Around 4,500 rock quarries in and around Hyderabad are posing a danger to the environment with no strict regulations to control the sound and dust pollution. This apart, workers in these units are

The ministry of mines is formulating a legislation to enable systematic and scientific exploration and exploitation of mineral resources in offshore areas. Union minister of mines Sunder Lal Patwa

The Ministers of Mines from various States will meet here tomorrow at a conference convened by the Union Minister for Mines and Minerals, Mr Sunder Lal Patwa, to deliberate on ways to generate higher

In order to cut down the risks of toxic disasters such as the Baia Mare accident in Romania, in which up to 100 tonnes of cyanide were spilt into the Danube, mining companies need to make

The Democratic-led Senate voted Wednesday to bar cola mining and oil and gas drilling on pristine federally-protected land in the west, dealing a fresh blow to President Bush's energy production

The High Court directed the Andhra Pradesh government to take immediate steps to check illegal quarrying and lifting of sand in streams and river beds which is posing serious threat to ground water

A division bench of the Andhra Pradesh high court comprising Chief Justice Satya Brata Sinha and Justice VVS Rao in a recent order directed the state authorities to stop illegal quarrying and lifting

The government will be extending the deadline for mandatory utilisation of low ash coal by power generation companies. The environment ministry notification last year had made the use of coal with

The adivasis in Keonjhar district are beign threatened with displacement ever since the Rio Tinto Orissa Mining Limited (RTOML), in collaboration with RTZ, has been exploring the area for mining

New Caledonian environmentalists said yesterday they were seeking more time to review the environmental impact of a new nickel mine Canada's Inco Ltd is building in the territory's Southern Province.