Govt doesn't favour Kudremukh mining
The Centre has expressed dissatisfaction at allowing permanent mining at Kudremukh in Karnataka, especially in the unbroken area. In an affidavit in SC, the govt has asked the state to reconsider
The Centre has expressed dissatisfaction at allowing permanent mining at Kudremukh in Karnataka, especially in the unbroken area. In an affidavit in SC, the govt has asked the state to reconsider
The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) and the Kudremukh Shramashakti Sangatane have urged the government to extend the mining lease in Kudremukh hills for another 20 years in the interest of the workers and
About 93 miners are feared dead in an explosion at an illegal coalmine in eastern China. About 106 miners were trapped yesterday in the mine in Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, but 13 were rescued by
V D Satheesan, MLA, today informed that the Revenue Minister has assured in the Assembly that the mining of sand from rivers, including the Periyar, will be regulated, in order to make sand
Goa's vital mining sector which contributes over one-third of India's total iron-ore exports is facing troubled times again, with a prominent firm closing two of its mines after industrial unrest,
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in Karnataka, a 100 per cent export-oriented public sector unit, with a proven track record of safeguarding ecology and environment, is now on the horns
Illegal mining is going on in the Chakki river belt in Pathankot at more than 10 points on both banks. All efforts by the administration and the Mining Department to check it have failed.
Though the mining being done by the Uranium Corporation of India Ltd in East Singhbhum has played a significant role in placing India on the world nuclear map, the tribal villagers in the vicinity
The Karnataka government has done well to issue a warning against indiscriminate lifting of sand from river beds in the state. The Mines and Geology Minister, Mr V Muniappa, told the Legislative
Canada said yesterday it is planning stricter regulations to reduce pollution flowing into the country's vast waterways from metal mines. The law is scheduled to come into force in early 2002, the
Officials were investigating the accidental flooding of the tine mine in southern China that killed at least 76 miners, after state media accused the operation's owners of a attempting to cover up
An estimated 118456.66 mt of sand is being exported per day from three districts in Kerala to outside States, according to a report fled on behalf of the Government.
It is now the turn of the Officers' Association of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) to give their company a 'clean chit'. The association has claimed that the "facts and figures of mining
The former Chairman of Coal India Ltd and Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, Mr G.L. Tandon, has supported the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company's claim to long-term lease for the already broken area where it
A high court in Ankara overturned a ruling that had been hailed by many in Turkey as a massive step forward in environmental protection. In May, a lower court in Izmir had banned international gold
The Karnataka Government has told KIOCL that the company may have to look out for an alternative location and that the Government does not want it to continue iron ore mining in the eco-sensitive
On Saturday, the wall of silence and obfuscation surrounding the flooding of a south China tim mine began to crumble, with the Communist Party's main newspaper confirming - nearly three weeks after
Chief Minister S M Krishna today said the State government has indicated to the chairman and managing director of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, which is mining in the Kudremukh region of
Rajya Parisara Samrakshana Samsthe, a Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) employees' Organisation has reiterated its demand to the State government to reconsider the plight of 2,500 employees
Around 4,500 rock quarries in and around Hyderabad are posing a danger to the environment with no strict regulations to control the sound and dust pollution. This apart, workers in these units are