SEBASTIAN RODRIGUES laments the fact that the political class has failed to act against mining, thus betraying the people of Goa

An eight-hour gun-battle between security forces and Naxalites at the Panchapatmali bauxite mines of the National Aluminium Company Ltd in Koraput district of Orissa ended early morning today, leaving 10 jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and four Naxalites dead.

JOWAI: Coal traders in Jaintia Hills under the banner of Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising Jaintia Hills Trucks Owners' Association (JHTOA), Jaintia Social Welfare Organisation (JSWO) and Khliehriat Sub-Division Coal Miners' Association have threatened to agitate if cements companies under Lumshnong area in the district failed to accede to their demand.

Q&A: partha S bhattacharyya, Chairman, CIL
Margaret Williams / Mumbai April 11, 2009, 0:21 IST

Steel industry located in Islamabad industrial area must ensure environmental compliance this directive was issued by the Federal Minister for Environment, Hamidullah Jan Afridi, during his visit to steel furnaces in I-9 Sector, Islamabad, here on Thursday.

The proposed airport city in Burdwan

The Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding to extend technical cooperation for jointly pursuing new ventures in the country and abroad.

To undertake mining activities in Jharkhand through this JV.
CH Prashanth Reddy / Chennai/ Hyderabad April 03, 2009, 0:46 IST

Public sector mineral resources company NMDC is all set to form a joint venture with the Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation within a fortnight.

Iron ore prices are unlikely to move up significantly anytime soon, owing to global surpluses compounded by falling demand from major steel producing countries like China, Japan and the European Union states. That