Blaming the Centre for “non- cooperation” even for development projects, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced setting up of a new venture to develop the country’s largest coal mine in the
<p>The Master Plan for dealing with fire, subsidence and rehabilitation in the lease hold of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) and Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) was approved on 12th August 2009 by Government
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Kashmira Kakati Vs Union of India & Ors. dated 06/10/2015 regarding coal mining in the reserved forest area situated in Makum forest (Tinsukia,
The newly elected Modi government can address the issues in the energy and power sector and bring about structural reforms quite early in its term. With the current challenges prevailing in Indian energy
The EU’s global climate leadership is at stake as a new political cycle begins amid increasingly polarised public opinion. Climate-sceptic far right parties are surging in polls ahead of European Parliament
The case against building Australia’s largest coal mine has focused on the threats of runaway climate change and ruin of the Great Barrier Reef. But finances may yet prove the key. Leading economists
Alcoa will shut its controversial brown-coal mine and power plant on Victoria’s surf coast, with the loss of 85 jobs. The mining operation, which was established in the town of Anglesea 46 years ago,
Taking note of dna's story on the potential threat to Tadoba's tigers due to a coal mine that was given forest clearance in Chandrapur district, a member of the regional empowered committee (REC) of environment
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,
Spare a thought for the folk in Bulga, a village in the Upper Hunter which has twice tried to fend off a proposal by Coal and Allied/Rio Tinto to extend the massive open-cut Warkworth coal mine to within
<p>Undersigned is directed to state that the guidelines for formulation of Mining plan and Mine Closure Plan has been amended. It has been decided by the Government that all coal (including lignite) mining
A global mining giant seeking public funds to develop one of the world’s largest coal mines in Australia has been accused of fraudulently siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars of borrowed money into
OSLO: The president of the low-lying Pacific island nation of Kiribati called on Thursday for a global moratorium on new coal mines to slow global warming and a creeping rise in world sea levels. Kiribati's
In a last-minute move, the government is attempting a new strategy to push through a coal mine in a formally protected Mpumalanga wetland area. This week, the Pretoria High Court was to have heard an
The Adani Mining Pty Ltd is confident of commencing construction of the Carmichael mine by mid-2017, which will be Australia's largest coal mine, despite growing concerns and protests from environmental
SHILLONG: Concerned over the frequent accidents in the coal mines of the State leading to death of coal labourers, the State Labour Department has decided to organise sensitization cum training programmes in East Jaintia Hills, where a large number of coal mines are located. Coal labourers continue to perish in the coal mines of Meghalaya with many labourers having lost their lives in the ‘deadly’ coal mines across the State in the last one year.
Legal cases, delayed clearance haunt states and private miners A year after the historic e-auction of mines, coal mining is back to where the trouble began - legal and regulatory tussle. Of the 34 operational
MELBOURNE: Indian mining giant Adani's plan to build one of the world's largest coal mines in Australia moved closer to realization on Tuesday after the Queensland state gave environmental approval to
This report explores some of the main challenges associated with the likelihood that South Africa’s coal production might decline significantly, potentially over the next five to ten years. The authors
The second phase of the e-auction of 11 coal mines proved to be a bonanza for mineral-rich states, whose revenues increased to Rs 2.05 lakh crore from Rs 1.35 lakh crore in the first phase. Out of the
