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ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS OF MINING
Jharkhand CM Soren urges PM Modi to reconsider mining bill, flags impact on state's finances- In 2001, Denmark turned a 19-km straight river into a 26-km winding one, but decades later researchers found nature was still struggling to rebuild what humans had destroyed
- Latin America used a 30-year mine closure as an unexpected environmental reset; the result transformed the abandoned mining area, allowing vegetation and wildlife to reclaim areas once dominated by extraction
- In 1948 US industrialist Henry J Kaise founded a town for about 4,000 people in California. Then it emptied almost overnight but still stands frozen in timeEagle Mountain was a company town built for a large iron mine in California's desert. The town housed thousands of residents and provided a...04 Aug, 2026, 03.23 PM IST
- In 1995, Turkish truck driver Sehmus Erginoglu began clearing rubbish and watering saplings; 25 years later, a former Mardin dump had become a small forestA retired truck driver named Sehmus Erginoglu planted thousands of trees on neglected land. He spent twenty-five years transforming a local...01 Aug, 2026, 04.29 PM IST
- Why is Oman proposing a new plan to manage the Strait of Hormuz?Oman has proposed a regional management plan for the Strait of Hormuz. This plan suggests voluntary fees to cover operational costs and ser...28 Jul, 2026, 10.08 PM IST
- Beneath California's Salton Sea lies 3.4 million tons of lithium, potentially enough to build 375 million electric-vehicle batteriesCalifornia's Salton Sea holds immense lithium reserves, potentially ending foreign dependence for electric vehicle batteries. This discover...24 Jul, 2026, 05.16 PM IST
- China's Gravity-1, world's most powerful solid-fuel rocket, puts nine satellites into orbit in first long-range sea launchOrienspace launched nine satellites into orbit using its Gravity-1 rocket on Tuesday. This mission marked the rocket's third flight and fir...23 Jul, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
- The most extraordinary rock on Earth isn't gold or diamond, but the metal is small enough to hold in your hand. Powerful enough to power a cityA plain-looking lithium rock is now more valuable to the modern economy than its appearance suggests. Hidden inside are critical minerals t...21 Jul, 2026, 09.18 PM IST
- The New Oil? Why the world is chasing copperCopper has emerged as a strategic commodity powering the global shift towards clean energy, electric vehicles and digital infrastructure. W...18 Jul, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
- Rare earth minerals explained: Why are they the world's most strategic resources?Rare earth minerals explained: Rare earths are vital for modern technology and defense applications. China dominates global processing, cre...14 Jul, 2026, 12.50 PM IST
- Without a wedding planner, this family hosted a zero-waste wedding for 600 guests using farm-grown décor, steel cutlery and compostingA family in Karnataka hosted a spectacular zero-waste wedding for over 600 guests, proving that grand celebrations can be environmentally c...30 Jun, 2026, 10.44 PM IST
- Your empty plastic bottle could one day power an electric vehicle, scientists sayA discarded plastic bottle may soon become more than waste. Plastic waste to battery graphite innovation reveals how scientists are transfo...30 Jun, 2026, 08.41 PM IST
- Quote of the Day by Nikola Tesla: “The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena...” — What if humanity's next great revolution doesn't come from a laboratory? The inventor who powered the modern world believed our biggest discoveries still lie beyond the visibleLong before the modern world embraced his ideas, Nikola Tesla believed humanity's greatest breakthroughs would come from exploring the unkn...23 Jun, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
- A top banker tried to sway Pope Leo XIV on rare earth miningLatin America's development bank chief urged Pope Leo XIV to consider responsible rare earth mineral extraction, highlighting its potential...20 Jun, 2026, 06.02 PM IST
- The new man of steel! India seen filling the void China may leaveIndia Steel Industry Growth 2026: Global steel demand is shifting from China to India and Southeast Asia. India's steel consumption is low,...17 Jun, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
- In the 1960s, Sudbury's nickel smelters turned Ontario's lakes acidic, and tiny creatures evolved to survive, but when the pollution cleared, something unexpected happenedScientists witnessed evolution in action as a tiny copepod species, Leptodiaptomus minutus, adapted to acidic lakes in Killarney Provincial...06 Jun, 2026, 05.14 PM IST
- Trump unveils $700 million coal support plan using emergency powersPresident Donald Trump is using emergency powers to boost the US coal industry. Nearly $700 million will fund upgrades to power plants and ...05 Jun, 2026, 07.27 AM IST
- Metal in your ordinary kitchen foil could soon replace some of world’s most expensive metals like platinum & palladium: Here’s what researchers have foundResearchers from King's College London and Trinity College Dublin have developed a new aluminium compound called cyclotrialumane that could...12 May, 2026, 07.15 PM IST
- Old coal mines are hiding a clean energy secret, and this one town just figured it outThe former coal-mining town of Cumberland is becoming a powerful example of how abandoned fossil-fuel infrastructure can be repurposed for ...11 May, 2026, 07.14 PM IST
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