Brazil emerges as major rare earths source for IndiaBrazil is actively courting foreign investment including from India while pushing to localise the refining and processing value chain. Indi...
11 Jun, 2026, 11.43 PM IST
Chile offers India critical minerals play as CEPA talks near finish lineChile is offering India significant opportunities in critical mineral mining, including copper, lithium, and cobalt. These minerals will po...
01 Jun, 2026, 12.46 AM IST
Global power equations to shift further towards energy, critical minerals: Former Vedanta Group CEOGlobal power is shifting towards energy security and resource control. Geopolitical tensions are reshaping industrial supply chains. Critic...
27 May, 2026, 04.01 PM IST
India’s $1 trillion import dependence makes green transition a strategic necessityIndia faces significant import reliance across key sectors. Aatmanirbharta requires a growth model shift, with the green economy offering a...
19 May, 2026, 12.13 AM IST
US backs a South Africa project to extract rare earths despite a diplomatic clashA U.S.-backed project in South Africa aims to extract rare earth elements from industrial mining waste, a move supported by a $50 million i...
19 Apr, 2026, 10.06 AM IST
Tata Steel's T V Narendran says India's energy, critical minerals diversification pose new challengesIndia is diversifying its energy and critical mineral sources. This move offers significant economic opportunities as the world seeks trust...
09 Apr, 2026, 02.31 PM IST
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...
31 Mar, 2026, 01.54 PM IST
Government cancels auction of 11 critical mineral blocksIndia's government has cancelled the auction of 11 critical mineral blocks due to poor response. This includes four blocks with no bids and...
29 Dec, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
Hindalco in process of bidding for two nickel, cobalt mines in Maharashtra, Karnataka: MDKey minerals like copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earth elements are crucial elements in numerous rapidly expanding clean energy ...
24 May, 2024, 07.11 PM IST
India's NTPC mining arm to explore battery minerals overseasState-run NTPC's mining arm is looking to source battery minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel from overseas, news agency Reuters report...
18 Sep, 2023, 11.20 AM IST
Surge in supply of cobalt meets weak demand from EVs, electronicsThe abundant supply of cobalt is in sharp contrast to current worries around supply of another critical battery material- lithium.
09 Mar, 2023, 09.48 AM IST
Renewable energy, demand for minerals and law of unintended consequencesIn a simple language, the move to renewables and EVs will mean that the demand for certain metals and minerals from copper to lithium will ...
28 Sep, 2022, 02.27 PM IST
Khanij Bidesh, CMFO sign MoU to identify critical mineral assets in AustraliaThe Ministry of Mines had last year created a mining joint venture namely Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (KABIL) in order to ensure mineral securi...
29 Mar, 2022, 06.55 PM IST
Attero to invest Rs 300 cr to ramp up lithium-ion battery recycling capacity to 11,000 tonsIn addition to lithium-ion recycling capacity, the company has earlier announced to ramp up its entire electronic waste recycling capacity ...
24 Dec, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
China already has an uncomfortable lead in securing rare earth minerals. India has to up its energy gameIndia should immediately secure supplies of rare earth minerals. Else, we will be groping in the dark as the world moves towards greener en...
23 Nov, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
India to acquire reserves of strategic minerals to power the country's move into EVsThe jv will have National Aluminium Company (Nalco), Hindustan Copper (HCL) and Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd (MECL) as partners with...
30 May, 2019, 06.45 PM IST
India readies its prospectors as hunt begins for lithium and cobalt mines abroadThe mandate for Nalco, HCL and MECL will be to look for and acquire strategic mineral assets abroad, particularly those in which India is d...
06 Jul, 2018, 10.55 AM IST