The world's new aluminiun smelters in Mozambique and Alma will convert electric power that is at present surplus to local requirements into blocks of aluminium which can then be easily exported.

The World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park is under immediate threat from uranium mining, a World Heritage delegation in Australia will be told this week. The unprecedented mission to Kakadu by

For the first time in Goa's history, the all-powerful mining lobby had to face the brunt of the Government authorities with over half of their non-registered mining machinery being raided and

Noted Indian geoscientists will meet in Calcutta, to reassess the country's vast mineral resources and evolve strategies to locate economic and workable deposits. The scientists, will be meeting on

Tribals in Turia(Jeypore, Orissa) are risking their lives undertaking illegal mining of gemstones for smugglers. With the state Government indifferent to the region's potential, the smuglers have a

UK government plans to tighten planning controls on open cast coal extraction received a guarded welcome from environmentalists and the mining industry. Both parties said the outcome would depend

The Gujarat state mines and minerals department wants two major and several minor projects to be cleared by the forest department with a view to digging scarce metals and earn revenue for Gujarat.

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