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.

The government of Botswana is flouting international laws by refusing to recognise the rights of the indigenous San community over the resources of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, alleges

The Centre has expressed dissatisfaction at allowing permanent mining at Kudremukh in Karnataka, especially in the unbroken area. In an affidavit in SC, the govt has asked the state to reconsider

Goa's vital mining sector which contributes over one-third of India's total iron-ore exports is facing troubled times again, with a prominent firm closing two of its mines after industrial unrest,

The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in Karnataka, a 100 per cent export-oriented public sector unit, with a proven track record of safeguarding ecology and environment, is now on the horns

The Karnataka government has done well to issue a warning against indiscriminate lifting of sand from river beds in the state. The Mines and Geology Minister, Mr V Muniappa, told the Legislative