President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday approved the much-awaited ordinance for auction of iron ore and other minerals, which will help the government bring in a system of competitive bidding for mine

Following the failure of successive governments in checking illegal mining in the state, chief minister Raghubar Das on Monday fixed accountability with the deputy commissioners and police superint

India passed an executive order on Monday to allow the auction of minerals such as iron and bauxite, a government official said, as it does for coal, to help arrest a fall in output and cut imports

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to urge the Centre to allow it to raise the mineral output of some mines to meet the revenue target.

PANAJI: The cabinet on Tuesday again approved the state mining lease renewal policy through a note circulation thus paving the way for renewal of 13 out of 27 mining leases in the first phase.

In many cases, forest clearance was not obtained, says committee

Refusing to restrain the Goa government from e-auctioning extracted iron ore mined by a Goa-based miner, the Supreme Court on Tuesday reiterated that iron ore mined even before 2007 would vest in t

To submit report on October 21

PANJIM: The Supreme Court-appointed six members Expert Committee headed by Dr C R Babu arrived in Goa on Sunday to prepare a report on how the iron ore dumps should be dealt with.