The Kerala Kettida Nirmana Thozhilali Congress (KKNTC) will stage a protest march, along the lines of 'Dandi March', against the ban of sand mining, on September 24.

The recent discovery of gold deposits in northwestern Peru has split the population between those who support proposed mineral extraction and those who fear it will cause irreparable ecological

The Rajasthan High Court has issued notices to the Chief Minister, Mr. Ashok Gehlot, Mines Minister, Mr. Heeralal Indora, the State Mines Secretary and nine others while admitting a public interest

Mineral prospectors in North Kanara have long believed that plants like 'Karipatta', whose leaves (curry leaves) are used to flavor many South Indian dishes, can be good indicators for the presence

A gas explosion killed at least 23 people in a coal mine in northern China and a search is underway for other missing miners, the state-run Xinhua News Agency said Saturday. Xinhua said 33 people

Eighteen people have been killed in an accident in a gold mine in South China. Monday's tragedy, in Baise in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, also injured three people and trapped at least two

The public sector Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) has put on hold many of its major capital-intensive expansion projects as it could not get a 20-year mining lease, Steel Minister B K

A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court alleging large scale illegal quarrying and mining in reserve forests and revenue land in Madhya Pradesh, particularly in the Shivpuri

Recently there were slogans like 'Save River Tunga' which started and ended with bundhs in Shimoga, Tirthahalli, Sringeri, Balehonnur and at Kalasa. The noise was against the renewal of the 20-year

The Rajasthan High Court today issued notices to the state government and others on a public interest petition (PIL) challenging grant of five marble mining leases last month under discretionary