A code to regulate the recovery of minerals from the world's seabeds is to be approved soon, allowing contracts to be issued for seabed mining to agencies and companies in several countries. The code

The Australian government rejected a request by the United Nations World Heritage committee to halt construction of a uranium mine in a national park. Canberra said it would compile a "comprehensive

Surinam government is locked in bitter dispute with two hinterland communities over their right to occupy their traditional lands and the state's anxiety to dish out concessions to foreign investors.

Coal mines suddenly flooded, killing 35 persons and leaving one other missing and presumed dead in southwestern China's Guangxi region, according to a report. The flood occurred on October 25 at two

A legal change will allow mines to cover up to 50,000 rai, leading to fears that Thailand's forests will be damaged. The Mineral Resources Department (MRD) is to amend the Mining Bill. It will also

Eleven years of wrangling over a giant open-cast mining project west of Cologne was resolved, ending the threat of government crisis in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. After intervention

The Supreme Court isued notice to the Tamil Nadu Government on a petition by the Tamil Nadu Building Material Manufacturers and Transport Association to seek permission for stone quarries within 500

HAPHAZARD quarrying and mining on the bed of the Beas river and its tributaries is threatening the ecology of the Kullu valley. The river has been changing its course since 1995, causing damage to

The Ministry of Enviornment and Forests has granted permission to mining companies to carry out test-drilling without prior site clearance and public hearing which was so far necessary under the

In what could be termed as the biggest industrial severance, the board of Eastern Coalfields Ltd (ECL) --a Coal India Ltd's (CIL) subsidiary--has approved separation of 68,000 miners and shutting