Tag: Mining

Four-member committee to probe Quetta’s mining accident: report

QUETTA: A four-member committee was constituted by the provincial Mines and Mineral Development Department on Tuesday to probe the Marwar and Sur-range coal mine accidents...

Six coalmine workers in Kalat die of suffocation

KALAT: At least six miners died Thursday of suffocation caused by toxic gas in a Kalat coalmine. According to reports, the labourers were working in...

Illegal blasting, mining banned, stone crushing machines sealed in Kohat

KOHAT:  Illegal blasting and mining have been banned while all the stone crushing machines sealed in Kohat by the district administration in line with...

Chinese group keen to invest in real estate, mining sectors in...

  Shandong Jinzheng Yang Group President Sun Yunxiang has shown keen interest in housing, real estate, mines and minerals sectors of Pakistan, it was revealed...

Reko Diq case: Court to take issue to logical conclusion, says...

During Friday’s hearing of the Reko Diq case, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry said the issue would have to be taken to its logical...

Death toll in China mine blast rises to 41

The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in China has risen to 41, making it the worst reported mining accident...

Mining can bring $50 bn investment

The mining sector has the potential to reshape the economy as it can bring investment worth $50 billion to the country by offering incentive...

Senate body believes mining machinery tax exemption is a good idea

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has recommended to the National Assembly to exempt mining machinery from sales tax and all sort of duties...

The peace in the region

Let us talk again. Talking can not only break the status quo but also ensure a change, mostly good and positive. However, declining such...

State of emergency declared in Peru’s mining conflict area

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala on Sunday declared a state of emergency in a mining region in the north of the country, which has been...

Sindh govt, Global Mining Co sign MoU for coal mining

Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that the objective of exploration of Coal and Mining is to enhance energy sources for...

UK to invest in mining, financial sectors

The United Kingdom is interested to invest in mining and financial sector of Pakistan. It is the second largest foreign investor in Pakistan and...

Indian mining baron arrested in anti-graft crackdown

Police arrested a powerful opposition politician and mining baron in India’s mineral-rich Karnataka state on Monday over illegal iron-ore production, the latest high profile...

TCC seeks intervention for Reko Diq mining license

The Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), a joint venture of copper and gold mining companies, Chilean Antofagasta and Canadian Barrick Gold has approached the federal...

SC withdraws order barring Balochistan govt from issuing mining licences

The Supreme Court on Wednesday withdrew its earlier order in which it had restrained the Balochistan government from issuing or renewing exploration or mining...

SC prohibits Reko Diq mining lease until verdict

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court on Thursday restrained the Balochistan government from awarding the mining contract of Reko Diq reserves to any national or foreign company until a final decision of the case.
A four-member bench of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday was hearing petitions against the leasing of Reko Diq gold and copper reserves in Balochistan that are worth over $260 billion

Reqo Diq mining – Balochistan govt presenting record of deals...

ISLAMABAD - Complete record of Reko Diq deals with the foreign exploration and mining companies will be presented by the Balochistan government before the Supreme Court today (Monday).
Advocate General Balochistan Salahuddin Mengal will present the record before a four-member bench comprising Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Muhammad Sair Ali, Justice Ghulam Rabbani and Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday.
The bench is hearing petitions against leasing of Reko