The Kerala High Court today ruled that Magistrates have the power to grant interim custody of vehicles involved in offenses relating to illegal mining and transportation of sand, to their owners,

The Madhya Pradesh state government is in an embarrassing position on the issue of illegal mining and quarrying in the Chambal National Park in Morena district. The minister-in-charge of the district

The District Collector, Gyaneshkumar, has announced a ban on all sand mining activities in the district from July 1. The ban will be total or partial, depending on the availability of sand, and will

De Beers the global diamonds group, warned that a proposed South African minerals law could make the country less attractive to investors by creating uncertainty over the ownership of assets. You

The forthcoming mineral policy of the Kerala Government is understood to be in favour of involving both the private and public sectors in the exploitation of mineral sands containing rare earth

Kudremukh Iron Ore Company is surveying new sites for mining, informed N Murari, chairman of the Company. As the mining permit is only for 20 years in the Kudremukh area limits, the survey of new

Protesting the menace of sand quarrying in their area and also the rash driving of lorries carrying Palar sand, villagers near Chengalpattu today gathered on to the bye-pass of the GST Road and

Costa Rican President Abel Pacheco signed a decree this week banning open pit mining in a move expected to hit the mining and exploration plans of at least two Canadian firms. Pacheco said the decree

The Supreme Court's order to ban mining within 5 km of the Delhi-Haryana border has led to several changes in the field of mining and related activity in

In a significant decision the Gwalior bench of the MP High Court has given a stay order on the mining that is taking place in the mines of the Bara village (Shankarpur). The court has said that until