‘Pace of work accelerated on mining, power plant projects in Thar Block-1’
Asim Saleem Bajwa said that the development work on mining has been completed by 20 per cent and 15 per cent on the power plant project.
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Fires not the only threat facing Amazon
Raging wildfires have drawn the world's attention to the Amazon but immolation is just one of the dangers facing the world's largest rain forest
13 feared dead in flooded Indian ‘rat hole’ mine
NEW DELHI: At least 13 miners were feared dead after being trapped by flooding in an illegal "rat hole" coal mine site in remote northeastern India, police said Friday.
Dozens of emergency workers were pumping water out of a large trench that was flooded early Thursday near a river in mineral-rich Meghalaya state.
"We are doing our best to reach out to them. Our information is 13 people were inside at the time of flooding," police official Lethindra Sangma told AFP.
An Indian court had banned coal mining in the area…
PASDEC signs MoU with Balochistan for uplift of marble, granite mining
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Stone Development Company (PASDEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Balochistan for the overall development of marble and granite mining and processing sector of the province.
On behalf of PASDEC, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zahid Maqsood Sheikh signed the MoU while Secretary Industries and Commerce Aziz Ahmed Tarar signed the MoU on behalf of the government of Balochistan.
The MoU entails collaboration for the development of marble and granite sector of…
Colombia’s illegal mining linked to malaria outbreak
BOGOTA: Colombia's widespread illegal mining is blamed for causing environmental damage and holding workers in slave-like conditions -- and now is also being blamed for a malaria outbreak.
At least 90 dead in landslide at Myanmar jade mine: state media
YANGON, Myanmar: At least 30 people were killed in a huge landslide as they picked through mountains of waste rubble in a remote mining area of northern Myanmar searching for precious jade, state media reported Sunday.
Africa mining stumbles, raising fears of job loss chaos
JOHANNESBURG: As mining companies in resource-rich Africa bleed jobs due to plunging commodity prices, the ripple effect of redundancies has raised concern about social unrest amid declining economic growth.
Rescuers find 32 dead miners in east Ukraine mine: rebel official
DONETSK: Rescuers found 32 bodies of miners in the Zasyadko mine in eastern Ukraine a day after a blast ripped through the shaft, a rebel official said on Thursday.
Sri Lanka cancels licences for foreign mining firms
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's new president has cancelled mining licences issued by the previous government to 16 foreign companies to search for blue sapphires and other gems, his office said Sunday.