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 …
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa mining scam, billed by some as the biggest loot of public property ever, has shocked even those who know little of the nitty-gritty of mining operations. In a nutshell, ores were extracted from mines much beyond the permitted limit. In many cases, mining was done without any …
Five Years After Mining Stopped In Kudremukh, Signs Of A Tigerish Comeback In The Forests Kudremukh: Until five years ago, the grinding roar of gigantic mining machines filled the grasslands of Kudremukh. Now, often in the night, one can hear the tigers calling after they have made a kill, say …
THE government plans to update the draft legislation on mining to unequivocally establish it as the owner of all natural resources, incorporating the substance of a Supreme Court verdict last month in the dispute between the Ambani brothers over the price of gas from the KG basin. The move is …
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: The future of India's, and the world's, green technologies depends on them. So do mobile phones, MP3 players and even missiles. Rare earths are a select group of 17 elements that are crucial to many of the world's most advanced technologies. They also happen to be found …
A South Goa iron ore mining project cleared back in September 2007 by the Environment Ministry has been put on hold following an intervention of the National Environment Appellate Authority, New Delhi. Responding to a Goan environment group
As Greenland returns to the warm climate that allowed Vikings to colonize it in the Middle Ages, its isolated and dependent people dream of greener fields and pastures
The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) has floated a global invitation for expression of interest (EoI) for entering into agreement with it for operating heavy mineral beach sand mines (HMBS), mineral separation plants and value-added industries under the public private partnership (PPP) mode and the response has been very …
S Vijay Kumar / May 27, 2010, 0:59 IST While the draft MMDR Act seeks to address mining-related concerns of most stakeholders, its success will depend on an increase in investor confidence. Media reports regarding iron ore mining in Bellary, Karnataka and manganese mining in Keonjhar, Orissa, have spotlighted some …
Indronil Roychowdhury Kolkata: Indian miners in Australia have joined mining majors Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Peabody Energy in opposing Australia government
Hyderabad, May 24: The state has finally quantified the deposits of the valuable fullerene mineral found in the Mangampet Barytes mines in Kadapa district more than a year ago. The value of the finding has been put at Rs 95,000 crore. The mineral, which is said to be 250 times …
priyadarshi siddhanta The mines ministry is all set to be re-christened as the Ministry of Mineral Development. After having deliberated at length, the ministry has decided to re-name itself and will soon seek the approval of cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar. Arguing that the word
Bishnu Dash / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar May 20, 2010, 0:13 IST The Orissa government is likely to collect Rs 2400 crore from the deposits made towards the Net Present Value (NPV) of trees in the forest land diverted for mining and industrial use. A major chunk of this amount, approximately about …
NEW DELHI: Less than a week after Vedanta University's environmental clearance was put on hold, the Centre has suspended the environmental clearance issued to another Vedanta group company for an iron ore mine in North Goa. The Pirna iron ore mine project, to be established by Sesa Goa at Pirna …
ANAND K. SAHAY KABUL An official, referring to current geostrategic realities, asked how an Indian entity would take the ore out of Afghanistan Opportunity worth billions of dollars is expected to soon come the way of international business as Afghanistan gets ready to throw open the doors for exploitation of …
