Norway and Turkey were the only two of 53 countries to vote against an international ban on the dumping of mining waste at sea, at a major conservation summit in Hawaii last week.

A German court said on Tuesday it would not open proceedings against executives of German potash and salt miner K+S on charges of water pollution.

Mexico's environmental prosecutor said it had kept regular oversight of the country's largest gold mine, days after a Reuters report on a prolonged leak of contaminated water there prompted activis

The controversial Ranger uranium mine in the Top End has had its independent government oversight depleted just years before its closure in a move the local Aboriginal organisation describes as "ab

Greenpeace says three mining operations are damaging intact tracts of forest in the Three Parallel Rivers area, a UN-certified nature reserve

Goa Environment Minister Rajendra Arlekar today said the state government will not allow dumping of rejected iron ore in the forests or protected areas .

Coal mines in the western areas of China experience low mining rates and induce many geo-hazards when using the room and pillar mining method. In this research, we proposed a roadway backfill method during longwall mining to target these problems. We tested the mechanical properties of the backfill materials to determine a reasonable ratio of backfill materials for the driving roadway during longwall mining.

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New Mexico sued the U.S.

National Green Tribunal, Eastern Zone bench, Kolkata has issued notices to Ministry of Environment and Forest, Odisha government and Odisha State Pollution Control Board over plea for cancellation

Tarime — Deputy environment minister Luhaga Mpina yesterday issued a two-week ultimatum to Acacia North Mara Mine to first secure a permit before discharging water to Mara River and its surrounding

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