New rules allow mining lease holders to expand their areas. This applies to deep-seated minerals and associated minerals. The contiguous ar...

India is set to auction 19 critical and strategic mineral blocks. This move aims to boost the nation's economic development and mineral sec...

New rules aim to speed up mine operations. Intermediary timelines and penalties are introduced for delayed production. Incentives like redu...

To expedite mine production, the Centre is set to amend the Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015, introducing intermediary timelines and specifyin...

India is exploring Africa for minerals like cobalt and engaging with Australia for lithium blocks. V L Kantha Rao, Mines Secretary, highlig...

In a recent development, the central government has introduced new revisions to the Mineral auction rules. These changes aim to ensure tran...

The mines ministry has identified offshore blocks within India's exclusive economic zone for granting operational rights, following amendme...

The government plans to put on sale next month six mineral blocks in the states of Odisha and Rajasthan. Of these six blocks to be auctione...

"...186 to be precise blocks are allocated through auction. I am very happy to say that out of this, 46 (mineral blocks) were (auctioned) l...

The government on Thursday said that amendment in mineral auction rules will encourage competition that will ensure more participation in s...

As part of the pre-legislative consultation policy, the draft Amendment Rules is made available... Comments / suggestions are invited from ...

The mineral auction rules have been amended by the mines ministry to make the auction process simpler and help the states auction mineral b...

Over 70 mineral blocks are likely to be auctioned in the next fiscal to garner about Rs 1,25,000 crore, mines secretary Arun Kumar told rep...

The government looks to remove "small" glitches in the rules highlighted by bidders and industry associations, Mines Secretary Arun Kumar w...

The Centre asked the states to speed up the process of setting up District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) under the New Mines Act for the benef...

The government has asked states to establish the District Mineral Foundations (DMF) speedily bringing notifications for these non-profit tr...

The union steel and mines ministry will finalise the rules for mineral auction by May 2015, following which it will be sent to the states.