The state government had halted operation of several iron ore leases which were seeking renewal and had decided to auction them off

JAIPUR: Illegal mining has emerged as one of the biggest fountainheads of loss of revenue in the state with the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report being tabled in the assembly on Wednesda

The ordinance, which was approved in both the lower and upper houses of the Parliament last week, was also backed by Biju Janata Dal

The Congress and the Left parties forced the government to defer the mines and minerals Bill in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday on the ground that states, key stakeholders in the issue, had not been co

The government moved a step closer on Tuesday to clearing the decks for the Bills amending the mines and minerals Act and the coal mines Act, after the two select committees of the Rajya Sabha that

KENYA is ranked third least attractive country in the world and worst in Africa for mineral investments, trailing Zimbabwe and Zambia which recently locked horns with multinational mining firms ove

The SC granted Odisha six months to resolve the issue during which the state was allowed resumption of operations in eight mines