This draft Meghalaya mining policy details series measures initiated by the government to tap various minerals. It stresses on urgent need to protect the environment along with the mining activities & talks about foreign direct investment and public-private partnership to tap rich mineral resources.
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has told the government that there is no indication of radiological risk to the public, residing in surrounding areas of Karak (NWFP), due to uranium extraction activities of Shanawa Uranium Mining Project, MPB2, official sources told Business Recorder on Wednesday.
Dhanbad, Aug. 6: Indian School of Mines University (ISMU) has received an unprecedented boost in funding of research and development projects since the last academic session.
According to available records, the outlay on research projects has increased to more than Rs 15 crore during 2008-09, compared to around Rs 4 crore a couple of years ago.
DINDIGUL: Gandhigram Rural University will take up studies on sand mining in rivers in Tamil Nadu, particularly the Cauvery, said S.M. Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, Gandhigram Rural University.
New technology pinpoints location of trapped miners faster on march 13, eight miners were trapped and killed inside a coal mine in South Garo Hills, Meghalaya. In February, last year, four miners died of mine collapse in southwest China
The Geological and Mines Bureau has requested the External Resources Department and donor agencies like JICA and the Russian government to install four short period network systems to monitor local earth tremors like Wednesday's since the monitor at Pallekele was a Broad Band station to monitor the whole region, Director Dr. Kithsiri Dissanayaka said yesterday.
Shillong: A team of 7 members headed by R Jana Nongbet, president of Global Social Welfare Organisation, Shillong visited Jaduguda, Narwapahar, Turumdih and Banduburang mines, the place of uranium mining at Singhbhum district, Jharkhand on a study tour.
Present work proposes a methodology to predict ground vibrations induced by blast in opencast mine. Proposed methodology showed substantial improvement over artificial neural networks and multiple linear regression.
More than one hundred licenses will be issued to national and international firms shortly by allocating of a vast area in different districts of Northern Areas for exploration of multi-billion dollars minerals including gold, copper, lead and coal besides precious stones.
