Southern Cross readies Australia uranium mine
Canada's Southern Cross Resources Inc said it expects to receive board approval shortly to begin construction of a new uranium mine in Australian outback after clearing a major hurdle. Southern
Canada's Southern Cross Resources Inc said it expects to receive board approval shortly to begin construction of a new uranium mine in Australian outback after clearing a major hurdle. Southern
In a marble, masonary stone and sandstone mines of Rajasthan not only illegal mining is rampant but workers do not even get the minimum wage,incidence of accident-related deaths is on the rise, and
The Government should immediately 'stay' all sand mining activities throughout Tamil Nadu, a panel, which included eminent jurist, V R Krishan Iyer and former Judge of the Mumbai High Court, H
The Tunga-Bhadra Ulise Horatta Samithi (TBUHS) has decided to float a forum, with representations from the eight districts of Karnataka, to struggle to stop mining in the Kudremukh area. Noting that
Multitudes in Tamil Nadu face a bleak future as sand mining adversely affects local water and land resources in hundreds of villages, a "people's public hearing" was informed today. Illegal sand
The Tunga Bhadra Ulisi Horata Okkoota will hold a massive protest rally and a convention of the residents of on Tungra-Bhadra river bank on April 9 and 10 in Sringeri, Karnataka, to condemn the move
Sankarapuram village in Tamil Nadu witnessed tense moments today when armed policemen were mobilised in the village to foil any untoward incident after villagers gathered on the road to prevent
The Maharashtra state government will take action against illegal bauxite mining in a 30 sq. km plot in Satara reserved for windmill developers by the Maharashtra Energy Development
The Madras High Court upheld a Tamil Nadu government order doubling the royalty and dead rent in respect of patta lands leased out for mining purpose from the present 50 per cent to 100 per cent with
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy has said that public sector coal companies would be saddled with large inventories unless they produce low-ash coal to meet environmental norms. The
Macarthur Coal Ltd said it will proceed with development of its Monto mine project in eastern Australia which will initially yield up to one million tonnes of low-pollutant coal. Macarthur said the
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today reiterated that transportation of Karnataka ore from Curchorem railway yard to Capxem jetty would not be resumed, unless measures are taken to prevent dust
The world's largest tin mining company Indonesia's PT Tambang Timah Tbk, is on the verge of bankruptcy due to rampant illegal mining prompted partly by the government 's liberalization of the
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (KIOCL) has been caught in the cross fire of environmental concerns for sometime now. The reason: mining in the rain fed forest area causing pollution in the Bhadra
Three writ petitions filed by ordinary villagers affected by mining in different parts of Goa came up for hearing before the Bombay High Court in the year 2001. The good news is that in each case,
Across the Damodar river valley, passing through West Bengal and the adjoining areas of Jharkhand, are located the richest coal and iron ore reserved in the country, earning the place the appellation
The Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, has strongly opposed the proposed introduction of licence system for the import of marble and urged the Centre to take a practical and realistic view of
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited(KIOCL) has been caught on the wrong foot again with the Forest Department booking a case against it for illegally expanding and opening areas beyond its leased
Filling open-cast mines in East Germany is the most spectacular project to revive the town of Dessau, south of
While the legal battle between the environmentalists and the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in Karnataka is still pending before the Supreme Court, the Forest Department has booked a case