Fresh blast kills 16, traps 10 in China coal mine
Sixteen miners were killed and ten trapped underground in the latest of a series of deadly coal mine explosions in China's northern province of Shanxi, local sources said on Friday. The Zhongyang
Sixteen miners were killed and ten trapped underground in the latest of a series of deadly coal mine explosions in China's northern province of Shanxi, local sources said on Friday. The Zhongyang
Promoters of mining projects on forest land have series reservations about certain financial demands raised by some State Governments, which they feel are unusual and, at times, excessive. In some
The Centre has urged the Karnataka MPs to persuade the State government to change its stand on the Kudremukh mines and get it agree to extend the mining lease for Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited
The public hearing organised by the Kerala Forest Research Institute at Peechi as part of information gathering exercise for preparation of State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan has recommended
As decided by the Group of Ministers (GoM) representing major economic Ministries at the Centre, the Union Ministry of Mines and Coal has deferred plans for placing a Bill in the current session of
The Orissa government proposes to formulate a mineral policy soon for the effective development and utilisation of its vast natural resources. Despite having high reserves of various minerals, the
The Orissa government proposes to formulate a mineral policy soon for effective development and utilisation of its vast wealth of natural resources.
Reckless mining and quarrying for slate has been going on unabated in the geologically fragile and vulnerable Chamba hills in Himachal Pradesh causing massive landslides and posing a threat to
An explosion triggered by pent-up gas tore through a coal mine in China's eastern Jiangxi province at the weekend, killing 18 miners in the latest in a series of deadly accidents marking a grim end
The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the mining companies and deputy collector to make temporary arrangements for water supply to the affected Sonchi villagers in the Sattari taluka
Indonesia's mines and energy minister has asked the government to make tin and coal strategic commodities in an effort to protect them from being exploited by illegal miners, an official said. Oil
The Working Group on Coal and Lignite for the 10th Five-Year Plan (2002-07) proposes to lay extra emphasis on the achievement of targeted coal production from underground mines, since the development
After 14 years of study, federal and state officials have approved a large copper and silver mine in a wildlife habitat in northwestern Montana. The state Department of Environmental Quality and the
Canadian mining company Manhattan Minerals Corp. said it believes it will discover more gold in its giant Tambogrande project, where it already boasts major copper finds. "Tambogrande is a great,
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