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  Death of a mine
Griffin's Announcement

Griffin Mining Limited ("Griffin" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding whereby Indian Minerals Corporation plc ("IMC"), is >> more

 
New VRS Package for BGML Workers

K.H. Muniyappa, Union Minister of State for Road Transport, said today that the Centre was committed for the welfare of the poor. Speaking after unfurling the tricolour at the Bharat Earth Movers Ltd >> more

 
Gold Hunters scour, sieve soil in KGF

It is a great gold rush out there.Under the heat of the Kolar sun, in the streets and on the outskirts of Kolar Gold Fields, the hunt for gold goes on every day >> more

 
Mining to get a boost with entry of multinational firms

Multinational companies, including the diamond conglomerate, De Beers (now known as Diamond Trading Company or DTC), are now prospecting for gold and diamonds in the State >> more

 
Election boycott in the land of lost gold

The voters of one-time "mini-England" are in dire straits. Give us our due and only then shall we vote, is their ultimatum >> more

 
 

 


 


  AT least 5,000 commuters pack the morning Suvarna Express train from Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) to Bangalore each day. A majority of them are employees of Bharat Gold Mines Ltd...
 

Workers of Bharat Gold Mines Ltd, and their families, take out a rally in Bangalore demanding alternative jobs >> more

   
  KGF: Forgotten & Neglected
  Many old miners disapprove of this face of life in K.G.F. They feel that the place should be preserved as an aide me moiré to the glorious years of the mines. It should serve as a tribute to the mining community who, with sheer will and endurance helped build a fully developed township on a once barren land
 

Kolar Gold Fields, a century old mining township in Karnataka lies forgotten and neglected after the closure of the mines. Picking up pieces of their shattered lives are the mining community who are forced to give up a place they learnt to call their own >> more

 

 

  Lives, mined out.
 

No salary for three years, no jobs, no civic amenities ... UMA SHANKARI outlines the travails of miners in the Kolar Gold Fields of Karnataka >> more

   
  A tale of two cities
 

CHIEF MINISTER Jayalalithaa's promise to help the Kolar Gold Fields Tamil migrants in Karnataka, who are going through hard times after the virtual closure of the mines, came just a week or so after I had first heard them referred to as almost a separate community - the Kaygee-ef (KGF) Tamils with their own particular brand of the language >> more

   

 

 

 

 
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