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

By integrating four difficult underground mines - GK (Gauthamkhani)-8, GK-9, GK-10 and GK-11 inclines - the State owned Singareni Collieries Company Ltd has converted them into a single open cast

More than 100 persons who were allegedly trying to extend coal illegally, are feared trapped in a West Bengal mine that crashed on to them. However according to a PTI report they were saved from a

Singareni Colleries Company Ltd (SCCL) has drawn up ambitious plans to take up four new mines this fiscal with a total outlay of Rs 290 crores, according to its Director, Planning and Projects, Mr M.

At least 35 people are feared trapped after an illegal mine caved in near Asansol (West Bengal). The incident took place around 4 am when nearly two sq. km area caved in near the Badur Open Cast

The West Bengal state government has sent an SOS to the Centre, requesting it to immediately fill up the abandoned coal mines with sand to prevent illegal mining operations in the Ranigunj Asansol

The recent discovery of gold deposits in northwestern Peru threatens to cause irreparable environmental damage. Many companies have proposed to mine the mineral found in the agrarian valley of the

A high court in Ankara, Turkey, recently overturned a ruling that had been hailed by many in Turkey as a massive step forward in environmental protection. In May 2001, a lower court in Izmir had

More than 200 miners are feared to have died when a tin mine flooded on the southern Chinese province of Guangxi, state media said.

Illegal mining is going on in the Chakki river belt in Pathankot at more than 10 points on both banks. All efforts by the administration and the Mining Department to check it have failed.