View: 10 steps to bolster bidder interest in India's mining sectorFor a pointer, of the 108 mineral blocks put up for auction so far this fiscal, more than 50% have had to be annulled owing to either lack ...
06 Oct, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
View: The scramble for Afghanistan's untapped $1-3 trillion mineral and oil resources will begin soonChinese mine-owners have already swung into action within days of the Taliban takeover. A Chinese consortium, which had earlier bagged a co...
26 Aug, 2021, 10.51 PM IST
Tata Steel arm bags the Sukinda chromite mine at 93.75% premiumTata Steel subsidiary TS Alloys emerged as the highest bidder in the auction held on Tuesday, committing to pay the Odisha government 93.75...
18 Mar, 2020, 12.47 PM IST
Odisha likely to auction Sukinda chromite and Guali iron ore mineOdisha had kicked off the auctions of working mines by first putting two non-captive chromite blocks under the hammer – the Kamarda deposit...
16 Jan, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
Dispute over Saruabil Mine delays Tatas from being declared winnerAfter Tata Steel unit emerged as highest bidder, Misrilall Mine approached the Orissa High Court against denial of licence extension to it,...
17 Dec, 2019, 07.46 AM IST
HC asks state to let Misrilall Mine match highest bid to retain Saruabil MineMisrilall Mine, which has been mining it for the past 65 years, had approached the Orissa High Court against denial of a licence extension ...
16 Dec, 2019, 11.24 PM IST
Odisha to auction 20 iron ore, manganese mines starting FridayNotices inviting tenders for the two lots will be issued on Oct 4 and 14 and letters of intent will be sent by January 3 and 15 2020, respe...
04 Oct, 2019, 10.32 AM IST
Odisha Mining Corp gets forest clearance to develop new bauxite mine in KodingamaliThe mine located in Odisha’s Kodingamali plateau can produce 3 million tonne a year from its reserves of 81 million tonne.
18 Oct, 2017, 01.19 AM IST
MoEF grants forest clearance for Kodingamali bauxite mineThe expert appraisal committee has already recommended the amendment and “the EC is under process,” says OMC managing Director R Vineel Kri...
17 Oct, 2017, 01.34 AM IST
MMDR Act set for a revamp, government may issue an ordinance to allocate minerals through auctionsIncreasing the size of the lease area will help companies such as Rio Tinto while allowing sale or transfer of lease will help deeppocked g...
05 Jan, 2015, 04.13 AM IST
Mining royalties set for significant hikesReviewing royalty on major minerals - an exercise carried out by the central government every three years - the study group recommended a 5...
02 Jul, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Protests by local organisations bring chromite mining at Sukinda to a halt
Mining opens at Sukinda, which has more than 97% of India’s chromite ore deposits, came to a standstill with six local organisations comple...
19 Jun, 2012, 12.07 PM IST
- Srikant Jena asks Odisha to assert mining rights
He has urged the Odisha government to take charge of key mining rights to save the state from draining of precious natural resources.
09 May, 2011, 03.35 AM IST
- Priority status, fast approvals to drive mineral sector growth
Priority status for the mining sector and speedy approvals for projects should be among the key initiatives taken by the government to real...
11 Sep, 2010, 03.03 AM IST
- Centre, Orissa govt close eyes to loot of mineral resources
The Union as well as Orissa government appears to have closed their eyes to a broad daylight “robbery” of high grade chrome ore from Tailan...
19 Jul, 2010, 05.13 PM IST
- Indian cos, Rio, BHP keen on developing Afghan mines
Afghanistan today said Indian mining companies and global majors like Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton are keen to develop the war-torn country's...
15 Jun, 2010, 08.31 PM IST
- India's mining industry to touch $30 bn by 2012
Country's mining industry is projected to touch over $30 billion (about Rs 1,27,662 crore) accounting for about 2.5 per cent of the GDP in ...
03 Jun, 2008, 01.54 PM IST