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Gold rush missed: Can India dig its way out of import dependence?India's significant gold imports, exceeding 800 tonnes in 2024 while producing only 2 tonnes, highlight a missed opportunity. Learning from...
Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dustDizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New ...
Expert committee on Aravalli must consult domain experts, other stakeholders: Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has announced the creation of a dedicated expert committee to delineate the Aravalli hills' boundaries. With a focus on c...
Aravalli row: Won't pass order in favour of mining lease holders for now, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court has stopped issuing orders for mining leases in the Aravalli hills. The court is receiving disturbing feedback about mini...
Welcome SC order on Aravallis, formation of new panel to study issue: Environment Minister Bhupender YadavThe Supreme Court has put a hold on its earlier order defining the Aravalli hills. A new high-powered committee will now conduct a thorough...
Real estate development opened up by Rajasthan's double-engine govt to hurt Aravallis more: CongressThe Congress party has accused the "double-engine government" of opening up real estate development in Rajasthan's Aravallis, claiming it w...
Aravalli hills: No final permission for mining be granted by 4 states till further orders, says SCThe Supreme Court has directed Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Gujarat to not grant final permission for mining activities in the Aravalli h...
Rajasthan govt to begin e-auction to mine sandstone to be used for Ram templeThe Rajasthan government will soon begin an online auction of a special pink sandstone variety, much sought after by builders including tho...
Iron ore supply to steel makers to be disrupted after mining leases expire: FIMIWith the mining leases of 329 private mines slated to expire on March 31, apex mineral body FIMI believes that iron ore, a raw material use...
Sesa Sterlite's iron ore, oil output dips in financial year 2014-15However, the output of copper, aluminium and power business rose during the fiscal that ended on March 31, as compared to the year-ago.
Stern action will be taken against illegal mining in Rajasthan: Vasundhara RajeIntervening in a debate in the Assembly on illegal mining, she said the government was concerned and worried about illegal mining in Chitto...
Supreme Court seeks names of Haryana officials who blinked at illegal Aravali miningThe order came on a petition which alleged that despite the court banning mining activities to save the Aravali hills, mafia had indulged i...
Ban fails to stop illegal mining in AravalisLocals said the activities usually happen at night and they have spotted a couple of trucks coming out of the villages loaded with stones.
- Green tribunal bans mining in Sariska
The National Green Tribunal’s central zone bench in Bhopal has banned mining activities in 84 stone and marble quarries located inside and ...
Get your act together to boost mining: Planning Commission to ministriesIn view of falling mining output, Planning Commission asked ministries concerned to get their act together to boost mineral production as s...
Mineral rich states asked to set up empowered panels to check illegal miningMineral rich states asked to expedite formation of empowered panels to check the menace of illegal mining.
The Aravalli policy lesson: Aravalli's real problem may not be miners but a real estate boomSupreme Court will soon consider whether mining in the ecologically sensitive Aravalli region can restart. But Aravalli's real problem may ...
- Illegal mining threatens Sariska
Despite crores being spent in the name of conservation and Project Tiger, illegal mining activity is back in full gear in the protected are...
- Builders hope greenery, better ambience will boost mkt
Contrary to the general perception, the Supreme Court’s judgment to ban mining in the Aravali range in Haryana will help real estate develo...
- Mineral rich states seek say in Mineral Policy
Mineral rich states would seek Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in ensuring that their views on the Mineral Policy are factored...