Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) says the current uncertain global economic outlook presents a "modest downside risk" to the mining sector. "It's only modest unless you assume a serious
Oktay Konyar, a leader of an environmental campaign in Turkey has been arrested. "I am being punished because I wanted the implementation of a court decision,' said Konyar. The residents of Ovacik
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today stayed the operation of orders issued by a Central Government tribunal restoring mining lease to Bop's MP from Faridabad Mr Ram Chander
Tribals, backed by NGO activists, formed a Save Khandualgiri Association to resist survey of bauxite deposits in and around Khandualgiri in Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi
A US appeals panel has dismissed a lower court's finding that the strip mining of West Virginia mountaintops violates environmental law by allowing vast amounts of coal slag to block hundreds of
Tribals backed by NGO activists, formed a Save Khandulagiri Association to resist survey of bauxite deposits in and around Khandualgiri in Thuamul Rampur block of Kalahandi
Exploding gas killed 48 miners in an illegal coal mine in central China, a mine official said on Sunday.Only four miners escaped Saturday;s blast at the mine near Hancheng, a town in Shaanxi
In what could virtually seal the future prospects of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL), a Rapid Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Report has said that no mining should be allowed in
Severe strictures were passed on the Haryana Mining Department by a Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court comprising Mr Justice N.K. Sud here today while directing the CBI to inquire
The Canadian government has announced a private-public partnership agreement costing up to CA $75 million (US $48 million) to clean up one of the worst sources of metal pollution in North America.