The number of iron ore mines is expected to increase with one additional block to be put for auction by Karnataka, four by Odisha, a senior...

While Karnataka is likely to auction 15 iron ore mines, Odisha and Maharashtra may auction six mines and one mine respectively.

The SIT in its third report to the Supreme Court in May had emphasised on the need to regulate the flow of donations and their utilisations.

Mines and Minerals Act that the government introduced this January granted captive mines a lease period extension of 15 years.

The question before the committee when it meets, though, will be whether to extend its lease, last running as a merchant mine, as non-capti...

The development comes against the backdrop of government auctioning 33 coal blocks so far to garner a massive over Rs 2 lakh crore.

Odisha also required coal for the non-regulated sector comprising steel, aluminium and cement industries and their captive power plants, he...

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.

Posco will have to participate in mine licence auction to get an iron ore mine to feed its $12-billion steel project in Odisha: Narendra Si...

The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) is also unlikely to defend the state's claim of Rs 60,000 crore from miners for excess mining.

The Supreme Court in April 2014 lifted the ban on the mining, but said the leases which were not renewed would be deemed illegal.

The Supreme Court in April 2014 lifted the ban on the mining, but said the leases which were not renewed would be deemed illegal.

The MEAI has also sought co-operation from the minister of mines and chief ministers of Goa and Odisha to restore mining and revive economi...

The Odisha government is expected to issue orders that will allow SAIL and Tata Steel to restart operations at their captive mines shut sin...

Recent review by coordination-cum-empowered committee on mineral development & regulation reportedly revealed mixed results on grave issue ...

Tata Steel, which is setting up a greenfield plant at Kalinganagar, has been asked to pay close to Rs 9,000 crore, a little less than what ...

The iron-ore mining industry in Odisha is facing its worst ever crisis, after 10 large iron-ore mines in the state were directed to either ...