Some 61,000 acres in and around a Tennessee state park have been ruled out of bounds for surface coal mining at the urging of environmentalist groups, but an area farther upstream will be opened to

A threat by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to seize the assets of foreign minig companies dealt a further blow to investor confidence on Thursday in a country already suffering political and

A threat by President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to seize the assets of foreign mining companies dealt a further blow to investor confidence in a country already suffering political and economic

A gold smelter in Romania blamed for a big cyanide spill in European rivers in January has restarted operations with tighter safety measures, Australian part-owner Esmeralda Exploration Ltd said

Hungary expressed surprise over Romania's decision to restart operations at a gold smelter which caused a big cyanide spill into Hungarian rivers and surronding farmland in January. The Aurul gold

Turkey's environment minister said yesterday an Australian-owned firm had not proved that its plans to use cyanide to mine gold in western Turkey pose no public health threat. Eurogold Madencilik, a

Local activists protesting overland rights have lifted a siege of a 14-ton-a-year gold mine in Kalimantan, owned and operated by a Rio Tinto Ltd. unit, the company said. The agreement should allow

Dhumal : Mining engineers have urged the government to work out a clear-cut policy with regard to the development of mineral resources in Himachal Pradesh. This demand was made at the two-day

The Security Council imposed a diamond ban Wednesday on Sierra Leone's rebels in a bid to strangle their ability to finance a civil war that has already cost the lives of tens of thousands of

A rockslide at the Grasberg copper mine in Indonesia has sent waste spilling into a nearby valley, angering locals and environmentalists. Four employees are still missing after hundreds of tonnes of