The movement of sand lorries from the Kuruvimalai quarry in the dry bed of the Palar river in the outskirts of the town was blocked as trouble erupted between lorry drivers and owners and the

The Madhya Pradesh State Cabinet on Friday approved the Madhya Pradesh Mining Policy, 2002 framed to ensure scientific exploitation and preservation of mineral resources. As per the policy, priority

Hundreds of schoolchildren and villagers of Appayanapalya, about 10 km from Tumkur, staged a protest demonstration after taking out a procession here on Monday demanding that the quarrying near the

Since 1974, Parvatiya Minerals has made attempts to mine in Hemwalghati (Hemwal river and valley) in the Tehri Garhwal, only to be faced with successful resistance from the local villagers. The world

While farmers in the Cauvery delta, in Truchi, Karur, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Pudukottai, Nagapattinam and Pudukottai districts of Tamil Nadu are distressed at the delay in the opening of the Mettur

The Union Minister of State for Coal and Mines, Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Wednesday said that 127 of the 250 coal blocks would be given to the private sector for exploitation of coal deposits

As decided by the Group of Ministers (GoM) representing major economic Ministries at the Centre, the Union Ministry of Mines and Coal has deferred plans for placing a Bill in the current session of

Speeding up of the process of clearance for mining projects form the environmental angle has been one of the long-standing demands of industry. In recent times, the Union Ministry of Environment and

The public hearing organised by the Kerala Forest Research Institute at Peechi as part of information gathering exercise for preparation of State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan has recommended

Sixteen miners were killed and ten trapped underground in the latest of a series of deadly coal mine explosions in China's northern province of Shanxi, local sources said on Friday. The Zhongyang