The banks of the Periyar (Kerala) have become the burial ground of valloms (country boats), as these boats, which were seized by the police while being used for mining sand from the river

In its attempts to ensure its survival after it stops mining in 2005 as per the orders of the Supreme Court, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) is continuing to try and get a mining lease for the

Trucks speed in and out of Dera village, stone crushers are loud at work and huge pits are being dug further. The Supreme Court's ban on mining in Delhi and five kilometre beyond is being violated in

the two-day Global Investors Meet (gim) in Kochi on January 18 has sparked the development debate afresh in Kerala. gim was the first ever attempt by the state government to attract investors from

The large-sclale illegal sand-mining in the Pampa is posing threat to the newly-constructed bridge in Ranni and the pump houses of Kerala Water Authority in

The decibel levels of distinct rumblings within the CPM over the proposed mineral sand-based projects in the joint sector from Kayamkulam to Alappuzha in Kerala rose high during the

Construction of flyovers and government buildings have been adversely affected because of non-availability of sand in Delhi city following a Supreme Court order to ban mining in the Aravalli region.

Ghana hopes to lure investors with new mining laws that include opening up hitherto safeguarded forest preserves, mining minister Kwadwo Agyei-Darko said. "The policies that the government has