The Ministry of Coal and Mines has identified 53 coal mines for suspension of operations in a phased manner, the Rajya Sabha was informed. Among the mines identified for closure, 23 belong to Eastern

Tiruchi road margins in Tamil Nadu being littered with fine sand is not an uncommon sight, nor is the reason far to seek. The prolonged and unhindered quarrying in the nearby Cauvery and the Coleroon

The Cabinet decided to recommend to the Centre the proposal of the Kochi-based Kerala Rare Earths and Minerals Limited for the controversial synthetic rutile project north of Kayamkulam estuary. The

The South African government softened its stand on a new mining law that had drawn howls of protest from the mining industry, the mainstay of the country's economy. The South African finance

Inspite of the total ban on sand mining in the Cauvery and the Vennar and irrespective of checks by revenue officials, illegal quarrying is going on in the delta districts of Thanjavur and Tiruvarur,

Last week saw some spirited discussion in the Goa Assembly on curbing of pollution in Curchorem and Vasco-da-Gama. Some MLAs wanted a House Committee to study and suggest solutions for the old and

The World Bank-backed coal mine project in Parej Hazaribagh, Jharkhand is violating various policies involving resettlement, environment, information and cultural property management, according to a

Village after fertile village along the Kortaliyar cutting across Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu face total destruction of water and land resources, as illegal and sand miners have descended on

Neither the recent truck strike nor the law has precented sand quarrying from the riverbed and main canals of reservoirs in Dindigul and Theni districts.In Palani taluk alone, about 30 lorries and

Large-scale mining activity in remote villages of Sanguem and Quepem talukas of Goa is being held responsible for affecting the livelihood of the villagers residing this taluka, as villagers who had