Earth-cutting continues despite admin ban
Even as the district administration's ban on earth cutting to fill up lowlands in Guwahati (Assam) is in force, hundreds of truckload of earth are illegally ferried from the hills in the city to
Even as the district administration's ban on earth cutting to fill up lowlands in Guwahati (Assam) is in force, hundreds of truckload of earth are illegally ferried from the hills in the city to
With the Norwegian energy company, Norsk Hydro, announcing that it is pulling out its joint venture in Orissa to mine bauxite, from which alumina is derived, the curtain appears to be falling on this
Opposition to the granting of rights to private companies to mine ilmenite-rich mineral sand from the south-western coast of Kerala, between Alapuzha and Neendakara in Kollam, is gaining strength
The Karnataka Government is not averse to the Centre's proposal to renew the mining lease of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) for another 20 years provided mining is restricted to the present
The Mining Department has initiated action against the erring officers found involved in granting short-time mining permits to lessees which had perpetuated the illegal mining operations in the
Four miners were trapped in a collapse at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, the emergency situations ministry said on Monday. They were 800 meters underground on Sunday morning
The recent visit of MPs from Karnataka to the mining areas of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in Chikmagular and their 'hectic lobbying' to get the company's mining lease extended has
At least 43 miners were killed and 10 injured in two separate fatal gas explosions in China, official reports said here on Tuesday. A total of 25 people were confirmed dead and 10 others injured in a
State government undertakings can now engage in mining of coal and lignite reserves either through open cast or underground methods. The Centre has liberalised its coal policy and under the new
New Delhi's latest decision to permit coal and lignite mining by State government companies or their subsidiaries appears to be intended to facilitate a new tier for the development of the sector.
Several environmental activists have decided to launch a campaign seeking a moratorium on granting of leases and prospective licences in the Andhra Pradesh state for mining in greenfield
Alarmed at the growing incidence of subsidence resulting from rampant illegal mining, Ministers, MPs and MLAs from the Burdwan district of West Bengal have planned to stage a dharna in front of Union
The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to corner the Congress on the issue of exploitation of miners and illegal mining in Shivpuri district of Guna Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh which
Several organisations, working towards wildlife conversion, have sought Congress President Sonia Gandhi's intervention and urged her to restrain Congress MPs from Karnataka from "pressurising" Chief
Angry residents of villages around the mining sites in Khanak in Bhiwani district held a protest meeting at Kanwari village near Hissar in protest against the illegal collection of royalty by certain
At least 27 Chinese coal miners were killed this week in two separate accidents blamed on natural gas leaks, the government safety agency said on
The Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Mr. Ravishankar Prasad, on Sunday called upon the State Governments to change their mindsets and expedite the implementation of reforms process in the
Canada's Southern Cross Resources Inc said it expects to receive board approval shortly to begin construction of a new uranium mine in Australian outback after clearing a major hurdle. Southern
In a marble, masonary stone and sandstone mines of Rajasthan not only illegal mining is rampant but workers do not even get the minimum wage,incidence of accident-related deaths is on the rise, and
The Government should immediately 'stay' all sand mining activities throughout Tamil Nadu, a panel, which included eminent jurist, V R Krishan Iyer and former Judge of the Mumbai High Court, H