The international diamond industry announced strict new measures today to clamp down on the trade in "conflict diamonds" used to pay for African wars.The measures include a certification system to

The world's diamond industry appeared on the verge of a breakthrough agreement on a global certification scheme, after manufacturers proposed a raft of measures aimed at clamping down on the trade in

Environmentalists began a campaign to scrap the Nepal government's decision to allow 10 years time extension to the Godavari Marble Factory to blast and quarry marble at the Godavari area. The permit

Experts blame indiscriminate quarrying for Wednesday's landslide which killed a large number of slum dwellers at Ghatkopar. But such landslides can be predicted and prevented, points out V.

Illegal mining in Indonesia has reached unprecedented levels, harming legitimate companies and putting the economy and environment at risk. The illegal operators play havoc with the mine by stripping

A ecological disaster looms over North Sulawesi's Minahasa Peninsula. Rampant illegal gold mining is pouring hundreds of tonnes of mercury into the environment. The deadly flow threatens to undermine

Accidents in China's notoriously dangerous coal mines killed 2,730 miners in the first half of the year, state media reported on Wednesday as the government renewed calls to improve

There is no way to stop African warlords from trading illicit diamonds for guns. The black market in diamonds from rebel areas is just one symptom of a more complex problem, the ungovernability of

The Kudremukh iron ore mines in south Karnataka are once again in the eye of an environmental storm.A senior pontiff at the coastal temple town of Udipi has urged Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee