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
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
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
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
Coal India subsidiary Central Coalfields Ltd (CCL) is facing a serious problem over non clearance of 1280 hectares of forest land for mining. The proposals have been pending with various government
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) has been given the Indo-German Greentech Environment Excellence Award for the year
Reckless sand mining from the rivers of water-starved Kerala is threatening to destroy the State's delicate eco-system. An estimated 32 million tonnes or about four million truckloads of sand is
The Institute of Engineers (India) is inviting mining experts from all over the world to discuss the challenges before the mining sector and set the agenda for the 21st century. The three -day
Government officials said on Friday that toxic waste containing cyanide had spilled into a river in northeastern Romania, killing fish and posing a health hazard in the area.The incident occurred
The Karnataka High court today ordered issue of notices to the Union Ministry of Forestsy, Ecology and Environment and others on a public interest writ petition seeking directions to quash the
An Australian exploration company will invest US dollars 3 million to explore and collect heavy minerals from the sands of Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) sea
Environmental groups are planning to file a PIL in early October for 'infringements on the Wildlife Act 1972' committed by the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) , for mining in the Kudremukh
The Canadian Environmental Defence Fund said mining smelters in Canada released more than 2.3 million pounds of heavy metals in 1998, including arsenic, mercury, lead and nickel compounds, all highly
River sediments and fish tissue downstream of hard-rock mining activities in the northern Rockies contain elevated levels of metals, according to a new report by the US Geological
The Bhovi Jananga Okkuta has taken exception for granting permission to the quarrying work at Hangarahalli in Srirangapatna Taluk and has expressed fears that the problem of bonded labour may surface
The life of thousands of people in the Raniganj-Asansol coal belt is endangered. Extensive coal mining, some of which is illegal, has weakened the crust, causing numerous instances of subsidence
Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) has taken up an environmental study in Bhotang and Dikchu copper mines of SMC to study the impact of the disposal tailings in the surrounding river and suggest ways to
For years, Daulat Ram has toiled on rusty bargers in Goa, loading iron ore for export to countries he had never seen or heard of. Five years after fleeing his poverty-strucken village in India's
At least 38 miners were trapped inside a flooded colliery of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) after an underground water source in-undated the coal-pit at 12.05 pm on Friday. The mine is located in
The people in Jharia townshiop face a threat from the Bharat Cking Coal Limited's overenthusiastic efforts to mine for the superior-quality coal in the area, an eminent scientist has