The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to corner the Congress on the issue of exploitation of miners and illegal mining in Shivpuri district of Guna Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh which

At least 27 Chinese coal miners were killed this week in two separate accidents blamed on natural gas leaks, the government safety agency said on

Alarmed at the growing incidence of subsidence resulting from rampant illegal mining, Ministers, MPs and MLAs from the Burdwan district of West Bengal have planned to stage a dharna in front of Union

Several environmental activists have decided to launch a campaign seeking a moratorium on granting of leases and prospective licences in the Andhra Pradesh state for mining in greenfield

New Delhi's latest decision to permit coal and lignite mining by State government companies or their subsidiaries appears to be intended to facilitate a new tier for the development of the sector.

State government undertakings can now engage in mining of coal and lignite reserves either through open cast or underground methods. The Centre has liberalised its coal policy and under the new

It is a healthy sign that the long suffering residents of Sanvordem have decided to take on the mining lobby. The callous attitude of local mine owners to the environmental depredations they inflict

The recent visit of MPs from Karnataka to the mining areas of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in Chikmagular and their 'hectic lobbying' to get the company's mining lease extended has

At least 43 miners were killed and 10 injured in two separate fatal gas explosions in China, official reports said here on Tuesday. A total of 25 people were confirmed dead and 10 others injured in a

Four miners were trapped in a collapse at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, the emergency situations ministry said on Monday. They were 800 meters underground on Sunday morning