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

The Kulu district adminstration has remained a silent spectator to haphazard quarrying on the Beas river at Pirdi village. It is learnt that many sites have been leased out to private contractors.

Any move to restore the licence of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited to mine the hills in the Western Ghats would be opposed tooth and nail, Magasaysay award winner and environmental activist K V