The Union Ministry of coal and Mines plans to approach the union Cabinet soon for permission to close down unviable mines. "We will approach the Cabinet for closure of some mine," the Coal Minister

Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) is facing the risk of premature closure in July 2004 following the public interest litigation's initiated by environment protection groups and non-governmental

The Sriperumbudur tank, situated at about 40 km from Chennai, is the latest victim of illegal sand quarrying. Miners, who faced stiff opposition in other suburbs, have been helping themselves to sand

An Interior Department proposal to require U.S. coal mining companies to pay for unanticipated clean-up costs is too costly and could put some firms out of business, a mining trade group said.

Colonies coming up near the southern border of Delhi and just south of it can now look forward to a steady supply of pure drinking water as a major exercise is currently under way involving the

In a bid to ensure restoration of mining areas-sans ecological degradation, mines ministry has proposed a new mines closure scheme which will make it mandatory for mining companies to give a

Situated at a few kilometers from Shimla is the Kasumpti Assembly segment where the mining quarrying and timber mafia is active. The mafia virtually has stranglehold on the Junga-Chalanda area.

A second committee which was set up on the orders of the Supreme Court to ascertain whether the ban on mining was being enforced within a 5 km radius of the border of the national Capital has

CPM district secretary M A Baby yesterday came down heavily on the Government move to allow mineral sand mining at the coastal region in Alappuzha district of Kerala stretching from Kayamkulam to

Expressing serious concern over the threat posed to the Tamil Nadu State's water bodies by incessant sand mining, the jury, formed for a public hearing held in February this year, asked the State