Describing the Central Government's affidavit for five-years-lease extension to Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) as an "after-thought under pressure", KIOCL Chairman Murari said that the

Hundreds of workers today took out a march to the Kerala High Court and submitted a memorandum before the Registrar praying for the withdrawal of the court ban on sand

Hundreds of "khair" trees lying along the Kalu-Jinda riverbed, near the Baddi-Barotiwala industrial area, are on the verge of getting uprooted, thanks to the apathy of various government departments.

The just concluded session of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly was rocked by a furore over illegal mining in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh. What has been particularly embarrassing for the state

As the battle between the environmentalists and the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL) continues over the mining in the Kudremukh area, the families of the employees of the company recently made a

The Uttaranchal Chief Minister, Mr. Nityanand Swami, seems to be continuing with his fight against what he describes as "mafia". Mining and contracts of sand from riverbeds presently in private hands

The Chinese police have detained 15 people in connection with a mining accident that killed at least 70 in the south western region of Guangxi, the state media said as reports emerged of another

The Supreme Court has directed that the Karnataka Government should "consider afresh" the final notification which excluded 3,703 hectares of forest land from the Kudremukh National Park.

The cancer-causing qualities of asbestos have led many countries to ban its use; others mine it under strictly-monitored conditions. But in Pakistan mining and use carry on unchecked in villages - so

On Saturday, the wall of silence and obfuscation surrounding the flooding of a south China tim mine began to crumble, with the Communist Party's main newspaper confirming - nearly three weeks after