically, have dropped significantly over the past two decades. Recent tragedies have challenged that record of achievement, however, causing concern among all constituencies of the underground coal industry and reminding …
Underground mines in Jharkhand have been peppered with disasters, the most recent of which happened on September 7. An explosion ripped through the Nagdah Colliery in the Jharia area, killing 54 miners. Despite its prime coke coal content, the Jharia area is also notorious for the underground fires that have …
Oil lease sale blocked: In a preliminary ruling, a US federal court has recently blocked the US administration's plan to allow oil companies, access to the sensitive wetlands near the vast Teshekpuk Lake in the Arctic Alaska. The ruling has come as the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) failed …
Surface and groundwater pollution in the mining and industrial area is a growing concern. Jharia Coalfield is one of the biggest coalfield and highly industrialized area in India. A study was undertaken in some of the coal mining and industrial areas in this coalfield to assess the quality of surface …
Coal mining destroys or significantly alters all the physical features that influence the capabilities of the land. Mining is the only land use for a long time without reclamation mining operations usually produce large qualities of wastes, overburden and under grade ore materials etc. The present study of areas Asansole …
India faces formidable challenges in meeting its energy needs and in providing adequate energy of desired quality in various forms in a sustainable manner and at competitive prices. This Expert Committee report provides a broad overarching framework for guiding the policies governing the production and use of different forms of …
This study aims to estimate the extent of and value the depletion of mineral resources and environmental costs of mining in two states of India - Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. The study was commissioned by the Central Statistical Organization with the objective of developing a methodology and data framework …
following an abysmally low gdp growth in the mining and quarrying sector in the last fiscal year (2005-2006), the Centre is now in the process of finalising a new captive coal mining policy for small-scale industries . The last fiscal year had closed at an enviable 8.1 per cent gdp …
Three Thai community leaders presented a bowl of coal to Asian Development Bank president Haruhiko Kuroda during the bank's annual meeting in Hyderabad, between May 3-6, 2006. It was a symbolic protest by Narudon Suchartphong, Charoen Dethkum and Sutti Atchasai against the impact of the bank-funded thermal plant run by …
Considering the multitude of pollution problems at Chandrapur, MPCB took a review of the current status of the pollution from various sources in December 2005. It was noticed during the review that the industrial and other activities at Chandrapur have extensively contributed to pollution and there is a considerable rise …
a chemical technique that Germany used in World War ii may now help break the spiral of ever-rising oil prices. A team of German scientists has perfected the technology of transforming coal into liquid transportation fuels such as diesel and petrol. Since the 1940s, chemical engineers have been using iron …
controversial bill: A new bill that seeks to set up Sri Lanka's National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol has kicked off a huge controversy. The bill aims at reducing consumption and bans advertisements of these products. But the brewers, tobacco manufacturers, retailers and marketers have petitioned the Supreme Court against …
The Chinese government recently announced that it will close down around 4,000 small coal mines annually, over the next three years. Zhao Tiechui, head of the state administration of Coal Mine Safety Supervision, announced this at Dongfeng, where a major coal mine explosion killed about 140 people in November this …
exhausting all means to stop the proposed coal-based thermal power plant in Udupi district of Karnataka, the Janajagrithi Samiti, a Nandikur-based voluntary organisation, has filed a public interest petition in the Karnataka High Court. The petition cites illegalities on part of authorities like Karnataka State Pollution Control Board in clearing …
Report would mainly address the issues of increasing the availability of coal in the short to medium term and bridge the gap between demand and supply. It was felt that the role of captive coal producers would be quite important and captive mining could take root and contribute significantly in …
• Army contractors halted operations at the Newport Chemical Depot, in western Indiana, as nearly 500 gallons of caustic wastewater containing hydrolysate, leaked into a sealed area at the facility. This plant is used for destroying Cold War era chemical weapon VX. • A regional conference on sustainable transportation and …
Indians from western Venezuela demanded a halt to coal mining in their region and called government efforts to formalize their ownership of ancestral lands a "fraud'. The protesters said three mines were set to go into production despite a pledge by President Hugo Chavez to revoke mining concessions which damage …
