Saudi Arabia, the top oil exporter, is planning to host the world's largest gold factory by the end of 2011, Arab News reported on January 4.

Goa can be a next destination for gold mines with umpteen reserves being tapped inside the 15 percent of state

K V Ramesh Hutti (Raichur), Oct 14, DH News Service:

As you get inside the cage that takes you down the Mallappa shaft descending into the bowels of India

Anantapur, July 25: With the soaring price for gold in markets, several gold mining companies have come forward to undertake gold mining operations across Rayalaseema.

Ramagiri mandal in Anantapur district is famous for gold mines.

BRITISH colonialists called Ghana the Gold Coast. To this day it remains Africa

Hyderabad, Jan. 29: The state owned AP Mineral Development Corporation on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Mineral Development Corporation for exploration of low grade iron ore of worth Rs 40,000 crore.

V. Rishi Kumar

National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC), Director of Mines and Geology, and Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to take up exploration of low-grade iron ore and gold deposits in the State.

Environmentalists are opposing a gargantuan mine proposed for several dozen kilometers northeast of Bristol Bay, Alaska, a prolific salmon habitat. Mining companies, on the other hand, are promising jobs and tax revenue.

While almost every individual across all sectors of employment have felt the heat of economic downturn, over 3,000 employees of the State-owned Hutti Gold Mines Limited (HGML) in Raichur district are having their best time ever.

Visakhapatnam, Nov. 25: The government need not probe all the mining leases following cancellation of operations in six mines in Ananthapur district on Tuesday, said the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah facing a volley of questions on the suspected loopholes in bauxite mining lease given to two multinational companies-Jindal and Anrak in Visakhapatnam district.

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