Massive mining endangers coal pit
Unauthorised extraction of coal by the authorities has endangered the pit of a viable colliery under the Eastern Coalfields Ltd. A recent survey brought the matter to light. The pit no 2 of ECL's
Unauthorised extraction of coal by the authorities has endangered the pit of a viable colliery under the Eastern Coalfields Ltd. A recent survey brought the matter to light. The pit no 2 of ECL's
Shamshad Banoo, 53, has been suffering from a respiratory ailment since the past several years. She says that it is a common disease for those living in the shanties of Suratmidh block in the
Neyvali Lignite Corporation (NLC) has decided to resume the work on its lignite mining and power generation project in Rajasthan very soon. Announcing this Coal and Mines Minister Uma Bharti said
Defence Minister George Fernandes has promised to explore all possible avenues to get the lease period of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) extended by another 20 years. He gave the
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has stated that a new plan for construction of roads in the mining belt will be launched soon. "The major cause of mining pollution is roads and if the mining belt is
Residents from Lamgao in Goa have urged Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to take action against a mining company, which is slowly entering the village limits and posing a serious threat to human life
The Kerala chapter of the Hind Keth Mazdoor Sabha, an organisation of the farmers/fishermen and forest employees under the aegis of Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), had decided to to step up its protest
After hogging the national limelight recently in the wake of biggest deep water gas strike in the country in the last three decades by Reliance Industries Ltd. in the Krishna-Godavari basin, Andhra
CAPEXIL has urged the West Bengal Government, which is now in the process of finalising a State export policy, to undertake a detailed feasibility study for setting up a mineral park in the State.
The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of Indian Charge Chrome Ltd. challenging the recommendation of the Orissa government to the Centre to allot 85 hectares of land for chrome mining to Nava
The mining operations in Khanak quarry in Haryana have been restored. Though an order had been received on December 21, work could be started only two days back. However, there was no official
The European Commission said yesterday it was looking at tightening regulations on metals mines to prevent environmental disasters caused by toxic waste spills. The Commission, the European Union's
The Punjab and Haryana High Court issued Notice of Motion to the state of Haryana and others for November 17, on a writ petition filed by a Faridabad-based journalist,Subhash Sharma, who had alleged
The Chhatisgarh government would soon formualte a new mining policy to exlpoit mineral resources of the state and help make it industrially developed, minister for mines Ram Pukar Singh said
A gas explosion has killed at least 13 coal miners and left another 18 missing in the latest disaster to strike China's accident-plagued mines, state media reported
Chairman-cum-managing director of Uranium Corporation of Indian Limited, R. Gupta today claimed that the Meghalaya government has given them the long-awaited "green-signal" to go ahead with uranium
An explosion in a coal mine in Southwest China which killed 162 people happened because of inadequate safety measures and poor management, according to a report in the China Youth Daily. The paper
Two Haryana forest Department employees, a block officer and a guard, received injuries after being beaten up by employees of contractors engaged in alleged "illegal mining" in the Ghaggar river bed
With the Maghalaya government apparently having dropped its opposition to the mining of uranium at Domiasiat in the West Khasi Hills, the stage is now set for the Uranium Corporation of India
The Union government is likely to table a bill in the current session to amend the fifth schedule of the Constitution to make tribal land available for mining purposes.The decision would lead to the