Since the discovery of large offshore oil and gas reserves in 2014, Senegal has set its hopes on fossil fuel export revenue to help fund its plans to become an emerging economy by 2035. Senegal is actively seeking investors to help develop its offshore oil and gas reserves – both …
Indian Mineral Industry at a Glance 2011-12 is the thirty third edition in its series. This publication is designed to meet the needs of policy makers, planners, industrialists, economists, academicians, researchers and others connected with planning, exploitation and utilisation of minerals and related activities. For easy reference, the publication has …
Investment of over Rs 35000 cr may be put on hold by industry Finance minister P Chidambaram's move to retain 5 per cent duty on export of pellets has deeply disappointed the iron ore mining industry. The industry, which was expecting duty withdrawal in the interim budget 2014-15, said the …
Interim Budget 2014-2015 - Speech of P. Chidambaram. In the speect he stated that "The Global Risks 2014 report has mapped 31 global risks. Of highest concern are ten risks that include fiscal crisis, structurally high unemployment or underemployment, income disparity, governance failure, food crisis, and political and social instability. …
THE United States Trade Representative (USTR) late on Monday said it would take India to the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) dispute resolution mechanism over the localisation thrust in India’s solar power policies, saying it could put American equipment makers at an unfair disadvantage. The USTR is the American counterpart to …
The ban on US crude oil exports began as a reaction to the oil embargo in the early 1970s and later was codified in law and Department of Commerce rules for granting export permits. Currently, crude oil can be exported to Canada, but only for use there, not for re-export; …
Clarifies it is not against mining, but supports sustainable development Goa Foundation, the petitioner in the Supreme Court, in its submission before the court’s six-member expert committee on capping of iron ore, has recommended gross capping of 5 million tons per annum with complete ban on export from the State, …
International trade affects global air pollution and transport by redistributing emissions related to production of goods and services and by potentially altering the total amount of global emissions. Here we analyze the trade influences by combining an economic-emission analysis on China’s bilateral trade and atmospheric chemical transport modeling. Our focused …
In Nov 2013, SC allowed auction of 11.4 mn tonnes of iron ore lying idle at various mine heads and jetties A Supreme Court-appointed committee has decided to put on auction about four million tonnes (mt) of iron ore stock at various mine heads in Goa. To begin, the ore …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has prepared Draft Policy for Sustainable Utilisation of Agar wood. The policy deals with the issues related to trade, current status, export and management of agar wood for sustainable utilisation.
Memorandum of Action Taken for consideration of the cabinet regarding illegal mining of iron and manganese ores in the state of Odisha, submitted by Justice M. B. Shah Commission of Inquiry. Read text of the Action taken report. RELATED CONTENT News: Centre rejects Shah Commission recommendation to cap iron ore …
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare, present this Seventy-ninth Report of the Committee on the Drugs and Cosmetics(Amendment) Bill, 2013. In pursuance of Rule 270 of the Rules of procedure and Conduct of Business in the Council of States relating to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees, the Chairman, …
Feasibility studies for the multi-billion-dollar conducted Iran is focusing on exporting natural gas to India along a deep-sea route — the move coinciding with the cancellation of a loan to Islamabad to build the Pakistani section of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and the signing of the Geneva nuclear accord that …
Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items Millions of mobile phones, laptops, tablets, toys, digital cameras and other electronic devices bought this Christmas are destined to create a flood of dangerous "e-waste" that is being dumped illegally in developing countries, …
Investigations into Jabalpur iron ore mining case in which top officials of city-based Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) have been booked have revealed that huge quantities of the mineral allegedly to be illegally extracted from the mine finally reached China. The case came into limelight this September as CBI booked …
MANGALORE: A study done by researchers has revealed that there is morphological and genetic evidence to show the presence of multiple evolutionary distinct lineages in the endangered and commercially exploited Red Lined Torpedo Barbs (RLTB) endemic to the Western Ghats of India. The researchers have now placed these barbs under …
Bali : Ahead of the WTO ministerial conference, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma is trying to drum up support for India’s position on public stockholding and food security. Sharma has also expressed disappointment that many developed countries were paying only “lip service” to other serious concerns on trade and …
Achieving global food security is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In order to tackle future food security challenges we must understand the past. This study presents a historical analysis of global food availability, one of the key elements of food security. By calculating national level dietary …
The livestock wealth of India is one of the highest in world. India is the world’s largest exporter of buffalo meat and accounts for 58 per cent of the world's buffalo population. Buffalo in India contributes about 30% of total meat production in the country. However despite this potential and …
