At least 12 illegal miners were killed after the roof of an abandoned mine collapsed near Lalmatia under Rajmahal project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL), 60 km from Godda, early this morning.

Continuous and unchecked quarrying in the lower foothills of the Shivaliks has rendered thousands of hectares of agricultural land in more than 600 villages barren during the past over 20 years. In

The low-sulfur coal coveted by power plants exists in abundance beneath the green ridges near the central Alabama town of Brookwood, but to get it, miners must take the longest elevator ride in the

The Panjim Bench of the Bombay High Court has directed the Goa State Pollution Control to visit the site of the dam and the Sonchi valley and all sites nearby pertaining to complaints about pollution

Kerala High Court today dismissed a petition by the State Government seeking relaxation on the total ban on sand mining in the

The Supreme Court last week allowed the appeal of the Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation against the decision of the full bench of the high court allowing the extension of sub-leases to

The Haryana Government has decided to auction mines instead of issuing permits for mining to check illegal mining in the State. He also directed them to check wasteful expenditure and maintain

The indiscriminate quarrying of clay, stones and sand from the riverbeds, located near the Baddi-Barotiwala industrial belt, about 40 km from Kasauli(HP), has created a contention among

The Karnataka State government has taken a stern decision of not allowing any new mining operations in Western Ghats, Mines and Geology Minister V Muniyappa said

Mines and Geology Minister V Muniyappa today said that National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri), which conducted a survey of land in whcihKudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited