Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
‘Abducted TDP men will be put on trial if plan is not dropped’ A day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said here that the State government had not taken any decision on exploiting bauxite in the Agency, the CPI (Maoist) asked the government to come out with …
Italian energy group Eni said two people had been killed in an accident at a Sicilian plant operated by its Versalis chemical unit, prompting trade union calls for a strike to protest over working conditions. The two workers, employed by a third-party contractor, had been carrying out inspection work at …
The death toll from an explosion at a chemical plant in China's Shandong province late on Monday has risen to five, state news agency Xinhua reported, as China still seeks answers to a far larger blast in the port city of Tianjin earlier last month. The latest blast happened close …
An explosion shook a chemical plant in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong, state media said on Tuesday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 145 people last month. A single "loud" blast occurred at the plant in Dongying …
Five people died and six were injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory on Monday near Zaragoza in northeastern Spain, officials said. The cause of the blast at the factory on the outskirts of the city near the airport was unknown. The explosion at the factory, which makes fireworks …
Four miners have been killed in a methane gas explosion at a coal mine in Colombia's central Boyaca province. The accident happened near the town of Socha, 250km north-west of the capital, Bogota, on Monday. Boyaca province is rich in minerals and mining is one of its main industries. The …
The High Court in Johannesburg will hear an application by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Sonke Gender Justice on Monday for them to intervene as amici curiae (friends of the court) in a possible class action suit against South African gold mines. The potential class action involves thousands of …
Safety hazards have been found at almost 70 percent of firms handling dangerous chemicals inspected in Beijing since two massive blasts killed 114 people last week, including a branch of Asia's largest refiner Sinopec Corp, state media reported. An inspection of 124 sites that stored dangerous chemicals in the Chinese …
GUIYANG, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Ten people were killed and three are missing after a gas outburst at a coal mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province on Tuesday night. Five people suffered injuries, but are not in critical condition, an official with the Pu'an County told Xinhua. A total of …
The newly-elected mining committee for the Southern Province has been tasked to adopt environmentally-friendly mining practices and fight illegal operations. This was during the elections for the new committee by members of Rwanda Mining Association (RMA). They will serve for three years. RMA chairman Jean-Malic Kalima said the new committee …
Six workers were rescued from a flooded coal mine in Heilongjiang province on Monday morning, local authorities said. The six were brought to the ground at about 5:30 am, according to the emergency rescue headquarters at Xuxiang Colliery in Hegang. Four miners died, and rescuers raced to reach five other …
Two miners were confirmed dead Wednesday after a coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province was flooded on Monday. Another 13 miners were still trapped, with the rescue work still underway, the emergency rescue headquarters said. The flood inundated the Xuxiang Colliery in Hegang's Xing'an District at around 5 p.m. …
Twelve miners are trapped in a coal mine in Northeast China's Heilongjiang province after it flooded late on Monday afternoon. The flood inundated the mine in Xing'an district of Hegang city, a major Chinese coal producer, at around 5 pm, the city government's publicity department told Xinhua. Rescuers are trying …
MANILA, July 17 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and six others were missing after a coal mine collapsed in Semirara Island in the central Philippine province of Antique on Friday due to heavy monsoon rain, said the country's Department of Energy. The department said initial investigation shows …
South Korea's Hanwha Chemical Corp said there had been an explosion at one of its plastic production plants, leaving five dead and one person missing. The explosion occurred during welding work to expand a waste water disposal facility at its No.2 plant, located in Ulsan, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) …
FUZHOU - Nine people are still trapped after they broke into an unlicensed coal mine on Saturday in Longyan city in east China's Fujian Province, local authorities announced on Sunday morning. Twelve workers broke into an abandoned and unlicensed coal mine in Wendong village in the city's Yongding district without …
CHANGSHA, June 2 (Xinhua) -- The death toll in a gas leak that happened at a coal mine on Saturday in central China's Hunan Province has risen to eight, rescuers said Tuesday. The last body was recovered on Tuesday morning as the three-day rescue ended. The accident occurred at about …
May 18 Brazilian prosecutors said on Monday they would seek at least 50 million reais ($16.6 million) from multinational pesticide manufacturers for alleged safety violations at a collection facility for used pesticide containers. The violations, in the west-central farming state of Mato Grosso, exposed workers at the facility to "risk …
Colombia's second-biggest coal miner, U.S.-headquartered Drummond, failed to implement adequate health and safety practices prior to an accident in which two workers were killed when a cargo of coal was tipped on them, the Labor Ministry said. The ministry said it will press administrative charges after finding lax procedures may …
A new picture book aims to help show the nearly 100 million children who labour on farms how best to handle the toxic pesticides many are exposed to in their work. The book, launched on Wednesday by two U.N. agencies, comes in four languages. The easy-to-follow pictures are adapted for …
