A case of illegal mining of stones in villages of Gutra Pahari, Basantpur, Pholidumar has come to light with the initiative of the Forest Department. This illegal mining has caused lakh of rupees

The Punjab and Haryana High Court issued Notice of Motion to the state of Haryana and others for November 17, on a writ petition filed by a Faridabad-based journalist,Subhash Sharma, who had alleged

The European Commission said yesterday it was looking at tightening regulations on metals mines to prevent environmental disasters caused by toxic waste spills. The Commission, the European Union's

The Union Government has agreed to take up the Karnataka's proposal for an eco-impact study of the Bellary-Hospet iron-ore belt with the French environmental organisation - Bureau de Recherches

Fertile fields on Bendigo's outskirts have become a battleground between the region's oldest farming families and mining companies that believe the farmers are sitting on a fortune in gold. State law

Following January's cyanide spill in Romania and new reports on mining disasters from China, environmentalists are calling for governments worldwide to adopt international mining standards. At

More than $800 million will be spent to clean up one of America's most toxic Superfund sites, a defunct copper mine that spews neon-green water.Federal scientists have called the highly acidic water

The government has succumbed to perssure by influential slate mining lobby of Kangra by getting hurdles cleared in the way of resuming quarrying in Khaniyara area which is already environmentally

Two Haryana forest Department employees, a block officer and a guard, received injuries after being beaten up by employees of contractors engaged in alleged "illegal mining" in the Ghaggar river bed

A high-powered government committee has suggested that the government should delay by three years the implementation of irs order relating to lowering the ash content in coal, as it was not feasible