Energy and mining firms set pact on rights
A group of major energy and mining companies have joined with human rights organizations in adopting a code of conduct aimed at preventing abuses by governments in developing nations where the
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Flying debris poses hazard to Mumbai chemcial industries
Illegal stone crushing mills and other quarrying activities not only continue to operate under the nose of officials as Navi Mumbai, but are also posing a major hazard to nearby industries storing
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Shimoga greens take on KIOCL
The greens of Shimoga are waging a battle against the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) to 'save the Tungabhadra'. Environmentalist groups have been holding demonstrations to highlight the
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MP minister accused of illegal mining
The Madhya Pradesh Minister for Villager Industries and Animal Husbandry, Mr K P Singh, is allegedly involved in wide spread illegal mining of valuable stones worth hundreds of crores in the forest
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Indonesia tells Freeport to repair lake damage
Jakarta said on Thursday PT Freeport Indonesia would have to repair damage caused by an accident at its Lake Wanagon waste dump, on top of its agreement to temporarily cut output at the Grasberg
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HC directs KIOCL to specify details of Kudremukh mining
The Karnataka High Court today directed the Kudremukh Iron and Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) to submit a comprehensive report giving details about specific area of mining in
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US asked to block Canadian mine on Alaska border
Environmentalists renewed their fight on Thursday against reopening a metals mine in the wilderness on the British Columbia-Alaska border, and called on the United States to pressure Canada to stop
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HC direction to Pollution Control Board
The Gauhati High Court has directed the Pollution Control Board, Assam to make an enquiry into the allegations of environmental pollution caused by the open cast mines of the Coal India Limited (CIL)
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Massive protest against UN mining project in Sri Lanka
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
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A plan to dump coal ash adds salt to a wound
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
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Spain appeals ruling in toxic spill case
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
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Centre to end gold mining at Kolar
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
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Under the volcano
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
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Quarries auctioned in fragile zone
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
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As bad as Chernobyl
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 -
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Industry crackdown on 'illegal' diamonds
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
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Profits over people
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
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Under the volcano
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
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Spanish government appeals against toxic spill case finding
The Environment Ministry has appealed a judge's decision not to prosecute employees of a mining company and builders over Spain's worst environmental disaster. Judge Celia Belhajd-Ben G
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Panic over emission at Dhanbad mine
Emission of carbon monoxide from the BCCL's Bararee colliery, bear Dhanbad, has caused panic among people living nearby. Nearly 80 families of miners and some unauthorised occupants of the BCCL land