Either the National Mineral Development Corporation, or the Mumbai-based cartel of diamond merchants, Vishal Diamonds, would set up a joint venture company with the Madhya Pradesh State Mining

A fresh corporate war is brewing over the vast stretches of chrome-rich sukinda valley in Orissa. In a quite move, Orissa-based India Charge Chrome Ltd. (ICCL) is on the verge of cornering chrome

Water pollution from hard rock mining has become a global problem - made worse by countries relaxing their mining laws to encourage investment by multinational corporations. Mining operations in

The Attappadi mountain ranges in Northern Kerala, known for their unique flora and fauna, have started yielding gold and consequently triggered a mad rush among prospectors. "There is a high deposit

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday refused to grant an interim stay on quarrying at Kembhootana Halli of Uttarahalli Hobli, Bangalore South

John Prescott, the deputy prime minister threw another lifeline to the deep coal mine industry in Uk, by expanding the government's energy review to include the controls of open cast

The Supreme Court has summoned the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh to clarify about illegal mining activities in state forests. The order was issued by a division bench while hearing a public

The Environment and Energy Ministry of Costa Rica temporarily halted mining for 90 days at three sites in the country after inspectors of its regulatory body, the National environmental Technical

Mitsubishi Corp., the giant Japanese conglomerate has proposed building one of the world's largest salt production facilities at Mexico in a venture with the Mexican government. The proposed

Gold mines in northen Greece brought wealth to the ancient Macedonian kingdom of Alexander the Great. But plans by Canada's TVX Gold to introduce modern mining and extraction processes to the