BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty today admitted in the Assembly that there is illegal mining of iron and manganese ore in Keonjhar district.

Now, engineers can plan a coal washery without visiting the site for details.

Mini-ratna Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Limited (CMPDI) today signed an MoU with Survey of India for preparing large-scale updated topographical maps of major coalfields.

For handling the highest volume of exports and imports

SIIL imported 17.55 lakh tonnes of Copper Concentrate and Rock Phosphate

Volume of exports handled through Tuticorin Port by SIIL was 7.39 lakh tonnes

Several corporate houses have their eyes on the manganese reserve recently found at Patamda block of East Singhbhum.

Questioning the very utility of the Coal Ministry

Kunal Bose / July 8, 2009, 0:33 IST

Operational synergy, cost saving and some say in product pricing without inviting the glare of monopoly regulator are what inspire mergers and acquisitions (M&As). That for Sesa Goa, a Vedanta Resources group company, the acquisition of Dempo

Nevin John / Mumbai July 4, 2009, 0:01 IST
Five Indian metals and mining companies are in the race for acquiring mining rights for the largest iron ore deposit in war-torn Afghanistan. The government has shortlisted Vedanta group

Roger Moody is an expert on mining and mining transnationals. He has spent years uncovering the facts about how mining companies operate. He edits the Mines and Communities website, which exposes the social, economic and environmental impacts of mining, particularly as they affect indigenous and traditional communities.

Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
June 29: The proposed Rs 52,000-crores Posco project area near Paradip in Orissa

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