MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed Thoothukudi district authorities to ensure that no mining or quarrying activities are carried o ...

But now, the government of Peru has slashed the borders of the protected archaeological park that encompasses the Nazca Lines ...

Casper residents showed up in force to oppose a mining operation that they say could cause economic and recreational harm.

The Office of State Land Commissioners on Thursday denied the renewal of six leases for a controversial gravel mining ...

Land in central Arizona holds great spiritual value to the Western Apache Indians and is on the world's third-largest deposit ...

Hundreds of protesting Myanmar tribespeople march up a hillside to a cavernous facility where a Chinese joint venture’s giant ...

Captains for Clean Water, the Florida Oceanographic Society and Friends of the Everglades worry the rock mine will harm the ...

An iron ore company wants to explore for minerals at the WA site of one of Australia's worst industrial disasters.

The federal Bureau of Land Management, the agency charged with overseeing the nation’s coal reserves, has released a draft ...

More than a dozen opponents to the massive copper miining project will appear at the Phoenix federal courthouse on Friday.

Mumbai: Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has directed the implementation of a pilot tender process for ...

Kevin Pendergast, a certified engineer and geologist who has served as BLM’s Alaska deputy state director for resources since ...