KOLKATA: Hours after a train bombing killed six people, a land mine exploded by Maoists broke the morning peace on Tuesday at West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, injuring a paramilitary trooper.
Police said the landmine exploded around 8 a.m. at Hatidoba under Belpahari, 250 km from here, seriously injuring the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel [...]

The Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group, the country’s top miner, has agreed to mine bauxite and produce alumina jointly with Aluminium Corp. of China Ltd , or Chalco, a company official said on Friday.
The official gave no further details, but the Vietnamese mining group, known as Vinacomin, said in September the project would cost as [...]

China produces more coal than anywhere else in the world, fuelling the country’s economic boom. But it comes at a terrible price: the mines are the world’s deadliest, and their environmental impact is catastrophic. Safer - and cleaner - technology exists. But is there the political will to make it happen?
The trucks rattling away [...]