Govt cancels auction of 11 critical, strategic mineral blocksThe government has cancelled the auction of 11 critical and strategic mineral blocks in the sixth round due to poor investor response and a...
Over 200 feared dead in eastern Congo mine collapse; rebels challenge figuresA tragic incident in eastern Congo has resulted in the loss of at least 200 lives following a mine collapse at the Rubaya site, currently c...
At least 200 dead in Congo coltan mine collapse, authorities say, as rebels dispute tollA mine collapse in eastern Congo has claimed at least 200 lives. The Rubaya mines, controlled by the M23 rebels, experienced the disaster. ...
Kazakhstan to supply fresh uranium to India under new deal to fuel nuclear power plantsKazakhstan, a major uranium producer, will supply a significant amount of uranium to India. This new contract will fuel India's nuclear pow...
Deccan Gold Mines may start drilling at critical mineral projects this quarterDeccan Gold Mines will begin drilling at its critical mineral projects in India and overseas this quarter. The company plans to establish s...
DR Congo accuses Apple of using 'blood minerals' from war-torn eastThe government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's e...
Centre annuls auction of 13 critical mineral blocks"It has been decided to return the bid security to bidders for 11 mineral blocks that got less than three bids each," an official aware of ...
Rare metal in Sutlej River: 6 things to know about TantalumWhat is tantalum? Researchers have recently discovered traces of Tantalum, an extremely rare metal, in the sands of the Sutlej river - a fi...
Nasa is sending 'Paani' to Jupiter's moon EuropaNASA's Europa Clipper Mission, set to launch in October, aims to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa. Featuring a multilingual message engraved ...
NASA's Europa Clipper to send message to aliens, emit millions of soundwavesNASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will beam out the 'richly layered dispatch' of the millions of names while circumventing Jupiter's moon. I...
Centre notifies conversion factors and average sale price calculation for critical mineralsAccording to a gazette notification, the price will be arrived in Indian Rupees after multiplying the USGS price with the average reference...
Installed nuclear power capacity grew by over 40 per cent in last 7 years: GovtThe country is pursuing an indigenous three-stage nuclear power programme to provide long term energy security in a sustainable manner, Min...
- High-capacity 'Universal' memory in the offing
Moscow, June 17 (IANS) In what could be a ground-breaking development in the future of Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM), researchers ...
- High-capacity 'Universal' memory in the offing
Moscow, June 17 (IANS) In what could be a ground-breaking development in the future of Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM), researchers ...
World’s first ‘ethical’ smartphone to be unveiled this weekThe firm behind the phone said it had worked closely with pressure groups to ensure the smartphone, called Fairphone, was the most ethicall...
Mining rare earths for a hi-tech futureIf India has to become a significant player in technologies, it needs to draw up special policy regime for mining rare earths.
- India's outstanding metallurgist C V Sundaram passes away
One of the country's outstanding metallurgists and former director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Chokkanathapuram Ve...