States asked to check illegal mining
The Union Coal and Mines Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, today reiterated Government's commitment to eliminate unsafe mining conditions from the coal mines to make them sage an asked the State
The Union Coal and Mines Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, today reiterated Government's commitment to eliminate unsafe mining conditions from the coal mines to make them sage an asked the State
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today observed that it was the duty of the State Government, District Collections, Superintendents of Police and police to ensure that the High Court's
By integrating four difficult underground mines - GK (Gauthamkhani)-8, GK-9, GK-10 and GK-11 inclines - the State owned Singareni Collieries Company Ltd has converted them into a single open cast
More than 100 persons who were allegedly trying to extend coal illegally, are feared trapped in a West Bengal mine that crashed on to them. However according to a PTI report they were saved from a
Singareni Colleries Company Ltd (SCCL) has drawn up ambitious plans to take up four new mines this fiscal with a total outlay of Rs 290 crores, according to its Director, Planning and Projects, Mr M.
The United Nations is likely to abandon its controversial and highly publicised "name and shame" campaign in the war against so-called blood diamonds. Rather than issuing further reports on
The Burdwan administration has demolished six illegal coal mines at Kulti, Ranigunji and Januria(West Bengal) with the help of ECL authorities over the past couple of days. The West Bengal government
The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) recommended that the mining companies carry out regular de-silting of the Sonshi nullah and supply water for irrigation purposes to the downstream
The Bush administration is set to abandon Clinton-era environmental restrictions on mining for gold, silver, copper and other metals on federal lands, green groups said yesterday.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Union Environment Ministry to examine the damage caused to the environment by open cast mining in Ledo colliery. The PMO's action come following a
In an effort to curb the indiscriminate mining of clay and mud for manufacturing of bricks and other purposes, a division bench of the Kerala High Court today issued to the State Government and the
Attempting to protect Buddhist relics from erosion or any damage due to quarrying in the Langudi, Kayemsa and Udaygiri hillocks, of the Kendrapara district, the state has banned quarrying in these
The West Bengal government will introduce a mineral policy that seeks to review the state monopoly over mineral exploitation. The policy will be introduced this month. All facilities available under
The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Union Ministry of Steel has decided to ask the Karnataka Government to reconsider its affidavit filed before the Supreme Court regarding the extension
The domestic coal mining sector is likely to undergo a major change during the Tenth Plan beginning from April 2002 with further amendments to the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act, restructuring of
The Centre has decided to extend the mining lease period of KIOCL in the Kudremukh region to 20 years, said Union Minister of Steel Brijkishore Tripathy. The Department has now submitted a revised
The Union minister for coal and mines Mr Ram Vilas Paswan,said that FDI approvals till date stand at Rs 3900 crore involving 70 odd proposals. Mr Paswan, while inaugurating a tripartite conference on
The Centre has asked Karnataka to give its nod to the extension of mining nod to the extension of mining lease in the bio-sensitive Western Ghats to Kuderemukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) for
With the Union Minister of State for Steel, Mr. Braja Kishore Tripathy, having made clear the Centre's intention to allow Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) to mine in the Western Ghats for
Private Investment in mining has been disappointingly slow to happen. Central and the State governments are still to resolve issues on environment protection and conservation of forest and that seems