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 …
Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata October 20, 2009, 0:41 IST The Centre is planning to introduce sweeping changes in mine allocations, giving states unbridled power in deciding on the beneficiary for all minerals, except coal and atomic minerals. According to the new Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Bill, being …
BHUBANESWAR: The Mines Directorate seems to have woken up to the occasion after the Opposition brought the multicrore mining scam to the fore. Conducting a series of raids in the Cuttack and Jajpur Road circles, the State- level enforcement squad of the directorate seized minerals worth over Rs 13.32 crore …
Bellary, the mining capital Bellary district is situated on the eastern side of Karnataka state. The district has almost become a synonym for mining. That the district is rich in natural resources, would be an understatement. This district is endowed with rich mineral resources. It has both metallic and non-metallic …
The demand for biofuels has recently increased because of rising prices of fossil fuels and diversification of energy resources. As a result, the demand for sugarcane and corn has been increasing, not only for food production, but also as sources of energy. In this context, securing supplies of phosphorus, required …
Text of the Supreme Court judgment on mining in the Aravalli Hill Range of Haryana as on 8th October, 2009 . The apex court granted conditional permission for resumption of mining of minor minerals in the Aravalli region of Faridabad and Palwal. The Aravalli Hill Range has been subjected to …
Professor Rajesh V Thakker of the University of Oxford has become the first non-American to receive the Founder's Award from the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. Professor Thakker is the Professor of Medicine at the university and a fellow of Somerville College. His research in the Oxford Centre …
The differences between the steel and mines ministries on amending the existing MMDR Act simply refuse to die. This time the two are pitted against each other in a turf war on protecting the interests of the state-run behemoths in reserving mining areas for them in order to ensure a …
BHUBANESWAR: Vigilance sleuths today raided the Unchabali iron and manganese mines at Joda in Keonjhar district in connection with multi-crore mining scam. Application for the mine was submitted in the name of Indrani Patnaik in 1999. Surface right was granted to the applicant in 2008. The raid was conducted in …
Companies May Get To Exploit 100 Sq km Now Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government is considering to increase maximum area for iron ore mining from 25 sq km to 100 sq km to ensure enough supply of raw materials to steel companies, an official in the steel ministry said …
This draft Meghalaya mining policy details series measures initiated by the government to tap various minerals. It stresses on urgent need to protect the environment along with the mining activities & talks about foreign direct investment and public-private partnership to tap rich mineral resources. To facilitate systematic scientific and planned …
How Canada's mining industry has changed since 1997's big scandal There was a time when the annual convention of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada drew a crowd of rough characters from Canada's northern bush intent on whooping it up in the big city and telling tall tales to …
Illicit gem mining by outsiders continues relentlessly in the Sri Lanka Gem Corporation owned lands of Welgahawadiya in Minipe sector. Unscrupulous elements are taking advantage of the Gem Corporation's failure to auction the land nearly 1.5 acres in extent despite an announcement made by the Corporation some time ago. A …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO It's official now. The Union government has admitted illegal mining of iron ore and manganese in Orissa's mineral-rich Keonjhar district. Replying to a letter by Pradesh Congress Committee president K.P. Singhdeo, Union mines minister Bijoy Krishna Handique has said investigation carried out by the Indian Bureau of …
The iron ore-laden ship that sank off Paradip coast 12 days ago has started discharging oil in small quantities, triggering concern among the environmentalists in the state. Mongolian vessel MV Black Rose, carrying 24,000 tonnes of iron ore, sank 3 km off Paradip on September 10 soon after it anchored …
