CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
For a year now, officials of the Ministry of Mines have been seeking the help of beat reporters to garner support for a more enlightened minerals policy. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill which has gone through several drafts had pitted the Minister for Mines B K Handique …
The president of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Dr Swati Piramal today unveiled ASSOCHAM's study `Madhya Pradesh: Shaping Up For A Better Tomorrow'. The study comprises an in depth sectoral watch and an analysis of inherent strengths of opportunities in Madhya Pradesh. Dr Piramal emphasized that …
BHUBANESWAR: At least eight open cast mines of the Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of state-run Coal India, are facing closure in Orissa due to opposition by local residents, a company official said Wednesday. The mines, located in Talcher in Angul district, some 180 km from here, are …
Atul Aneja DUBAI: Resource-rich Afghanistan is looking for Indian and Chinese help to develop its vast mineral wealth estimated at around one trillion dollars.
Vishwanath Kulkarni The Ministry of Mines is of the opinion that the steel industry should develop technology to utilise the iron-ore fines before seeking a curb on the iron ore exports. The Steel Ministry, seeking to protect the interest of the domestic steel mills, has time and again demanded a …
India will soon join an elite league of countries, including Australia and Canada, where investors can get data on free mineral blocks at the click of a mouse and apply online for mining rights.
NEW DELHI: Pakistan's India blockade and an international sanctions regime in Iran may put a spanner in Indian companies' drive to exploit the mineral bonanza in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's geological wealth is not new. But Indian companies extracting minerals face a unique problem: taking the stuff out of the country. Pakistan …
THE government could dilute a clause in a draft legislation that requires miners to offer a 26% stake to families losing land to projects so that companies have more flexibility while providing relief. Senior officials of the mines ministry, the authors of the draft Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Andhra Pradesh high court order permitting Bellary Iron Ores Ltd, a company owned by industrialist S.K. Modi, to export iron ore worth Rs 50 crores from disputed Obulapuram area. Admitting a special leave petition (SLP) of Andhra Pradesh government alleging that the 1.03 …
Upset with the stiff inter-ministerial differences continuing to derail its efforts in bringing about greater transparency in the mining sector by streamlining the grant of mineral concessions, the Centre today constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to iron out the wrinkles. The 10-member GoM to be headed by Finance Minister …
New Delhi: China has firstmover advantage but India stands to gain hugely in Afghanistan if its apparently huge mineral deposits are ready to be tapped. As reports spread about Afghanistan
