Gas explosions killed 37 workers in two coal mines in China's northern province of Shanxi this week. The back-to-back blasts are the latest reminders of the appalling safety record of China's mining

With the Union Minister of State for Steel, Mr. Braja Kishore Tripathy, having made clear the Centre's intention to allow Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) to mine in the Western Ghats for

The Union minister for coal and mines Mr Ram Vilas Paswan,said that FDI approvals till date stand at Rs 3900 crore involving 70 odd proposals. Mr Paswan, while inaugurating a tripartite conference on

The Parliamentary Consultative Committee of the Union Ministry of Steel has decided to ask the Karnataka Government to reconsider its affidavit filed before the Supreme Court regarding the extension

The Centre has asked Karnataka to give its nod to the extension of mining nod to the extension of mining lease in the bio-sensitive Western Ghats to Kuderemukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) for

The Centre has decided to extend the mining lease period of KIOCL in the Kudremukh region to 20 years, said Union Minister of Steel Brijkishore Tripathy. The Department has now submitted a revised

The domestic coal mining sector is likely to undergo a major change during the Tenth Plan beginning from April 2002 with further amendments to the Coal Mines Nationalisation Act, restructuring of

The West Bengal government will introduce a mineral policy that seeks to review the state monopoly over mineral exploitation. The policy will be introduced this month. All facilities available under

The alleged move of the Kerala Government to hand over mineral mining to the private sector has come under fire from Titanium Complex Employees Congress (TCEC). TCEC has expressed apprehension that

Attempting to protect Buddhist relics from erosion or any damage due to quarrying in the Langudi, Kayemsa and Udaygiri hillocks, of the Kendrapara district, the state has banned quarrying in these