This is not a scaleable solution. And it is not clear that the negative benefits will outweigh the mining and transport costs. On the carbon credit side this is a pretty big experiment- but we do need ...

The Bengal government will start mining basalt on 326 acres of land at the proposed Deocha-Pachami coal mine in Birbhum district later this week. The commencement of the work on the chief minister's ...

The BJP on Thursday claimed the much-hyped Deocha-Pachami coal mine project was a "hoax", alleging the state government had floated a tender to excavate basalt from 314 acres in the project area for ...

Basalt mining work at the Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harisingha (DPDH) coal project resumed on Thursday (March 6, 2025) evening, March 6, 2025, Birbhum District Magistrate Bidhan Ray said on Friday, ...

KOLKATA: Bengal govt will soon float a global tender for mining of basalt from a portion of Deocha Pachami coal block in Birbhum. This was disclosed on Friday by state power minister Aroop Biswas ...

A property owner will try again to establish a controversial basalt mining operation on his 78 acres in western Spokane County. But Don Howell, a retired real estate agent who’s helping Ron Calhoon ...

Weathered rock: columnar basalt at Cape Stolbchaty in Russia. The volcanic rock could be used to soak-up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. (Courtesy: Ekaterina Vasyagina/CC BY-SA 4.0) Sprinkling ...

New research by scientists at the University of Sheffield found that adding basalt rock dust to the UK agricultural soils could absorb up to 45% of the atmospheric carbon dioxide needed to reach net ...

The Deucha-Pachami coal project has faced persistent challenges from tribal organisations opposing land acquisition. Allegations had emerged that promises of employment and other commitments to land ...

Ongoing basalt mining work at the Deocha-Pachami-Dewanganj-Harisingha (DPDH) coal project in West Bengal’s Birbhum district has come to a halt after fresh protests erupted among local villagers on ...