Ministry of Mines is in the process of formulation of a National Non-Ferrous Metals (Aluminium and Copper) Scrap Recycling Policy. Accordingly, a draft of the said policy has been prepared and is being circulated for comments from stake holders and the public at large. This policy envisages a framework to …
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko on Tuesday strongly pleaded in the Supreme Court for a permanent closure of the copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. He made this submission before a Bench of Justices A.K. Patnaik and H.L. Gokhale, hearing an appeal …
Contraction in user-sectors like construction, power and industrial machinery will hurt The slowdown in various key sectors such as construction, power and industrial machinery, has hit copper consumption. And going ahead, the trend is likely to remain same for this calendar year. According to estimates by research and ratings firm …
India has joined the race to explore and develop deep-sea mining for rare earth elements — further complicating the geopolitics surrounding untapped sources of valuable minerals beneath the oceans. The country is building a rare-earth mineral processing plant in the east coast state of Orissa and it is spending around …
Government approves world's first commercial deep-sea mining project despite vehement objections over threat to marine life A "new frontier" in mining is set to be opened up by the underwater extraction of resources from the seabed off the coast of Papua New Guinea, despite vehement objections from environmentalists and local …
Beijing A multi-metal mine in resource-rich Tibet has been found to have the potential to be one of the world's 50 biggest mines of its kind that could generate an annual product value of USD 712 million from 2015. The mine located in the birthplace of Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo …
Mumbai London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources moved a step ahead to merge its Indian subsidiaries to create a diversified mining and metals group. On Monday, iron ore miner Sesa Goa and copper-to-aluminium maker Sterlite shareholders approved creating the $14.5-billion Sesa Sterlite, the seventh-largest natural resources company by operating profit. Sesa …
Large stretches of salmon-spawning streams and thousands of acres of wetlands would be wiped out if a large-scale mining project were to be built in southwestern Alaska's copper-rich Bristol Bay region, according to a report issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The report, while not directly addressing it, is …
Large stretches of salmon-spawning streams and thousands of acres of wetlands would be wiped out if a large-scale mining project were to be built in southwestern Alaska's copper-rich Bristol Bay region, according to a report issued Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The report, while not directly addressing it, is …
Chile's Supreme Court suspended a key permit for Canadian miner Goldcorp Inc's El Morro copper-gold project, the latest setback for the controversial project and one of the biggest legal blows to a mining project in the world's top copper producer. El Morro, Goldcorp's only major asset in Chile, had its …
A consortium of four state-owned Indian companies - SAIL, Nalco, Hindustan Copper and Mineral Exploration Corp - has been shortlisted to invest in new gold and copper deposits in Afghanistan. Two private players - Monnet Ispat & Energy and Jindal Steel & Power - have also made the cut, opening …
Why mining’s comeback fails to thrill some residents of “Copper Triangle”. Back in the good old days in Arizona, in towns like Superior, copper was king and mining was the foundation of social and economic life. Bustling department stores and rowdy watering holes extended credit until miners’ pay-days; people frolicked …
London Vedanta posted a drop in full-year iron ore output on Tuesday, hit by a ban on mining in Karnataka and logistical bottlenecks in Goa that dented one of its key profit contributors. Iron ore, a steelmaking ingredient, is typically one of Vedanta’s most profitable products along with zinc, accounting …
Microbially-unsafe water is still a major concern in most developing countries. Although many water-purification methods exist, these are expensive and beyond the reach of many people, especially in rural areas. Ayurveda recommends the use of copper for storing drinking-water. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect …
The selected private party will hold 50 per cent stake in the projects, estimated to cost Rs 12.5 crore each, followed by 25 per cent each by the State and the Union governments. Kolkata, Feb. 23: The West Bengal government in collaboration with the Centre will set up e-waste dismantling …
MD assures portfolio of aluminium, copper will help the company in difficult times Aluminium, on the London Metal Exchange (LME), has been falling since the beginning of the year. So has been the core earnings of Hindalco Industries and in turn, the profits. The company maintains that its two businesses, …
Sterlite Industries has completed taking 23 out of the 30 environment protection measures mandated by the Supreme Court for its copper smelter plant at Tuticorin, officials of the company told visiting journalists on Saturday. The plant has come under focus lights after the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board had ordered …
In today’s conversations about oil and other natural resources, a common worry is whether the world is “running out” and will soon begin a confrontational scramble to gain access to what’s left for the picking. Before such visions become mainstream thinking, a reminder that we’ve been down this path before …
Three Chinese companies are part of consortiums that have bagged Rs 1,800-crore worth of five contracts awarded by state-owned Hindustan Copper to raise its production four-fold to 12 million tonnes over the next five years. While Chinese companies are already building steel plants in India, it will be the first …
Chalakudy River is yearning for a lifeline. Chalakudy River, the fifth largest river in the State, is faced with a series of risks including sand-mining, release of untreated effluents from an industrial unit and improper disposal of solid waste. The environmental monitoring programme on water quality of the Chalakudy River …
Electronic waste, or "e-waste", is a major problem of the information age. As consumers continually upgrade their electronic devices, the old devices are discarded and usually end up in a toxic e-waste dump, usually located in a poor developing country. Such a dump is located in the capital city of …
