SC to hear PIL on trapped miners in Meghalaya tomorrow
The petition seeks the deployment of the Armed Forces and high capacity pumps to save the miners. It also seeks the formulation of a standard …
Bombay HC questions DMF administration in Goa, identifies loopholes in state law
Pointing to the poor knowledge of mining-affected people about DMF, the court also questioned if they are receiving any benefits at all
Poor despite Rs 5,800 crore
Plan and plan well is the message from the first independent evaluation of India's ambitious resource-sharing plan for mining districts
Goa: can it strike a balance between environment and development?
Promoting eco-friendly tourism and reviving mining without harming environment are major challenges
Too early to celebrate lithium discovery in Jammu and Kashmir
The resource in Jammu is only inferred, which is the lowest in the conviction for the estimation of a mineral deposit
Bihar government bans sand mining near river bridges
Move to check illegal sand mining that is destroying foundations of bridges, disturbing water flow of rivers
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
Goan village residents fight for sustainable mining rights
Residents of Caurem, a tribal village, have always been at the forefront of anti-mining demonstrations. Now, they have formed a society …
Deadly dam burst in Brazil puts mining company under scanner
Brazil’s Federal Police accuse mining company Samarco of wilful misconduct in relation to a deadly dam burst in November 2015
Should district mineral foundations be with state mining departments?
Recent plan to move Odisha DMF from the state planning and convergence department to the mines department raises several questions
Why Bhavnagar farmers oppose limestone mining
Letter to high court-appointed panel lists reasons
Mine collapse kills six in Jharkhand, 12 feared trapped
The caved in mine saw illegal extraction of coal
Buxwaha diamond mining project will make Bundelkhand’s water scarcity worse: Experts
The water requirement for the Bunder mine and ore processing plant is about 5.9 million cubic meters in a year
Remembering Kong Spelity Lyngdoh Langrin: Money can’t buy you freedom
Filmmaker Tarun Bhartiya posted a thread on his Twitter handle about the late matriarch of Domiasiat in Meghalaya’s Khasi Hills, who …
You can’t mine the seabed without proper rules
Extracting these minerals would be energy intensive and the problems experienced in terrestrial mining would be replicated at sea
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 …
Illegal and unfair acquisition of mining land in Korba
SECL has been using loopholes in the law and sometimes even violating laws altogether to avoid compensation against acquired land
Zimbabwe’s gold rush leaves small-scale miners vulnerable to mercury poisoning
The highly toxic substance used to extract gold from ore leads to a number of complications
When rat-hole miners and manual scavengers met
People out, miners in
How to make mining sustainable
The Goenchi Mati Movement believes that the Earth is not inherited from our ancestors, but borrowed from our children, and advocates creation of …
Why the new mining Bill needs a relook
Ideas to improve environmental and social performance of the sector have been thrown out of the window
Brazil launches operation against mining mafia on Indigenous land
Special forces destroy aircraft and seize weapons; non-profit Amazon Watch asks for probe into those behind the ‘horror’
Nowhere to go: How exposure to coal dust has impacted lives in Odisha’s mining villages
From health hazards to crop loss — the residents of Ratanpur, Ratansara, Shiarmal & Dulinga villages face many perils
Illegal mining forces Raniganj residents to eat now and die tomorrow
Villages in Asansol-Raniganj coal belt, which go to polls on April 29, 2019, stand on precarious land that might collapse any day, but the …