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

Karnataka government has renewed the mining licence of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company(KIOCL) over its broken up area for a period of one year, after receiving clearance from the Unionn

A British Columbia court has thrown out a building permit for a controversial mine along the Alaska-Canadian border. The move is considered a victor for local natives, U.S. officials and

The government is expected to throw open mining to domestic companies. The Union cabinet on Wednesday will take a decision on the amendment to the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973. The

Researchers unravel the origins of some of the most precious emeralds known to humankind

January's cyanide spill from a Romanian gold mine, that polluted 2,000km of rivers in Romania, Hungary and Yugoslavia, and killed many thousands of fish, was partly due to inherent faults in the

A U.N. report has blamed technical problems and bad weather for a spill of slurry containing cyanide from a Romanian gold mine in January. The spill from a mine in northwest Romania on January 30

Government today introduced in the Rajya Sabha the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2000 amidst stiff opposition from Left parties. As soon as mines minister P r Kumaramangalam rose to

A pilot project in Bhubaneswar could solve a major environmental problem by using the waste ore from Sukhinda's chromium mines to manufacture more useful metals.