The Andhra Pradesh Government has issued no objection certificate to the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL), to offer six mining blocks for prospecting and exploitation to private

The change in the rain pattern in Himachal Pradesh has got farmers, orchard owners and tea growers worried. Scientists at the agricultural university in Palampur say that large scale felling of trees

Eleven mine officials and four county political leaders have been arrested in the deadly flooding of a tin mine in southern China and a failed plot to conceal the disaster, according to government

A high court in Ankara overturned a ruling that had been hailed by many in Turkey as a massive step forward in environmental protection. In May, a lower court in Izmir had banned international gold

Though the mining being done by the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd in East Singhbhum has played a significant role in placing India on the world nuclear map, the tribal villagers in the vicinity

Canada said yesterday it is planning stricter regulations to reduce pollution flowing into the country's vast waterways from metal mines. The law is scheduled to come into force in early 2002, the

A gas explosion in a north China coal mine killed 11 miners and 40 others are feared dead, a rescue team official said on

India would play host to the 19th World Mining Congress to be held at Pragati Maidan from November 1 to 5, 2003 in the capital. The five-day specialised event which is held once in every three years

The Union government is likely to table a bill in the current session to amend the fifth schedule of the Constitution to make tribal land available for mining purposes.The decision would lead to the

Toronto-based Tiomin Resources Inc is seeking government approval to mine the rare mineral at two sites in the middle of the farmland in Kwale, Kenya.The $165-million project would be the biggest