Treasure from trash: how mining waste can be mined a second time

Identifying mine waste as economic resources will help support global demand for critical metals and boost mining industry during the downturn

Australia, source of uranium and lead pollution in Antarctica

Since 1945, rise in Southern Hemisphere uranium levels has been attributed to uranium mining in Australia 

Coal India signs MoU for environmental audit of mines

The MoU with Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education will facilitate eco-restoration of 430 mines

Malaysia bans bauxite mining for three months

The move comes after protests rose against environmental degradation in area near the mines

Agreement likely between Brazil and mining company over dam collapse

A tailings dam had collapsed in November 2015 that killed 16 people and polluted nearby areas

North America discarded over 5 billion kg of industrial waste in 2018 and most of it went to landfills

New study looks into waste disposal by 24,000 facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States

Cost of marble

Mining in Rajasthan's Rishab Dev tehsil, the only place in the country that produces green marble, registered 6,681 times growth in 14 years. But …

Curse of copper

After fouling 10 Madhya Pradesh villages with heavy metals and acid, HCL is set to expand its mine

Between Maoists and mines

Ho tribals lose hold of Saranda as mining is set to take over the pristine sal forest. A report and photographs by Sayantan Bera

India’s Minamata

Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …

Ministry indifferent to illegal mining

Shows cold response to recommendations on curbing illegal mining of iron, manganese

Irongate opened

Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron

Licence to mine

Supreme Court allows conditional resumption of iron ore mining in Goa

Data fudged for mining clearance

Iron ore mines in Goa also concealed facts to get environmental clearance, shows report

Operation Saranda: from Maoists to Miners

Maoist insurgency

Land struggles and growth of India’s red corridor