The Industries and Mines Department, Government of Gujarat has prepared the draft rules named, "The Gujarat Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2016" for the provisions relating to grant and regulation of mineral concessions of minor mineral under section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
In order to provide relief to affected people in mining areas, the state government has decided to constitute a Himachal Pradesh district mineral foundation trust, which will ensure development and
AHMEDABAD: A team of Ahmedabad rural police's special operations group (SOG) raided a mining site at Gyaspur near the Sabarmati river, late on Thursday night, after reports emerged of illegal sand
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to constitute District Mineral Foundation Trusts in all the districts to assist and provide relief to those affected by mining.
In a judgment of far-reaching consequences, a Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Tuesday held that grama panchayats should process applications for D and O (dangerous and offensive trade) l
To promote sustainable sand extraction, these guidelines released by the Union ministry of environment and forests lays emphasis on monitoring of the mined out material, which is key to the success of environment management plan. It has suggested tapping “alternative sources of sand and gravel”.
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of M/s. Yes Yes Mineralas Vs The Director, IA- Division (Non Coal Mining) III, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & Others dated 01/06/2016 regarding granting of mining lease to mine the minerals Garnet, Ilmenite and Zircon over an area of 8.59.5 hectares of Vanagiri Village, Sirkazhi Taluk, Nagapattinam District in the State of Tamil Nadu.
