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.

Two persons sustained bullet injuries when rival groups clashed over the "possession" of 'illegal' gemstone mining areas of Bandoguda in the Junagarh area of Kalahandi district yesterday.

The Gauhati High Court has directed the Pollution Control Board, Assam to make an enquiry into the allegations of environmental pollution caused by the open cast mines of the Coal India Limited (CIL)

Decks have been cleared for the resumption of slate quarrying in Khaniyara, as the much-awaited nod from the Ministry of Forest and Environment has been sent to the Himachal Pradesh

The Supreme Court yesterday admitted a petition seeking to stop radiation hazards to people around the Jaduguda uranium mines in the Ranchi district of Bihar.Though the Uranium Corporation of India