There is nothing new in the story of a mining company messing up the environment of a poor country, nor of its being publicly castigated for doing so. But it is at least unusual for said company to

Environmental groups are planning to file a PIL in early October for 'infringements on the Wildlife Act 1972' committed by the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) , for mining in the Kudremukh

"Madhya Pradesh is a state waiting for Australian discovery". This was the remark made by australian High Commissioner to India Rob Laurie while advocating a greater interaction between Australia and

Holding local and district officials responsible for illegal sand quarrying in the Kortaliyar river bed in Tiruvallur taluk, the Madras High Court has directed the Government to take steps for

Ram Nath began working in a uranium mine in Jadugoda about 15 years ago. Today, most of his colleagues are dead. Only two are alive and they are suffering from tuberculosis. There are many tribals

The United Nations will send a fact-finding mission to a lagoon in Mexico where environmentalists fear plans to build the world's biggest saltworks may threaten endangered whales, turtles, antelopes

The borough scored a victory in its efforts to close a quarry this week when a West Paterson (U.S.) judge found the quarry guilty of violating several local ordinances. Judge Robert S. Damiano found

The 'restructuring-cum-revival plan' of Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (ECL), a Coal India Ltd. subsidiary, will hit over 71,000 coal miners with the company contemplating closure of 64 Group IV mines. The

HC: The Madras High Court has held that agricultural earth was a mineral as defined under Section 3 of the Mines and Minerals(Regulation and Development) Act, 1957. Hence, the Tamil Nadu Government

U.S. President Bill Clinton asked the Senate to ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention Number 176, the "Convention Concerning Safety and Health in Mines." He said his support of