2+ hour, 39+ min ago  (354+ words) Updated - February 24, 2026 10:13 pm IST - PUDUCHERRY The government is aiming to bring about a scientific and standardised mine closure and repurposing paradigm that would focus on generation of new jobs for displaced communities and environmental sustainability, G. Kishan Reddy, Union Minister of…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (165+ words) Published - February 23, 2026 11:21 am IST - New Delhi In a major relief to the mining sector, the government has exempted recycling of tailings within existing mine leases from the requirement of fresh environmental clearance (EC), according to sources. The move, aimed at…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago  (337+ words) Responding to a question raised by N.K. Premachandran, MP, in the Lok Sabha, Union Minister assures of ensuring environmental conservation and adhering to all existing regulations to curb destructive mining activities Union Minister for Fisheries Rajeev Ranjan Singh has said that…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago  (197+ words) Published - February 10, 2026 01:31 pm IST - BEIJING Seven people were killed in a gold "mine accident in China's eastern "Shandong province, and authorities were investigating, "state-run CCTV reported, "sending shares of the mine owner, Zhaojin Mining Industry, down 6% on Tuesday (February 10, 2026). The…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (289+ words) Published - February 09, 2026 03:06 am IST - JAIPUR The four-day India Stonemart-2026 concluded in Jaipur on Sunday (February 8, 2026) with a call to maintain ecological balance with safe mining practices in the stone industry and its related processing activities. The participants laid emphasis on…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (426+ words) Updated - February 07, 2026 10:02 pm IST - Shillong Two more bodies were retrieved on Saturday (February 7, 2026) from the illegal rat-hole coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district in Meghalaya, where a blast occurred on February 5. The death toll has now risen to 27. Officials…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (365+ words) Distressing regularity: On Meghalaya's rat-hole mines'thehindu.com The explosion in an illegal rat-hole mine in Meghalaya on February 5, killing at least 18 workers, is a grim reminder that court supervision cannot substitute governance Illegal coal mining in India is a long-running…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (214+ words) Published - February 06, 2026 07:40 pm IST - Shillong The death toll in the explosion in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills mounted to 25 on Friday following the recovery of seven more bodies, Director General of Police I Nongrang said. Follow…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (227+ words) Two mine owners were arrested on Friday (February 6, 2026), as operations continue to rescue more miners who are presumed to be trapped after an explosion in an illegally operated coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills on Thursday (February 5). Chief Minister…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (329+ words) From drought-hit India to sub-Saharan Africa, how a simple design transformed access to water. In 2001, I was in a relatively remote part of Mali, West Africa, at the edge of the Sahara, to design and build a school Imagine my…...