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 …
DAR ES SALAAM - The collapse of an illegal gold mine has killed 19 people in northwest Tanzania, a senior police official said on Friday. The accident occurred on Thursday night at Kahama district, Shinyanga region, near Acacia Mining's licensed Bulyanhulu gold mine which is majority-owned by Canada's Barrick Gold …
Former managers of a Turkish coal mine where 301 people died last year have appeared in court on murder charges. The eight ex-managers were ordered to testify in person, after plans for them to appear via video link caused outrage among victims' relatives. A total of 45 people are on …
Hundreds of protesters marched in western Turkey on Monday, demanding harsh sentences for mining company executives at the start of their trial over the deaths of 301 miners, the country's worst industrial accident. The underground fire last May sent deadly carbon monoxide coursing through the mine in the town of …
A blaze at a Fujian chemical plant roared back to life last night several hours after it was reportedly extinguished, fanning fears over public safety and environmental fallout from controversial petrochemical projects. State broadcaster CCTV reported that some firefighters were recalled to the paraxylene (PX) plant in Zhangzhou after fires …
TWO people have been confirmed dead after a coal mine flooded yesterday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said today. The accident occurred at about 10am in Changfeng coal mine of Qitaihe City, according to the city's work safety authorities. The precise casualties are not available yet and the …
At least four people died after a fire broke out on a Pemex oil processing platform in the Gulf of Mexico early on Wednesday, leading to the evacuation of 302 workers, the Mexican state-run oil company said. The fire, which burned throughout the day, erupted overnight on the Abkatun Permanente …
BEIJING - The State Administration of Work Safety on Wednesday vowed to close at least 5,000 small mines, which is equal to 5 percent of the nation's mines, to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities in 2015. A 2007 regulation defines serious accidents as those causing 10 to 30 …
Thirty-three miners were confirmed dead late on Wednesday after a coal mine blast in the rebel-held city of Donetsk near the battle front in eastern Ukraine, indicating no one trapped in the rubble survived. Mine officials said the explosion was most likely caused by gas and not fighting in the …
A Hiroshima-based research institute plans to conduct lifelong health monitoring of people who worked at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant after the tsunami-triggered meltdown disaster struck there on March 11, 2011, it was learned on Wednesday. This will be the first such long-running survey on the people who worked …
Sets up big screen at HQ in B'luru; firms must instal monitoring sensors at discharge points A screenshot of KSPCB's online data monitoring system at its headquarters in Bengaluru. Taking its cue from the Bengaluru traffic police who monitor the happenings in their jurisdiction live on a big screen, the …
Two people died and at least 13 were injured after an explosion at a factory belonging to Gulf Oil Corporation Ltd in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad, police said on Monday. The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. Officials at the company could not immediately be reached. …
Four people believed to be illegal miners were feared dead after a landslide at an opencast lignite mine at Dubrave in northeast Bosnia, police and officials said on Sunday. Several people were buried by the landslide late on Saturday and rescuers were trying to get to them, Tuzla police spokesman …
A worker at Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant died on Tuesday after falling into a water storage tank, the latest in a spate of industrial accidents at the site of the March 2011 nuclear disaster, the world’s worst since Chernobyl. The death is the second in Fukushima in …
The number of workers injured at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant this fiscal year, which ends March 31, far exceeded the 2013 figure by November, Tokyo Electric Power Co. officials said. The rise mainly reflects an increase in the overall number of workers at the disaster-hit plant, according to …
PESHAWAR - At least 12 labourers died after a marble mine collapsed in Ziarat area of Mohmand Agency. Sources said the labourers were busy in excavation when the mine collapsed burying scores of them and two vehicles as well. The sources said that at least twelve bodies have been recovered …
SHENYANG - A coal mine fire killed 24 workers and injured 52 others in Northeast China's Liaoning province early Wednesday, the state-owned Liaoning Fuxin Coal Corporation told Xinhua. The fire occurred in a coal mine under Hengda Coal, a subsidiary of Fuxin Coal, a major coal producer in the province. …
KUALA LUMPUR -- Five Chinese workers were injured Saturday in a coal mine explosion in eastern Malaysia, Chinese consulate in Kuching told Xinhua on Sunday. The explosion has left three persons killed and 29 injured. All of the Chinese victims come from China's Anhui province, and they all suffered different …
Two people died on the spot while 28 others were injured after a mine caved in on Wednesday in Rwinkwavu mines, Kayonza District. The victims were employees of Rwinkwavu Wolfram Mining Company. Inspector of Police (AIP) Emmanuel Kayigi, the Deputy Police spokesman, Eastern Region, said investigations are ongoing to ascertain …
Nine people have been confirmed dead in a coal mine cave-in in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Monday, a local mining company said on Thursday. A 60-hour rescue operation ended Thursday morning as the body of the last trapped miner was lifted to the ground, raising the death …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Circuit Bench at High Court of Meghalaya, Shillong) in the matter of Impulse NGO Network & Others Vs. State of Meghalaya & Others dated 10/10/2014 regarding illegal, unauthorised and unscientific mining in the entire State of Meghalaya for a considerable time. The Tribunal noted …
