Bharat Gold Mine employees seek Centre's intervention to resolve issuesthe Cabinet decision could not be implemented due to litigation. Finally, in 2013, the Supreme Court allowed the government to go ahead wit...
Dynasts battle it out on the Kolar gold fields that have lost their sheenKolar is eviscerated, BGML has become defunct and the mines are an abyss of despair. Thousands of people board the Swarna Express train fro...
Karnataka government planning a modern township at Kolar Gold FieldsAccording to the preliminary note prepared by the urban development department, the location enjoys good connectivity, nearest railway stat...
Kolar Gold Mines revival rests on techno-economic feasibilityBEML has been closed since March 1, 2001. The Cabinet had taken a decision in 2006 to dispose off the assets and liabilities of the company...
Karnataka may build new city to decongest BengaluruOver the last 15 years, the Centre has been planning to revive a cluster of colonial-era gold mines as there were reports that deposits wor...
Karnataka to kickstart plan to revive Kolar gold fieldsThe Congress government in Karnataka will start the process of acquiring the township of Bharat Gold Mines Ltd and its assets from the Cent...
Trapped in a gold dustbowl: Residents of Kolar Gold Fields hope revival of mining will lead to better daysWhile they wait, the mounds of mining waste that have come up in the area pose a health hazard, a concern that’s low on the priority list o...
Steel & mines minister Narendra Singh Tomar calls for scientific exploration of Kolar Gold FieldsTomar has said fresh exploration and evaluation of dumps and mines of erstwhile Bharat Gold Mines Limited must be undertaken to understand ...
Revive Bharat gold mines' leases: Mines MinistryThe Centre has written to the respective Chief Ministers, Siddaramaiah and N Kiran Kumar Reddy, asking them to renew sick company's five le...
Kolar Gold Fields to be revived, miners heave sigh of reliefGovt believed that it was not economically feasible to continue extraction. The closure of mines left 3,000 jobless.
Vedanta looking to expand into gold mining, eyeing Kolar minesVedanta Resources, the natural resources conglomerate, is now eyeing expanding its footprints into gold mining and looking at bidding for n...
Govt invites bids from consultancy firms for BGML saleGovernment has invited bids from consultancy firms to be roped in as "service provider" for the proposed sale of BGML through competitive b...
Global tender to revive Kolar gold mines in 2-3 months: K H MuniyappaMuniyappa, who is an MP from the region, said the Centre's call for global tenders also allows the workers' forum to come up with a bid to ...
- Nuclear waste not to be dumped at Kolar gold mine: Government to Supreme Court
With the people of Kolar in Karnataka vehemently protesting the government's alleged plans to dump the nuclear waste in abandoned gold mine...
- Kolar has 30 lakh tonnes of gold, may reopen
Plans are afoot to revive the second deepest mine in the world (the first is in S Africa).
- Gold miner sees silver lining on higher prices
At a time when global gold prices are at historic highs, the country’s largest gold mining company is struggling to join the gold rush by w...
- Efforts being made to revive Bharat Gold mines
The government is serious about reviving the Bharat Gold Mines Ltd (BGML) in Kolar and all efforts are being made in this regard, Minister ...