Government officials said on Friday that toxic waste containing cyanide had spilled into a river in northeastern Romania, killing fish and posing a health hazard in the area.The incident occurred

River sediments and fish tissue downstream of hard-rock mining activities in the northern Rockies contain elevated levels of metals, according to a new report by the US Geological

An Australian exploration company will invest US dollars 3 million to explore and collect heavy minerals from the sands of Cox's Bazar (Bangladesh) sea

The Environment Ministry has appealed a judge's decision not to prosecute employees of a mining company and builders over Spain's worst environmental disaster. Judge Celia Belhajd-Ben G

The Chhatisgarh government would soon formualte a new mining policy to exlpoit mineral resources of the state and help make it industrially developed, minister for mines Ram Pukar Singh said

The 2,300-metre peak of Kawah Ijen is one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes and home to one of the world's few volcanic sulphur mines. A day of backbreaking work at this government-owned mine

The diamond industry will unveil in London next week proposed legislation to ban US imports of illegally produced diamonds. The draft measure, which will be presented to a meeting of the World

the 2,300 metre peak of Kawah Ijen is one Indonesia's most active volcanoes and home to one of the world's few volcanic sulphur mines. A day of backbreaking work at this government-owned mine earns

The Spanish government appealed on Friday against a judge's rejection of criminal responsibility in a massive toxic-waste spill in 1998 at a metals mine, described as Spain's worst environmental

Environmentalists renewed their fight on Thursday against reopening a metals mine in the wilderness on the British Columbia-Alaska border, and called on the United States to pressure Canada to stop