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

Jakarta said on Thursday PT Freeport Indonesia would have to repair damage caused by an accident at its Lake Wanagon waste dump, on top of its agreement to temporarily cut output at the Grasberg

Activists demand financial liability for environmental disaster : In the wake of the disastrous January 30th cyanide spill from the Aurul SA gold mine in Baia Mare, Romania, environmental groups have

CMRT : Closure of 23 limestone mines employing about 5700 persons in the Sataun and Kamroo areas of the Sirmour district has been recommended by the Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI) Dhanbad.