CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
The Mine Labour Protection Campaign (MLPC) came into being over a decade ago. It works under the aegis of The School of Desert Sciences (SDS) and draw its strength from its networking partner NGO's, CBO's, experts and individuals. For a decade MLPC has been engaged in organizing mineworkers in Rajasthan, …
Rajasthan presents evidence for the existence of one of the most advanced works of ancient mining and accompanied deforestation globally. Mining continues to be an important economic activity in Rajasthan. However, economic benefits of mineral extraction also accompany environmental, economic and social costs. Mine waste dumps and mined out areas …
mineral-rich Orissa is being eyed by the corporate sector seeking to cash in on its iron ore reserves. Work on projects worth Rs 30,000 crore has already begun in the last two years and the Orissa government is considering investment proposals of another Rs 1,22,000 crore. The state's industry department …
Hardrock mining - the extraction of minerals such as gold, silver, lead, copper and uranium from the earth is practiced in a manner inherently threatening to human health. Several studies have addressed work-related illnesses suffered by hardrock miners. Yet relatively few studies have looked at hardrock mining's greater ecological effects …
indian metallurgists have devised an ecofriendly process to extract valuable metals from polymetallic nodules (mineral lumps) found on deep ocean floors. Scientists from the department of metallurgy at Bangalore's Indian Institute of Science (iisc) used the marine bacterium Bacillus M1 and commonly used starch to biologically leach the nodules to …
function chart() { var popurl="files/images/20040630/28-illus.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=650,height=350,scrollbars=yes") } Over the ages, human civilisations have excelled and fallen depending on the availability and use of limited resources. Fossil fuels, minerals, land, freshwater and food are often the measuring sticks of relative wealth. These limited resources determine just how long exploitation can continue …
function loop() { var popurl="image/20040630/32-illus.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=430,height=375,scrollbars=yes") } In nature, nitrogen remains constant. The Earth's atmosphere has 78 per cent nitrogen, but very little of this vital nutrient can be absorbed by plants. A chain of chemical reactions deposits atmospheric nitrogen in rain and then takes it to the soil. Nitrogen-fixing …
The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) was incorporated in the year 1961 as a wholly owned undertaking of the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The objectives of APMDC are: the development of mineral resources including exploration, exploitation, beneficiation; development of mineral based industry with private participation; and the identification of …
"Our environment has been destroyed We seek answers to our questions What shall be the future Of the next generation?' (From a song by the Cordillera indigenous singing group) Singing doesn't come easy when the baton rests with the powerful and mighty. People of Cordillera, the Philippines are today seeking …
will biodiversity hotspots such as the Himalaya become hunting grounds of the notorious mining industry? This concern has been raised by experts in the wake of research advocating that the probability of finding large quantities of sulphide ores of metallic elements, such as zinc and gold, is higher in the …
Kicking the soft drink habit is a critical step for achieving lasting health and weight loss. Avoiding soft drinks can literally transform the health and cause to lose weight, reverse symptoms of diabetes, enhance bone density, support healthy brain function and even protect the body's nervous system. Until now, however, …
contrasting sentiments marked the opening of the 19th World Mining Congress in New Delhi on November 1. President A P J Abdul Kalam warmly welcomed potential foreign investors as he inaugurated the five-day mega meet. But the event got a cold reception from environmentalists and activists, who described it as …
SPONGE iron units seem to be mushrooming in Orissa like never before. The status as on September 16, 2003: around 22 proposals pending with the Orissa Pollution Control Board (OPCB), and 26 plants already functioning. The industry-starved state views the boom as economic convalescence, but is turning a blind eye …
the simmering tension between Nagaland and the Union government over the state's mineral wealth has reached boiling point. On September 3, Nagaland chief minister (cm) Neiphiu Rio publicly demanded that the centre respect the constitution in letter and in spirit. Addressing a press conference in Kohima, the cm expressed concern …
An act to provide for development and regulation of mineral resources in the territorial waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone and other maritime zones of India.
The Government of Gujarat has envisaged specific policy initiatives for industrial minerals occurring in the state to attract investment in the fields mineral exploration, exploitation, and mineral-based industries. It is intended to create competitive environment to speed up industrial development in mineral potential area by enhancement of Human Resource capabilities, …
The discovery of the Sukinda chromite field in Orissa was entirely accidental. "In the early 1950s, a native of Sukinda was working as a labourer in Tata's Jamshedpur steel plant. He picked up a boulder from his backyard, took it to the then superintendent of ores, mines and quarries in …
three billion years ago, when there was no life on land and no oxygen in the atmosphere, rivers ran with gold. This is the hypothesis of an international team of researchers, who have recently analysed the world's biggest gold deposits
Diamond is still the hardest material known to us but now there is a close race for the second position. Researchers from the US-based Los Alamos National Laboratory have claimed that boron suboxide and not cubic boron nitride is the second hardest material. Boron suboxide is a compound of boron …
