The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has identified huge quantities of granite in seven districts of Bihar, according to Union minister of state for coal and mines, Mr Ravi Shankar Prasad.

Farmers of the Cauvery delta are looking up to the skies for indications of an early south west monsoon for the level in the Mettur reservoir is pitiably low. Water from the reservoir is expected to

A public hearing brings to light the serious threat sand mining, often illegal, poses to the ecology and livelihoods in many districts of Tamil

Medha believes the closure of the Kolar Gold Mines has left thousands jobless and the notification of the Kudremukh area as a national park is leading to dislocation of tribals who have live there

The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board has withdrawn the license for mining carried out by one CM Joy on survey number 178:1 in Mudaru village of Karkala taluk, following a probe, considering

Eighteen miners died in a gas explosion at a coal mine in China's southern province of Hunan and 21 were missing after a coal mine flooded in Shanxi province, officials and state media said on

The Orissa government has finally agreed to facilitate the transfer of iron ore and coal mines in favour of Bhusan Steel Ltd (BSL), which is proposing to set up a 1.2 million tonne hot strip steel

The mining industry moved to put another nail in the coffin of its swashbuckling past, opening a major conference designed give it a kinder, gentler and greener face - even starting the event with an

Haryana is likely to file a review petition in the Supreme Court, against its interim order prohibiting mining activities within a radius of the border of the National Capital Territory (NCT) Delhi,

Requesting Central Bureau of Investigation's Director to get in touch with the Head of Dhanbad's Indian Institute of Mining for deputing a team to assess mining operations in Anangpur village in