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Mining
Mining
We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why
Justin Alger
07 Jul 2025
4 min read
Despite technological advancements, mining the ocean floor remains speculative and expensive
Mining
Illegal sand mining runs rampant in Kosi river, Uttarakhand
DTE Staff
24 Jun 2025
2 min read
Uttarakhand high court in May 2025 ordered a halt to quarrying activities in Bazpur tehsil and the seizure of involved vehicles
Mining
Farming diamonds
Bhagirath
17 May 2025
2 min read
A quest for diamonds in the dust in Panna district
Most of West Bengal’s Deucha coal project to be underground, claims state agency
Jayanta Basu
17 Apr 2025
4 min read
Scarred by mining
Raja Muzaffar Bhat
03 Apr 2025
5 min read
Tribal protest against Balada bauxite mining intensifies in Odisha
Ajit Panda
24 Mar 2025
3 min read
In week 2, countries to discuss how to deal with deep-sea mining; applications expected to be submitted in June
Rohini Krishnamurthy
23 Mar 2025
3 min read
Environmental activists oppose ‘scientific’ coal mining in Meghalaya
Anupam Chakravartty
22 Mar 2025
3 min read
Negotiations on mining code for deep-sea mining begin in Jamaica amid mounting pressure from industries
Rohini Krishnamurthy
18 Mar 2025
3 min read
Healed scars
Madhav Sharma
15 Mar 2025
2 min read
Back-breaking work as livelihood
DTE Staff
13 Mar 2025
1 min read
India is late to the critical minerals party
Moushumi Mohanty
13 Mar 2025
5 min read
US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple
Scott L. Montgomery
12 Mar 2025
5 min read
What’s so special about Ukraine’s minerals? A geologist explains
Munira Raji
11 Mar 2025
4 min read
Guardians of Hollongapar
Neeharika Gogoi
03 Feb 2025
3 min read
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