The two-month-old strike by miners at the Cananea copper mines, in the northern Mexican province of Sonora is being seen as a blessing in disguise for an industry hard hit by falling prices. The

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The UK government will apply tight new limits on the development of opencast coal mines in an effort to protect the environment and local communities. Richard Coborn, regions minister, will publish

Spain's Andalusian regional government on Wednesday approved the reopening of a zinc mine that spilled millions of tonnes of toxic sludge last April in Spain's worst ecological disaster. The Los

The Maharasthra Government would not cancel the allotment of a coal-bearing area for a captive mine to the NRI Mittal group to set up a power plant even if mining near Chandrapur ordinance factory

Mines that do not take responsibility for rehabilitating dumps, which are causing serious health and environmental problems in residential areas, could lose their mining permits in South Africa.

The Australian government dismissed environmental concerns about a new uranium mine in the remote outback, giving the go-ahead to the latest move to exploit the world's largest uranium reserves. The

Mineral Resources, Higher Education and Manpower Planning Minister Krishna Kumar Gupta has alleged that the control of Centre over mining of precious minerals were proving to be a major deterant

For the first time in the country, regional environmental impact assessment(EIA) studies of mining areas have been carried out by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). The study will formulate an

Spain's regional government of Andalusia says it expects to grant a permit later this week for Boliden to reopen its zinc mine, Spanish newspapers reported early this week. The regional government