Digging deeper for development

Recovering rare metals

Japanese scientists have found a way to recover rare-earth metals from seawater

Dig and forget

Minerals and Ecology S P Banerjee Publisher: Oxford & 1BH Publishing Co Pvt Ltd Price: Not stated

Precious mine

With the help of nickel and vitreous carbon, the industrial manufacture of diamonds becomes easier

A mountain to climb

Cash-strapped Uttaranchal embarks on industrialisation. However, its policies are frightfully blind to green issues

"Industries are not for the welfare of the consumer"

In the context of the New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) study on pesticides in bottled water, Sharad Yadav, Union minister …

Poor India speaks

book>> Caterpillar and the Mahua Flower, Tremors in India's Mining Fields edited by Rakesh Kalshian Panos South Asia New Delhi 2007

People's verdict ignored

An issue against the law

Striking platinum

What’s behind the collapse in the price of nickel and how can the industry survive?

Last Friday his government added nickel to the official Critical Minerals List

Can a mining fund provide relief to Rajasthan's silicosis widows?

The disease is leaving a trail of young widows across Bhilwara, who are now the main bread earners of their families, often with two or more …

Draft Pesticide Management Bill, 2017 not comprehensive enough: PAN India

PAN India, a non-profit working on pesticides submitted its concerns over the Bill and demanded transparent consultation process before finalisation

Supreme Court gives breather to mining companies, clarifies on DMF payment

This has come in response to a petition filed by the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries

The missing element

Niobium, an element scientists searched for in the Earth's mantle, is found in the core instead

Total recall

Gujarat: Environmentalists concerned over rising land in Bhavnagar, say lignite mining to blame

Land has risen approximately 10 metres in height and 700 metres in width at a lignite mining site near the Bhuteshwar-Bhumbhali village

DMF ex-governing council member under scanner for fund misuse in Korba

Development raises questions about accountability of DMF operations, leaving out mining-affected people

India's search for uranium could displace 4,000 in 13 tribal villages of Madhya Pradesh

Like Madhya Pradesh, Telangana is also witnessing tribal protests against uranium exploration

Revisiting Kalinganagar

The battle of the Indian bulge -- II

Precious metals unearthed

Mining explosives attract Maoists

Increasing political members in Rajasthan's DMF body is highly problematic: experts

Grossly neglects the scope of mining-affected people to have a say in investments and decisions of DMFs 

New Mineral Policy gets Cabinet approval

Citing limited exploration of mineral reserves, Modi government opens up reconnaissance permits to private companies