Contrasting sentiments marked the opening of the 19th World Mining Congress in New Delhi on November 1. President A P J Abdul Kalam warmly welcomed potential foreign investors as he inaugurated the five-day mega meet. But the event got a cold reception fr

September saw a slew of developments giving renewed impetus to the global movement against asbestos

For the second time in four months, a major accident in the coal mines of Singareni Collieries in Andhra Pradesh has claimed 10 lives of miners. While in the October 16 accident the miners died in a

In a major mishap, 10 miners were killed and two others injured when a roof collapsed in an underground mine at the state-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) in Godavarikhani in

Even as the Public Works department is fine-tuning the new scheme of sand quarrying and selling, the arrangement faces teething problems, it appears. Shortage of staff, long wait for lorries and

Mines and Geology Minister B Muniyappa disclosed that Karnataka State government has decided to allow "conditional quarrying' in the mines located in forest areas and added that the proposal would be

The 700-year-old Gommateshwara statue at Bettadur village in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district is under threat from illegal quarrying activities in the area. The unlawful quarrying near the historical

The Karnataka High Court disposed of a public interest writ petition,

A division bench of the Madras high vourt on Wednesday banned sand quarrying in leased out sites in Tamil Nadu, hours after a single judge bench stayed a government order cancelling the licenses for