Arctic rush driven by desire to control hydrocarbon deposits, shipping routes

No mining by PSUs for trade in Scheduled Areas: tribal affairs minister

'Forest department is worst enemy of Forest Rights Act'

INDIA

Ghana to increase mining royalty

Mining firms reject Zambia's new tax regime

Zimbabwe nationalises mines to check high inflation

Bolivia to nationalise mines

Romania deliberates anti-cyanide bill

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Green rupee in a mess

Niger issues new permits for uranium mining in Sahara

Protest against mining plans in Q'oyillur Riti Sanctuary

No green nod to iron ore projects dependent on Bellary

Decision follows Supreme Court order banning mining operations in the district

Kono diamond mining suspended

UK moves off Antarctica for energy

MoEF panel favours bauxite mining in Vizag tribal area

Yet-to-be-made public report dismisses environmental concerns

Cancel bauxite mining agreements in tribal area: Union tribal minister urges Andhra Pradesh governor

'Mining plans cause growth of extremism in the Scheduled tribal areas'

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In court

Adani’s coal mine acquisition in Australia under scanner

Company failed to submit environmental track records to Australian environment ministry

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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

District Mineral Foundation has over Rs 11,000 crore to invest in mining-affected districts

However, funds are yet to be sanctioned for development programmes in most districts

Only four of 12 mineral-rich states collect funds for mining-impacted areas

It has been nearly a year since the Central government notified new mining rules mandating collection of funds for development of mining-impacted …

Look back at the decade: Geopolitics

At the end of the second decade of the millenium no one knows how human activity would affect its pristine ecology