Opposition to the granting of rights to private companies to mine ilmenite-rich mineral sand from the south-western coast of Kerala, between Alapuzha and Neendakara in Kollam, is gaining strength

Even as the district administration's ban on earth cutting to fill up lowlands in Guwahati (Assam) is in force, hundreds of truckload of earth are illegally ferried from the hills in the city to

An explosion triggered by pent-up gas tore through a coal mine in China's eastern Jiangxi province at the weekend, killing 18 miners in the latest in a series of deadly accidents marking a grim end

Pollution of the past haunts our present

Despite over half a dozen notices issued by the Forest Department and a ban on illegal mining and quarrying by the Government of India, the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) continues to illegally mine

St. Cruz MLA, Victoria Fernandes expressed serious concern over sand extraction from Terekhol and Chapora rivers in Goa which in her opinion would grossly affect fields and bundhs in the area if the

After 14 years of study, federal and state officials have approved a large copper and silver mine in a wildlife habitat in northwestern Montana. The state Department of Environmental Quality and the

The Jharkhand Government's move to evacuate nearly 300,000 people from the site of the raging mine fire is facing stiff resistance from the people of the area who are also getting support from two

The three-day international conference on 'Mineral industry - issues on economics, environment and technology (MEET 2002)' began in Kolkata on Thursday. The meet would focus on finding out ways and

With the High Court's recent direction to the Tamil Nadu state government to legislate against sand quarrying on river beds, the scene of action has shifted to the Chennai city's lakes. The latest to