Ministry of Mines is in the process of formulation of a National Non-Ferrous Metals (Aluminium and Copper) Scrap Recycling Policy. Accordingly, a draft of the said policy has been prepared and is being circulated for comments from stake holders and the public at large. This policy envisages a framework to …
An indigenous community opposed to Goldcorp's copper and gold El Morro mine in northern Chile is poised to present at least one new legal action against the project this month, the group's lawyer told Reuters on Monday. The $3.9 billion mine was given the green light again last month, after …
A revised mine plan for Taseko Mines' New Prosperity copper-gold project in British Columbia still poses significant threats to the environment and nearby communities, a Canadian federal review panel said late on Thursday. Water quality in a trout-bearing lake beside the proposed mine, fish in the lake, land and resources …
A recent study has shown high levels of lead in fish samples collected from different parts of the city. Lead exposure, according to experts, can damage the nervous system and cause brain disorders at a certain contact degree. The research titled Determination of heavy metals pollution in 10 fish species …
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to come out with additional safety measures to ensure that the Sterlite Industries was operated free from pollution. A Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and J.S. Khehar gave this suggestion to senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, during the course …
Country's biggest copper smelter is likely to re-open on Sunday after a two-month shutdown which was prompted by complaints from nearby residents about its emissions and has caused tightness in supply of the metal. A company source told Reuters on Friday that power for the smelter, which is run by …
India's top copper smelter faces another hurdle in reopening from a two-month shutdown after a local authority lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to keep it closed, a lawyer told Reuters on Thursday. The smelter, run by Sterlite IndustriesBSE -1.09 %, a unit of London-listed Vedanta, uses imported …
Researchers at the city-based Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DIAT) have succeeded in developing polymer materials that can filter contaminated industrial water. Head of the Materials Engineering Department Balasubramanian K, who led the project, claimed that the polymer materials can filter heavy and toxic metal ions besides dyes from the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday allowed Sterlite Industries to commence operations at its copper plant in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu within a week in the presence of a panel set up by the tribunal. A bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said the May 29 …
The mining industry has enriched Chile. But its future is precarious. Tourist shops sell polished copper trinkets. Building after building sports a bit of copper cladding. Even the taxi-drivers in Santiago, Chile’s capital, know the price of copper. It is not hard to guess what the country’s biggest export is. …
Designers of everything from mobile phones to electric car batteries should make their products far easier to recycle to offset soaring demand for metals, two United Nations reports recommended on Wednesday. Products should be made to become "designer minerals" at the end of their lifetimes so they can more simply …
The south bench of the National Green Tribunal ordered the constitution of a two-member expert committee to inspect Sterlite Industries's controversial copper plant in Tuticorin, which was closed as per the orders of Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) after the public complained of gas leak from the plant on …
Industries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans, home to 40 lakh people and the Royal Bengal Tiger, a latest study says. The research, conducted by a group of scientists from Calcutta University and Techno India University, says there …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Sterlite Industries, a subsidiary of mining giant Vedanta, to pay Rs 100 crore as compensation for environmental damage around its Tuticorin-based copper smelting unit in Tamil Nadu. Although the SC set aside a Madras high court order shutting down the factory, the …
The fate of Sterlite Industries, and that of thousands of people of coastal Tuticorin, now depends on the south bench of the National Green Tribunal, which is hearing the company's petition against its closure ordered by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). The biggest copper smelting unit in the …
India's top court on Tuesday fined British resources giant Vedanta nearly $20 million over pollution from its huge copper smelter, which has just been shut by a new row over a "toxic" gas leak. The court told Sterlite Industries, a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources, to pay one billion rupees …
India's top court imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore ($18.40 million) on Sterlite Industries for polluting environment through its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu The case is unrelated to a separate order that has shut the Tuticorin plant, India's largest, since last week following complaints of a gas …
Beijing: With rescuers finding 11 bodies more than two days after a goldmine subsided in Tibet, hopes of saving the remaining 72 miners receded with unnamed officials saying on Sunday they were feared dead. Hampering operations was the break down of the excavator and severe damage to the narrow roads …
Global miner Xstrata Plc's $5.9 billion Tampakan mine in the Philippines has been granted an environmental compliance certificate by the government, the company said on Tuesday, removing one of the hurdles delaying work on Southeast Asia's biggest copper-gold prospect. The Tampakan project, the Philippines' single largest foreign direct investment and …
As the United States and NATO prepare to scale down their mission in Afghanistan, and with it the massive international funding that has subsidized the country and its government for the last ten years, how does Afghanistan keep afloat economically? The country possesses rich mineral resources. But due to its …
It's time to economically value the greenhouse gas-trapping potential of mine waste and start making money from it, says mining engineer and geologist Michael Hitch of the University of British Columbia (UBC). Hitch studies the value of mine waste rock for its CO2-sequestration potential, or "SP." He says mining companies …
