Jammu and Kashmir weather update: Jammu and Kashmir is facing severe weather conditions, with heavy rain and snowfall impacting the region....

Rescue operations at the Dima Hasao coal mine are in full swing with NDRF using pumps to remove water. A body was recovered by divers despi...

A gas explosion rocked the private coal pit in the mining region of Khost on Tuesday evening, trapping the workers hundreds about 800 feet ...

The High Court of Karnataka on Monday imposed a ban on mining and blasting activities within a 20-km radius of the Krishna Raja Sagara (KRS...

There are 112 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances. Besides, there are 168 sites that may be contaminated but requ...

The draft rules provide for minimum 70% production on an average over a three-year period, while yearly minimum production has to be 50%. P...

The code aims to regulate the employment of workers, including those engaged by contractors, and their working conditions across sectors. I...

In view of the rising mine fatalities, state-owned CIL will adopt high-tech equipments for both underground and open cast mining.

"The coal mined from such pits are loaded on trucks and sold to small players with no coal supply contracts from Coal India," the CIL offic...

Water bodies are created in the mine's voids, an area of excavation that remains unfilled after rehabilitation of a mine is complete.

Mines in India generally have just one phone or an intercom device for miners to communicate with the monitoring and control rooms at the s...

Meghalaya will implement the new mines and mineral Policy by next year. The new policy has made room for joint venture in coal explorations...

Fines, or iron ore dusts, are smaller than 10mm, are produced when lumps are dug out from mines.

Jharkhand has emerged as the first state to make it mandatory for companies with captive iron ore mines to set up pellet plants to utilise ...

The high court of Bombay at Goa has in a recent judgment held that the environmental clearances granted under the Environment Impact Assess...

The Union Budget stepped up plan allocation for the health sector by 20 per cent with a focus on health insurance, which Finance Minister P...

The Union labour ministry has notified expansion of the list of professions that are deemed “hazardous” under the Child Labour (Prohibition...