Climate talks enters into differentiation, finance and ambition of effortsUS Secretary of State John Kerry, who has been in Paris since the beginning of the week, held a second meeting with Environment Minister Pr...
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Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar invites global firms to invest in IndiaTomar invited companies to invest in the mining sector of India which he said was on course to taking off on a higher growth path.
12 Feb, 2015, 03.26 PM IST
Vedanta to go slow on fresh investments till current projects turn profitable: Tom Albanese"It is going to take some time for the new supply in oil, iron ore and copper to get absorbed in the market. It will easily be another year...
11 Feb, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Coal India to collaborate with SAfrica's trade departmentThe agreement was reached during a meeting between the two parties on the sidelines of the Africa Mining Indaba in Cape Town.
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- Qatar likely to use Cancun model to resolve prickly issues
With ministers pouring in here for the high-level segment of the UN climate negotiations, rumours swirled over the weekend about the host Q...
03 Dec, 2012, 10.29 PM IST
- Doha climate talks: Qatar may ask select ministers to take lead in resolving prickly issues
With ministers pouring in to Doha for the high-level segment of the UN climate negotiations rumours swelled over the weekend about the host...
03 Dec, 2012, 06.54 AM IST
- Jindal steel to spend $300 million to develop new, existing mines in Africa
Jindal Steel, India’s biggest producer of the alloy by market value, plans to spend $300 million in developing new and existing mines in Af...
08 Feb, 2012, 07.18 AM IST
- Govt makes strong pitch for business at Mining Indaba 2012
India is making a strong pitch for business at one of the world's biggest mining industry shows, 'Mining Indaba 2012' which began in Cape T...
07 Feb, 2012, 11.51 AM IST
- India in Durban to find a solution to climate change: Natarajan
Jayanthi Natarajan made a final attempt to ensure that India’s redlines-legally binding deal and differentiation between developing and dev...
12 Dec, 2011, 06.59 PM IST
- UN climate talks: Draft consensus likely to emerge
The proposed global climate regime could be a new Protocol, or a legal instrument or be a legal outcome.
11 Dec, 2011, 05.22 AM IST
- UN climate talks: Advanced developing countries likely to be unsatisfied by iteration
This latest version seems to have done away with the differentiation between developed and developing countries.
10 Dec, 2011, 06.58 AM IST
- UN Climate talks: India remains at odds with EU over binding treaty
EU wants a new legally binding treaty that will place all major emitters under an international obligation to reduce their carbon emissions.
10 Dec, 2011, 02.56 AM IST
- Durban Climate Summit: European Union for a new global treaty to tackle climate change
The “common statement” glosses over the differences between the European Union and vulnerable developing countries (LDCs and AOSIS).
09 Dec, 2011, 04.37 PM IST
India Climate Summit: New Delhi lays out terms, may consider new legal protocolEquity and action on finance, technology mechanism are among the prerequisites for India's participation in the roadmap to a new global tre...
09 Dec, 2011, 04.02 PM IST
- Environment minister jayanthi Natarajan 'cautiously optimistic' about Durban outcome
“There is hope for a greater traction on the equity issue,” Natarajan said even as she indicated that there was great difficulty in getting...
08 Dec, 2011, 11.26 PM IST
- Durban deadlock: Is host South Africa working on a last-minute compromise deal?
Climate talks went into the hyper drive on the penultimate day at Durban with select individual ministers made in charge of resolving key o...
08 Dec, 2011, 10.05 PM IST
- Travelog: Around the world
The number of hotel visitors to Dubai is projected to rise to ten million by 2010, from about seven million in 2007.
15 May, 2008, 12.00 AM IST