Illegal mining going on near Surajkund
Illegal mining of quartzite is going on in the ecologically fragile terrain around the historic Surajkund despite the Supreme Court ban on any mining or construction activity in the
Illegal mining of quartzite is going on in the ecologically fragile terrain around the historic Surajkund despite the Supreme Court ban on any mining or construction activity in the
Noted Indian geoscientists will meet in Calcutta, to reassess the country's vast mineral resources and evolve strategies to locate economic and workable deposits. The scientists, will be meeting on
Aboriginal groups and environmentalists are planning protests across Australia after failing to block the development of a uranium mine on traditional Aboriginal land in the Northern
The mineral projects proposed to come up in Kutch district of Gujarat are stuck as they are yet to get wildlife sanctuary clearances. The lignite, bauxite, bentonite and china clay deposits
Mr Justice Mr Guru Sharan Prasad of Jharkhand High Court will head a three-member court of inquiry to find the causes and circumstances that led to the Bagdighi mine disaster on 2 February, in which
Madhya Pradesh continues to occupy the top position in the country in respect of mineral exploraiton. It has bagged the top spot, in the country in production of nine minerals during the financial
The Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh Governments have jointly approached the World Bank to address the severe environmental and infrastructural problems posed by the Singrauli Coal Mines lying across
The sword of Damocles hangs over owners and workers of 40,000 brick-kilns as the Union Ministry of Environment and Forestry has proposed a ban on the excavation af top soil within a radius of 50 km
A "statement of concern" about Australia's famous Kakadu National Park will be presented to world heritage officials meeting in Paris from today.Kakadu is one of nine sites around the globe that the
The liberation of the coal industry, which came in spurts over the last three years and was expected to culminate in the amendmane of the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, has come to a hurtling
Mr S N Padhi, Director-General , MInes Safety, today suggested amendments to the Mines Act, 1901. Inaugurating a two-day workshop on mines safety at Surajkund, Mr Padhi said the amendments should
Indiscriminate sand mining from the beds of several rivers in Kerala for the past several years has reached such a stage that if no remedial measures are taken, the very existence of a number of
Spain's first gold mine in 2,000 years has been welcomed by the most pro-mining country on earth : a
The Gujarat Government will formulate a new policy on minerals within a month for the overall development of the mining and mineral industry in the
Removing sand from river beds is good business. A lorry full of sand can bring in Rs 4,000 . But it is also bad ecology. In Karur district, Tamil Nadu, sand mining from the Cauvery bed has affected
The Mining Ministry approved 34 proposals received from various international mining companies for prospecting and exploration in the mineral sector during last fiscal. The approved proposals cover
The Union ministry of mines is taking stock of the policy on aerial prospecting and so, procedural glitches in the way of investment in mining and mineral related industries.
The Madhya Pradesh government's rejection of the conditional offers made by De Beers and RTZ-CRA for undertaking exploitation and exploitation of diamond reserves in the state has brought the
The committee on delegating powers to state governments to grant mining licences today sunmitted its report to Union steel minister Birendra Prasad Baishya.
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today imposed a total prohibition on the mining of sand within one kilometre upstream and downstream of all the bridges across the Muvattupuzha, Pamba,