“The National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) has funded 270 mineral exploration projects in the country out of which 162 projects have be...

Mining in Goa came to a standstill in March 2018 after the Supreme Court quashed 88 mining leases.

The revision in the list includes addition of three blocks Dolesara, Jarekela and Jharpalam-Tangarghat (in Chhattisgarh) and withdrawal of ...

The move is tipped to help unlock more than a billion tonne of mineral reserves and create nearly five lakh employmen. Rough estimates indi...

"As part of India's 2016 Union Budget, export duties for iron ore lumps and fines below 58 per cent Fe content were reduced to nil from 30 ...

The minister said considering the future of mining industry, the National Mineral Exploration Trust has been constituted under Section 9(C)...

He said that industry body Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) had raised the issue for extending the non-captive mining leases ...

The development follows delays in disposal of cases where prospecting licences or reconnaissance permits were issued before commencement of...

The meetings will be chaired by the union mines secretary and will discuss the pending proposals in order to accelerate their progress befo...

The outcome of auctions is being affected by factors like quantity and grade of ore, quality of the mineralization studies, land ownership ...

Government cleared a proposal to amend the MMDR Act to allow transfer of captive mining leases not granted through auction.

The govt said miners who were awarded leases before January 12, 2015 will have to contribute 30 per cent of the royalty to the DMF.

Prafulla Kumar Mallick said there is no need to reply to the Centre's missive seeking clarification on granting Prospecting License in favo...

Mines Ministry has asked states to consider engaging SBI Capital -- the investment banking arm of state-run lender SBI -- as transaction ad...

The new MMDR Act, 2015 allowed extension of lease period of captive mines by 15 years, while the non-captive mines were allowed to operate ...

The Odisha government's inter-departmental committee on mining today approved reopening of seven more mines as per provisions of the Mines ...

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Amendment Act, 2015 was notified on March 27, 2015 to amend the MMDR Act, 1957.