Reconnaissance Permit (RP) is granted for preliminary prospecting of a mineral through regional, aerial, geophysical or geochemical surveys...

Sharma told that proposed tweaking or removing of the Section will affect 552 mineral blocks and added that if these blocks were allowed to...

The foreign dhow with 12 crew, suspected to be from Iran and Pakistan, on board was intercepted off Kerala coast and detained by Coast Guar...

Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The Geological Survey of India (GSI), which is focusing on mineral exploration, is looking to complete its geochemic...

The shortlisting will be done as per technical and financial criteria being drafted by consulting firm SBI Caps, Kumar said.

The ministry will select one or two exploration agencies through the tendering process, a government official said.

The development follows delays in disposal of cases where prospecting licences or reconnaissance permits were issued before commencement of...

The ministry has relaxed, with certain riders, restrictions imposed by it in a circular issued in 1969 that prohibited sharing of digital d...

NMET has started receiving payments of a sum equivalent to 2 per cent of the royalty paid in terms of minerals listed in the Second Schedul...

India has been able to carry out only 10% regional mineral exploration while countries like Australia, which have similar geological endowm...

The government will auction 19 gold mines, three diamond mines and eight iron ore mines along with 70 other mega blocks for exploration.

The blocks will be given to private firms once the national mineral exploration policy is finalised. The policy aims to boost private inves...

The Mining Roundtable drew participation from nearly 50 Chinese companies and other relevant organisations.

Heavy metal pollution might have contributed to some of the world's largest extinction events, according to a study of 415-million-year old...

Union steel & mines minister has called for a time-bound action plan to complete geo-physical and geo-chemical mapping of the country’s nat...

Cairn Energy today reported a record full year profit of USD 4.56 bn for 2011 on the back of proceeds from 40% stake sale in its Indian uni...

The government is going to conduct a major oceanic survey in the country's territorial waters, including parts of the Bay of Bengal, Gulf o...