At Kantuta gold mine and of Bolivia's other 540 mining co-operatives emphasis is now being laid on environment and health. In late September, the Kantuta co-operative inaugurated several thousand

The Delhi High Court recently upheld the government's decision to transfer some iron ore mines at Bailadila in Madhya Pradesh to Nippon Denro Ispat and dismissed a petition challenging the transfer.

Dented by the Congo rebellion, renewed fighting in Angola, failed privatisation plans in Zambia and slumping metal prices, mining investors are singing the blues. Long-term prospects are not so

GOA's forest department recently organised a workshop to discuss its research priorities, and debated in detail the location and preservation of natural reserves. "Problems of the ill-effects of

Pernon Indians and environmentalists are battling against mining companies and government officials who want to exploit the gold-rich deposits in Venezuela's Imataca rain forest reserve. The latter

The current attitude of BCCL, according to Jharia Bachao Abhiyan Samiti, is contrary to its declared Rs 10,000 crore rehabilitation plan which it had proudiy announced in 1984. Sources within the

The new procedure adopted by the Union Environment and Forest Mininstry for issuing envrionmental clearance to the renewal of mining lease is making expansion of mining projects in the country

The sword of Damocles hangs over owners and workers of 40,000 brick-kilns as the Union Ministry of Environment and Forestry has proposed a ban on the excavation af top soil within a radius of 50 km

Madhya Pradesh continues to occupy the top position in the country in respect of mineral exploraiton. It has bagged the top spot, in the country in production of nine minerals during the financial

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay singh today defended his government's decision to clear diamond mining projects in the state maintaining that the criticism by the BJP-led Opposition was