<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of New item titled “Six workers killed in fire inside Nagaland rat-hole mine “appearing in The Hindu Bureau
Scientists, trade unionists and priests joined farmers from a northeast Sri Lanka vilalge on Thursday in a massive protest in the capital against government plans to hand over phosphate mines to a
It is bad enough, people around Farmersburg say, that their beloved Indiana countryside is being gouged by strip mines in a quest for coal. What is worse, they fear, is what the coal company wants
The Spanish government appealed on Friday against a judge's rejection of criminal responsibility in a massive toxic-waste spill in 1998 at a metals mine, described as Spain's worst environmental
Mining in the world's deepest gold mine at the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Karnataka will come to an end affecting the lives 4,200 families. The Union Government has decided to stop mining in the
The 2,300-metre peak of Kawah Ijen is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes and home to one of the world's few volcanic sulphur mines. A day of backbreaking work at this government-owned mine
The Himachal Pradesh Mining Department auctioned 10 slate quarries on lease at different vulnerable points in Chamba district last week. The forest and revenue land is involved in these quarries and
The cyanide spill in the Danube, a major European river, on Monday have made concerned environmentalists blow the whistle on what they fear may prove to be the biggest catastrophe since Chernobyl -
The diamond industry will unveil in London next week proposed legislation to ban US imports of illegally produced diamonds. The draft measure, which will be presented to a meeting of the World
The attempts to suppress a people's movement against a mining project in southern Orissa lead to the death of three tribal people in police
the 2,300 metre peak of Kawah Ijen is one Indonesia's most active volcanoes and home to one of the world's few volcanic sulphur mines. A day of backbreaking work at this government-owned mine earns
