Contrary to the readiness of Coal India Ltd (CIL) to welcome private investors as joint venture partners in the coal mining sector, all the Central trade unions operating in the sector have strongly

At least 38 miners were trapped inside a flooded colliery of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) after an underground water source in-undated the coal-pit at 12.05 pm on Friday. The mine is located in

Environmentalists warn that some of England's "finest landscapes" are threatened by operators with the legal right to quarry enough aggregates to build more than 112 million houses, or 85,000 miles

A Spanish judge has closed an inquiry into Spain's worst environmental disaster. According to the judge, 25 people under investigation had "no criminal responsibility'. The case was about the

The life of thousands of people in the Raniganj-Asansol coal belt is endangered. Extensive coal mining, some of which is illegal, has weakened the crust, causing numerous instances of subsidence

Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) has taken up an environmental study in Bhotang and Dikchu copper mines of SMC to study the impact of the disposal tailings in the surrounding river and suggest ways to

The Canadian Environmental Defence Fund said mining smelters in Canada released more than 2.3 million pounds of heavy metals in 1998, including arsenic, mercury, lead and nickel compounds, all highly

The Bhovi Jananga Okkuta has taken exception for granting permission to the quarrying work at Hangarahalli in Srirangapatna Taluk and has expressed fears that the problem of bonded labour may surface

The attempts to suppress a people's movement against a mining project in southern Orissa lead to the death of three tribal people in police

The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) has been given the Indo-German Greentech Environment Excellence Award for the year