Rat-hole mining a trap

Meghalaya coal mine mishap: A week on, no sign of trapped miners

Heavy rains, technical snags and unavailability of labour due to COVID-19 lockdown continues to hamper operations 

BHP and Rio Tinto’s ‘mining messes’ must be held to account: Report

The two UK-based multinationals had mined in Brazil, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and then left the scene without compensating for their …

Brazil environmental disaster: 9 killed, 300 missing after dam near iron mine bursts

The accident happened at the Feijao mine in the southeastern state of Minas Gerias; it is the second such incident in the same state in 3 years

Jharkhand mine collapse: 11 workers killed; over 50 feared trapped

Rescue operations still on, exact number of trapped miners yet to be ascertained

Engulfing apathy

Dumped in a pit

The 2014 National Green Tribunal ban has not only failed to contain rat-hole mining, but has also stopped the Meghalaya government from …

Talcher coal mine accident: 1 dead, 4 trapped after landslide

The death toll might go up to 14 as the nine rescued workers are in a serious condition

10 killed in mine collapse in Jharkhand

Just two days after the state observed the 40th year of India's worst mining tragedy in Chasnala, a coal mine in Lalmatia collapsed trapping more …

Don't panic, bang the walls

New technology pinpoints location of trapped miners faster

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 14, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

'Rat-hole coal mining must be discontinued'

There is no such thing as environmentally acceptable and safe rat-hole coal mining 

Chhattisgarh may have stopped Bailadila mining, but for how long?

Tribal protestors may have had the first round, but mining giants are sure to put pressure

Uranium spill

Abandoned mine behind highway collapse in West Bengal

Landslide in Goa mine kills six workers

Mechanisation of mining operations still an idea in India

Safety the major casualty in mining

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Life in Jharia, Jharkhand where a 90-year-old underground coal fire threatens a whole town

China remains heavily polluted, despite regulations

Yet another white paper but little work on the ground

Mining accounts for more labour deaths

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