Following the call given by Lawyers' Environmental Action Team (leat) for an independent investigation into alleged killings in 1996 of artisanal miners at Bulyanhulu gold mine in Kahama, the

norway's plan to increase coal mining from Arctic Svalbard has invited the ire of environmentalists. The greens say that coal is the most polluting source of power and can wreak havoc on the

The Karnataka Government is not averse to the Centre's proposal to renew the mining lease of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL) for another 20 years provided mining is restricted to the present

The Mining Department has initiated action against the erring officers found involved in granting short-time mining permits to lessees which had perpetuated the illegal mining operations in the

Canadian mining company Manhattan Minerals Corp. said it believes it will discover more gold in its giant Tambogrande project, where it already boasts major copper finds. "Tambogrande is a great,

With the Norwegian energy company, Norsk Hydro, announcing that it is pulling out its joint venture in Orissa to mine bauxite, from which alumina is derived, the curtain appears to be falling on this

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