The US Government's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has announced that it is to modify a Clinton era rule governing surface mining of gold, copper, zinc and lead on public lands which, the department

A Kenyan court has issued an injunction preventing Canada's Tiomin Resources Incorporation from mining titanium in an area located 12 km away from Kenya's Indian Ocean coastline. Andrew Hayanga, the

The Bush administration is set to abandon Clinton-era environmental restrictions on mining for gold, silver, copper and other metals on federal lands, green groups said yesterday.

The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Union Environment Ministry to examine the damage caused to the environment by open cast mining in Ledo colliery. The PMO's action come following a

In an effort to curb the indiscriminate mining of clay and mud for manufacturing of bricks and other purposes, a division bench of the Kerala High Court today issued to the State Government and the

The Burdwan administration has demolished six illegal coal mines at Kulti, Ranigunji and Januria(West Bengal) with the help of ECL authorities over the past couple of days. The West Bengal government

The United Nations is likely to abandon its controversial and highly publicised "name and shame" campaign in the war against so-called blood diamonds. Rather than issuing further reports on

The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) recommended that the mining companies carry out regular de-silting of the Sonshi nullah and supply water for irrigation purposes to the downstream

The Union Coal and Mines Minister, Mr Ram Vilas Paswan, today reiterated Government's commitment to eliminate unsafe mining conditions from the coal mines to make them sage an asked the State

A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today observed that it was the duty of the State Government, District Collections, Superintendents of Police and police to ensure that the High Court's