What is precious in Australia that China is hoardingThe US and Australia have signed a critical minerals agreement to secure supply chains as China tightens its control over global production...
21 Oct, 2025, 09.45 AM IST
EAM S Jaishankar, Russian Deputy PM Denis Manturov push LNG, trade linksEAM Jaishankar and Russia's Deputy PM Manturov co-chaired the IRIGC-TEC session, aiming to boost trade, investment, and energy partnership,...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.12 PM IST
Engines of Independence: Why the heart of India’s fighter jets must beat at homeIndia's aerospace sector is striving for complete sovereignty by developing indigenous fighter jet engines. Godrej Enterprises Group, a key...
15 Aug, 2025, 09.43 AM IST
We got rare in abundanceGrappling with export curbs on rare earth magnets from China, India must liberate itself by plugging into its critical minerals through pol...
12 Jun, 2025, 01.30 AM IST
How battery recycling can help EVs to be truly greenBatteries of EVs after their usage need to be accurately managed to avoid them being harmful to the environment. One solution to this probl...
19 Jan, 2024, 10.13 PM IST
Power from used batteries: How Bengaluru-based MiniMines can power 66-lakh EVsA Bengaluru-based cleantech company says it can achieve 96% purity in extracting metals from used batteries. This would mean reduced import...
14 Jan, 2024, 09.46 AM IST
World battles to loosen China's grip on vital rare earths for clean energy transitionMP Materials and Lynas, the world's two largest rare earths companies after China, are struggling to refine its metals into magnets used in...
02 Aug, 2023, 06.00 PM IST
Researchers find possible replacement for rare earth in magnetsUS President Joe Biden earlier this year backed efforts to boost output of the critical materials, while the EU’s foreign service this mont...
25 Oct, 2022, 09.24 AM IST
IIT Mandi start-up uses green tech to convert steel mills waste into useable productsAccording to officials, the team uses clean combustion techniques to trim the waste into a metal with high iron content which can then be r...
27 Mar, 2022, 12.50 PM IST
Finnish-Russian AI oil venture eyes Indian marketThe company plans to enhance its presence in the Indian market and reach the target of $50 million in deals by 2021.
12 Apr, 2019, 12.19 PM IST
Government to extend pact with ISA on exploring manganese nodulesThe Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved extension of contract between Ministry of Earth Sciences and ISA for exp...
12 Sep, 2016, 03.08 PM IST
China to keep expanding copper smelting capacityChina will keep ramping up its copper smelter capacity even though copper prices have slumped to six-year lows as the top metals consumer r...
08 Oct, 2015, 11.19 PM IST
How Housing.com CEO Rahul Yadav is a 'man of many words'Cheers broke out when Housing. com CEO Rahul Yadav dedicated a bounty to his employees – his entire 4.57% in the realty listings startup.
16 May, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Govt's profit-making engineers think big with EIL's cash balanceLittle-talked-about EIL is in PMO's list of PSUs that have been asked to ramp up investment. This govt engineering consultancy has even mor...
15 Jan, 2012, 01.39 AM IST
- India's outstanding metallurgist C V Sundaram passes away
One of the country's outstanding metallurgists and former director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Chokkanathapuram Ve...
16 Aug, 2008, 07.43 PM IST
- 3 day national convention on metallurgy
A three-day national convention on `Metallurgy and Materials Technology' would be inaugurated tomorrow by Prof P M Prasad, emeritus scienti...
20 Dec, 2006, 03.30 PM IST
- Belgian co plans Rs 1,100 cr venture in India
To ride on the steel sector boom in the country, multinational Lhoist Belgium has decided on a major investment of Rs Rs 1,100 crore in Ind...
27 Jun, 2006, 07.00 PM IST