The Special Committee set up under the Chairmanship of the Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Mr. B. B. Tandon, on the restructuring of the mining sector has recommended the handing over of power to

The Supreme Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh Government to file three detailed affidavits in connection with the illegal mining operations in about 5,000 sites in forest areas in the Vindhya

The Kerala High Court has vacated its stay on sand mining on the banks of river Bharatapuzha and directed District Collectors concerned to ensure implementation of an expert committee's

The Supreme Court appointed the District Magistrate of Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh as Commissioner of the Court and Receiver for 500 illegal mining sites. These sites are operated by retired IAS

Innovative schemes of sponsored reforestation may help combat global warming

The Kerala High Court vacated its interim order staying the orders of the District Collectors of Palakkad, Thrissur and Malappuram allowing the contractors to mine sand from the

In a significant breakthrough, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has discovered two kimberlite bodies, primary source rocks for diamond, at Pillalapalle, about 10 km from Kayandurg town in

The committee on delegating powers to state governments to grant mining licences today sunmitted its report to Union steel minister Birendra Prasad Baishya.

Environmentalists have protested against any prospecting operation to be carried on by the public sector Kudramukh Iron Ore Company in the Karnataka National Park area. They have petitioned Karnataka

Boliden, the Canadian-Swedish mining company, said 95 per cent of the material that escaped from a waste dam at its Los Frailes lead-zinc mine near Seville in Spain had been cleaned up and mining