The Peruvian government has decided to allow the residents of Tambo

From 4,000 feet above ground in a small airplane, the mountain graveyard of Larry Gibson's ancestors looks like a tiny peninsula of grass rimmed by desert on three sides. For 16 years Gibson has been

The South African government and the mining industry reached a landmark agreement on controversial new legislation that seeks to abolish private ownership of mineral rights, returning them to the

Going by the pace at which the unplanned mining activities around the River Kushawati are going on, it is high time that the Goa Government begins concrete measures to ensure that the flow of the

The Bicholim police have issued a show cause notice to a mining company for diverting ore pit water into the Madai river. According to the information provided by Bicholim Police Inspector, Shamba

The Bush administration went to court today to defend Clinton-era regulations intended to make it easier for coal miners and their survivors to get black lung benefits. The National Mining

The Centre is proposing to withdraw the coal mining policy of 1979 and replace it with a more liberal mining policy. Coal mining would be freed to state government undertakings and companies. A

The Supreme Court (SC) is said to have issued notices to the Centre, the Government of Karnataka and Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) on May 10 in response to an interlocutory application

The Supreme Court has sought an explanation from the Centre fro giving permission to the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) for mining activity in Kudremukh National Park and file an

The Dominican Republic government will impose strict environmental standards on the company it selects to invest about $750m in reopening and working the country's main gold mine which was closed