Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hussain Ahamad Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 05/01/2024. In the application, the allegation was in respect of illegal mining of earth from the nearby agricultural field by brick kilns in an area in Muzaffarnagar district. Pits were …
Alexei Barrionuevo & Christine Hauser A drilling rig punched through to the underground site where the miners have been trapped, raising cheers and hopes. It was a moment of euphoria. At 8:05 a.m. on Saturday, more than two agonising months after a mine collapse trapped 33 men nearly half-a-mile beneath …
Pascale Bonnefoy SANTIAGO: The 33 miners trapped nearly a kilometre underground in northern Chile may be rescued by October 17, weeks before the government's original predictions, President Sebastian Pinera announced in a nationally broadcast radio interview on Monday.
The government on Wednesday decided to give cash compensation directly to the affected people of Barapukuria coal mine as per their demand. "We have decided to give cash money to the affected people of Barapukuria coal mine area directly", M. Mizbahuddin, secretary of the energy division told BSS on Wednesday. …
Zijin Mining Group Co. said Wednesday that a pool designed to contain hazardous runoff from a tin mine collapsed due to heavy rains. Rain has presented surprisingly big challenges this year for Zijin, one of China’s largest mining groups and a company that boasts its technological prowess, even in harsh …
Rescuers on Friday achieved an important milestone in the effort to rescue 33 trapped miners, reaching the caverns where the men are trapped with a bore hole that will now be widened so they can be pulled to safety. Workers operating a drilling machine. Rescuers reached the caverns where the …
Dhanbad, Aug. 31: Several thousand victims of a raging underground fire will no longer have to do the rounds of Jharia Rehabilitation Authority (JRDA) office. Details of their safe shelters will now be available at a click. As the implementing agency of the Rs 7,028-crore Jharia master plan, the JRDA …
A few officials who have tried to check the practice, report of being threatened by a powerful mining lobby... Despite Apex Court Ban, It Thrives In Raj Rajendra Sharma | TNN Jaipur: The recent incident of mudslide at an illegal gemstone mine in Tonk district which killed five labourers, has …
Gas exploded at a Chinese coal mine Tuesday, killing 10 people and trapping seven just hours after lethal gas leaked into another coal mine and killed nine, state media said. The gas explosion happened around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the southern province of Guizhou, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported. …
Seventeen people have been killed in a coal mine blast in northern China, the government said Saturday, in the second major industrial accident to hit the country this week. The early morning explosion destroyed more than 10 dormitories at the Liugou coal mine near Linfen city in the northern province …
Dhanbad, July 19: After rehabilitating more than 270 families from the fire-affected areas of the Jharia coalfield region to Jharia Vihar colony, the Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has decided to add around 750 quarters to the existing colony. Currently, the Jharia Vihar colony has 2,352 quarters where illegal inhabitants …
Dhanbad, July 8: For reasons of safety, BCCL has initiated steps to relocate residents of Bastacola from its Ghanudih project after signs of more turbulence in the underground fire zone that is already spewing gas. As a first step, Bharat Coking Coal Limited have included the entire Ghanudih area under …
It is for the politicians to act and prevent merchant miners, national or international, to play further havoc with the rich mineral assets of the country.
An explosion in a coal mine in central China on Monday killed 47 miners while 28 others were brought out to safety in yet another major mishap in the colliery sector notorious for its accident. The blast occurred in coal mine when a pack of gunpowder kept underground detonated trapping …
Dhanbad, June 14: More people can now look forward to safer homes. After successfully shifting more than 200 people from underground fire affected areas of Jharia Coalfield region to Belgarhia, Jharia Rehabilitation Development Authority (JRDA) has now shifted its focus towards creating another township near Belgarhia. The new township would …
At least 10 people were killed after a coal mine gas explosion in north China, officials said on Wednesday. The accident occurred at around 4.50 pm on Tuesday when 41 miners were working in the shaft of Chentong Coal Industry Co. Ltd. at Yuxian County in Shanxi province, Xinhua news …
One Bangladeshi worker died, 25 injured and three other miners still missing while a roof of a tunnel of the Barapukuria coal mine caved in at Parbartipur here on Tuesday. General Manager of Barapukuria coal mine Abdul Matin said the accident took place while a roof fault inside the mine …
Aman Sethi CHIRMIRI: Plumes of smoke continued to billow from the Anjan Hills coal mine in Chhattisgarh's Chirmiri district on Friday, as hopes faded for the six miners still trapped in the mine, where an explosion killed four workers and injured another 28 on Thursday. On Friday morning, doctors at …
Aman Sethi CHIRMIRI: While officials have refused to comment on the possible cause of the mine explosion in Chhattisgarh's Koriya district, interviews with miners, rescue workers and doctors on the site of Thursday's blast suggest that it could have been caused by a methane leak in a coal seam more …
