An accident at a coal mine in China trapped more than 40 people underground on Thursday, state media and officials said, the latest in a string of incidents to hit the country's vast mining industry.

Chinese rescuers today pulled out alive 45 people trapped under a heap of rocks for the past two days in a coal mine in central China, where a cave-in claimed lives of eight workers.

A rock burst had

A new Mines Bill that provides for sharing of profits and royalty with project-affected people has been cleared by Cabinet, Mines Minister Dinsha Patel said today.

The Bill is likely to be tabled in

At least 16 people were killed in a massive explosion at a marble mine in Pakistan's northwest province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, media reports said on Tuesday.

The deafening blast took place late Monda

The Supreme Court today restrained 19 mines from carrying out mining operations and transportation of iron ore in Bellary region of Karnataka.

A special forest bench headed by Chief Justice S.H. Kap