The Tamil Nadu government, which had suspended mining of rare earth minerals like garnet, ilmenite and rutile along the Tuticorin coast last month following complaints of large-scale illegal mining

Probe to look into alleged irregularities in 71 mineral quarries in the southern districts.

Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has hit out at state-run miner NMDC for allegedly “ignoring” the needs of the tribals in the state’s naxal-hit Bastar district by denying them promised emplo

The rupee has crashed, growth is down and there is panic that the India story may be over or, at least, seriously dented.

With the mining sector in a mess and the State-run Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) lacking capacity to meet the ore demand of the industries in the State, the World Bank has come forward to extend

The proposed hike in royalty across major minerals, including iron ore, is likely to burden the industry as well as result in the rise of cost of production per tonne of steel. A panel formed to review mining royalties has recommended that iron ore royalty rates should be raised to 15 per cent from 10 per cent.

The directorate of mines and geology has received the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order banning sand mining from river beds in the country without license and environmental clearance (EC) from

Standing Committee on Coal and Steel, present this Thirty-Eighth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on "Review of Export of Iron Ore Policy" pertaining to the Ministry of Steel. The Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2012-13) had selected the subject for detailed examination and report to the Parliament.

Illegal mining has been going on unabated in the Industrial Growth Centre here for the past some time.

Significant changes have taken place in the knowledge of mineral deposits, legal regime governing mineral development and the long term perspective set in the National Mineral Policy, 2008.

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