Mines Ministry has asked the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) to provide the exploration data of areas where the occurrence of atomic minerals is less than the threshold value to expedite auction of such blocks.
In a bid to attract private investments including foreign direct investment into the business of mineral exploration, the government cleared a new National Mineral Exploration Policy (NEMP). It policy allows for making the basic geoscience data, a pre-requisite for investments in the sector, to be made publicly available
The government of India has notified the Minerals (Transfer of Mining lease Granted otherwise than through Auction for Captive Purpose) Rules, 2016. The new regulation will not only boost mergers and acquisitions in the mining and related sectors but will unlock billions of dollars of additional revenue to the states.
The Ministry of Mines has prepared the draft rules named ―The Mineral (Transfer of Mining Lease Granted Otherwise than through Auction for Captive Use) Rules, 2016” for prescribing the terms and conditions and the amount or transfer charges for effecting the transfer as per the provisions of the proviso to sub-section (6) of section 12A, introdu
An Act further to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2016.
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988, namely : These rules may be called the Mineral Conservation and Development (Amendment) Rul
The Ministry of Mines has prepared the draft rules named “The Atomic Minerals Concession Rules, 2016” for regulating the grant of mineral concessions in respect of minerals specified in Part B of the First Schedule to MMDR Act, 1957, and for purposes connected therewith.
The Ministry of Mines has prepared the rules named “The Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016” for the provisions relating to grant and regulation of mineral concessions under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
The Ministry of Mines has prepared the draft Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeking to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
The Ministry of Mines has prepared the base paper for National Mineral Exploration Policy (Non-Fuel and Non-Coal Minerals) for enabling auction of the mineral concessions as provided under the MMDR Amendment Act, 2015.
