Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd announced the commencement of its Rs 4,000-crore bauxite mining and alumina refinery project at Lanjigarh district, Orissa. A memorandum of understanding to this

Coal India Limited would set up three new projects worth Rs 3000 crore in Jharkhand with a view to increasing the state's revenue from mineral based royalty, according to Union minister for coal

The quarrying of laterite stones in Byndoor locality in Mangalore is on defying all the rules and regulations. The underground may be empty one day if the unauthorised quarrying is not stopped.

The Directorate of Mining and Geology in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu has stopped sand quarrying. Some residents of Perumbakkam village in Kancheepuram have approached the court and availed an interim

The 19th World Mining Congress and Expo 2003 will be held in New Delhi from 1-5 November, focussing on the mining scene in this century. This is only the second time that India is going to host such

Bracing for a prolonged opposition to its ambitious Uranium mining project at Domiasiat in the West Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) has sought the

It's a hot Indian Summer in village of Muskarem, Goa, and the woes of a delayed monsoon is aggravated by the lack of pre-monsoon showers. But nature's mind is aggravated by man's actions: mining is

In a surprise move, the Industry Department has decided to recommend to the Cabinet to lease out 50 acres of land for a 20-year period to the National Mineral Development Corporation to set up its Rs

Illegal mining of sand from the area of panchayat of Kasoor village in Dera Baba Nanak Development block on Indo-Pakistan border in this district has come to light. Mining of sand from the shamlat

People along the coastal belt in the district will form a human wall from Alappuzha to Valliyazhikkel in Kerala under the banner of All-party Co-ordination Committee on Mining to cancel the