It is slowly becoming evident that the government had done its homework well before going ahead with the five nuclear implosions. It had carefully assessed the implications of the test on the

Indian Aluminium Company Ltd (India) is all set to get another virgin coal block for undertaking a captive coal mining project. While Indal has already been allotted Talabira-I block from the Ib

Prospecting licence was approved by the Ministry of Mines in favour of M/s. Phelps Dodge of the U.S., one of the largest global players in copper exploration, mining and processing, for copper and

The Bombay High Court has stayed Indian Aluminium Company Ltd (Indal) from continuing its bauxite mining operations in the Iderganj reserved forest area near Kolhapur. The company has also been

The Union ministry of mines is taking stock of the policy on aerial prospecting and so, procedural glitches in the way of investment in mining and mineral related industries.

Spain's first gold mine in 2,000 years has been welcomed by the most pro-mining country on earth : a

In utter defiance of the December 1996 Supreme Court order banning all mining activities in forest areas, contractors are continuing limestone mining in the Doon valley in Uttar Pradesh even though

The Centre has rejected the Orissa government's proposal to allow contract mining of chromite ore by Indian Charge Chrome Ltd (ICCL) at

A strip-mining operation is under way in Blair, West Virginia, in which mountain tops are blasted off and the rock and earth are dumped into the valleys. Mountaintop removal is hardly new to the

The two-month-old United Parliamentary Forum (UPF) Government of Meghalaya is yet to take a stand on the controversial issue of commercial mining of uranium by the Uranium Corporation of India