Trouble ahead for the Mekong Delta
One of the richest food baskets in the world is in jeopardy because of sand mining, rising sea water levels and dam building, the BBC's Navin Singh Khadka reports
Chat Online】Thirsty leopard gets its head stuck in a pot in Indian mining village
The wild animal spent six hours trying to get the water pot off before being rescued by Indian forest officials
Chat Online】The man addicted to eating SAND: Rare condition means Indian labourer consumes a plate of gravel a day
Hans Raj, 45, of Uttar Pradesh, has Pica, a rare disorder meaning he craves inedible substanc He claims to eat a plate of sand a day and snack on pieces of brick and rock
Chat Online】Wales is home to many abandoned sites, included flooded mines
Incredible pictures showing vivid colours inside abandoned Dinas silica mine in South Wal Divers recorded their expedition
Chat Online】Thirsty leopard gets its head stuck in a pot in Indian mining village
The wild animal spent six hours trying to get the water pot off before being rescued by Indian forest officials
Chat Online】The man addicted to eating SAND: Rare condition means Indian labourer consumes a plate of gravel a day
Hans Raj, 45, of Uttar Pradesh, has Pica, a rare disorder meaning he craves inedible substanc He claims to eat a plate of sand a day and snack on pieces of brick and rock
Chat Online】Abbot Point: onshore dump would favour Adani, say coal miners
Queensland government’s plans to encourage Indian company’s $165bn project could render others ‘financially unviable’ Continue reading.
Chat Online】Indian 'two-headed snake' rescued by police from gang
India police say they have seized a rare snake, known as a "two-headed" red sand boa, from illegal smugglers
Chat Online】Heartbroken man buys doll to help him deal with death of his beloved wife
Zhang Wenliang was bereft when his wife passed away last year, but now he says her body is still with him - as a silica doll
Chat Online】Adani being investigated for alleged involvement in US$44bn coal-pricing scandal
Adani’s Australian subsidiary granted mining leases by Queensland government for country’s largest proposed coal project just days agoThe mining and resources giant Adani is being investigated for alleged involvement in a US$44bn pricing.
Chat Online】Three six-year-old schoolgirls suspended over sick plot to 'poison classmates to death with silica gel'
The were suspended from the school in Alaska after one of their classmates told their father of the chilling plot
Chat Online】Want a good investment? Try sand
A sand-mining facility in Wisconsin (Hi-Crush photo)Sand is a big issue in horizontal drilling And analysts are predicting it’s soon going to be a bigger one Drillers shoot millions of gallons of water into horizontal wells to fracture the.
Chat Online】Popular Quartz Countertops Pose a Risk to Workers
Ublester Rodriguez, 39, worked for nearly a decade with “engineered stone” and other materials containing silica
Chat Online】Want a good investment? Try sand
A sand-mining facility in Wisconsin (Hi-Crush photo)Sand is a big issue in horizontal drilling And analysts are predicting it’s soon going to be a bigger one Drillers shoot millions of gallons of water into horizontal wells to fracture the.
Chat Online】Court ruling hits Indian coal industry
The Indian coal industry was plunged into chaos yesterday after the nation’s highest court cancelled hundreds of mining licences dating.
Chat Online】Court ruling hits Indian coal industry
The Indian coal industry was plunged into chaos yesterday after the nation’s highest court cancelled hundreds of mining licences dating.
Chat Online】Narendra Modi, Favoring Growth in India, Pares Back Environmental Rules
The new government is moving with remarkable speed to clear away regulatory burdens for industry, the armed forces, mining and power projects
Chat Online】Greenpeace in India barred from receiving foreign funding
Indian government cancels license allowing Greenpeace to collect money from overseas, claiming NGO violated funding rules and withheld information India has cancelled a license allowing Greenpeace’s Indian arm to collect money from overseas,.
Chat Online】Alaska first-graders accused of plot to poison classmate with silica gel packets
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Authorities in Alaska's largest city say three first-graders have been disciplined over a plot to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the believed was poison
Chat Online】The Sand Mines That Ruin Farmland
Silica extraction for use in fracking is blighting the rural Midwest
Chat Online】Indian Ocean grains of sand look beautiful in microscopic images
Macro photographer Harold Taylor created 21 breathtaking photos showing what sand from seven different beaches in the Indian Ocean looks like under a microscope
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