Sand mining mafia eating into UP Govt's revenue
The Uttar Pradesh Government is losing about Rs 20 crore annually as per conservative estimates, due to the powerful sand mining mafia operating with impunity in over 386 acres of land. The sand
The Uttar Pradesh Government is losing about Rs 20 crore annually as per conservative estimates, due to the powerful sand mining mafia operating with impunity in over 386 acres of land. The sand
Anti-nuclear demonstrators attempting to set up a tent embassy outside the Melbourne offices of uranium mining company North Ltd scuffled with more than 60 police officers yesterday.
The battle over plans to put Kakadu National Park on an international list of endangered heritage sites hangs in the balance, with preliminary talks failing to give a clear direction for
The Kerala High Court today directed the Kozhikode District Collector to conduct an inquiry through the Revenue Divisional Officer(RDO) concerned with regard to sand mining on the bank of Mahe river
With one more worker succumbing to injury on Wednesday at the Dhanbad Central Hospital, the number of workers dead in the accident at Parascole West colliery of Eastern Coalfields Ltd(ECL) has risen
More than 200 mining experts from India and abroad will meet in Calcutta on Thursday to evolve effective maintenance management systems for underground and opencast mining in the country.Mine
Thailand's Industry Ministry's planned request at today's cabinet meeting to allow ore exploration does not say how it will affect watershed areas environmentally. An official at the Office of
Thailand's Industry Ministry will seek cabinet approval on Tuesday to undertake industrial ore exploration in protected and watershed areas despite reservations from the Agriculture and Co-operatives
What is going on at Jaduguda> On the face of it, the 30,000 strong community looks like any cluster of Indian villages. But this is no pastoral idyll. In environmental circles, Jadugoda is known as
Geologists have spotted for the first time 'gold mineral' in carbonate rocks at Newania near Udaipur in southeastern part of Rajasthan, which has been known till now as Aravalli limestone area,
not viable for mining : Bhutan had several mineral deposits such as tungsten, copper, lead, zinc and graphite but its probable poor economic returns ruled out extraction prospects, according to the
A state government committee on Monday proposed a mining policy for Maharashtra, which aims at whipping up private investment in the sector. The state cabinet is expected to decide on whether to
For the conservation of forest, the Union Government constituted Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 but the STate Government has, without seeking the Centre's permission, carried its projects on forest
The Indian diamond cutting and polishing industry is facing an unprecedented shortage of roughs, supplied, hitherto by De Beers and Argyale. "The market control operations, launched in January this
How much revenue could the cash-starved Haryana Government earn from mines and quarries per annum ? According to one estimate, the state could make nearly Rs 250 crore per annum if the mines and
Cambodia's efforts to remove the millions of landmines scattered throughout its battle-scarred rice paddies and jungles are in disarray, with allegations plaguing the country coordinating the
Shareholders in North Ltd are forcing an extraordinary general meeting in protest at the mining company's investment in the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park (Australia). More than 120
Largescale dolomite moning in neighbouring Bhutan has emerged as a major threat to the Buxa Tiger Reserve, which is often invaded by poachers and Bodo militants from adjoining Assam. Keeping this in
One of the world's richest biological treasure troves-an isolated area of Indonesia-is also home to a mother-lode of minerals. Something has to give. For nearly two decades, Freeport has conducted a
Sapporo District Court today ordered two Mitsui group mining companies to pay 1.89 billion yen in compensation to 78 men who contracted serious lung disease while they were working. The plaintiffs,