Centre puts 19 critical mineral mines on the blockIndia has launched its seventh e-auction for critical and strategic mineral blocks. These minerals are vital for clean energy and advanced ...
Govt cancels auction of 5 critical mineral blocks due to poor responseIndia's government has cancelled the auction of five critical mineral blocks, including a rare earth element (REE) block in Karnataka, due ...
Strategically important Nickel-Copper-PGE deposits found in Chhattisgarh's MahasamundDeccan Gold Mines Limited has discovered a significant Nickel-Copper-Platinum Group Element deposit in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, ...
India set to kick off local potash miningIndia is set to award its first potash mining blocks in Rajasthan, aiming to reduce reliance on imports for fertiliser production. The gove...
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...
Government scraps auction of 3 critical mineral blocks, including J&K lithium mineThe government has scrapped the auction of three critical mineral blocks, including a lithium mine in Jammu and Kashmir, under the third tr...
Only a third of critical mineral blocks find buyersA company which offers to share the highest percentage of its revenue earned through sale of extracted minerals with the state governments ...
India reaches out to critical mineral producers for processing technologyAccording to a Niti Aayog estimate, India's advanced chemistry cell manufacturing industry annually needs 193 thousand tons of cathode acti...
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 ...
Seven critical mineral blocks up for re-bids"Blocks which are notified under this tranche are those blocks which have received less than three bids in first tranche," an official stat...
Cabinet approves royalty rates for 12 critical mineralsWith this, the exercise of rationalising royalty rates for all 24 critical and strategic minerals is complete, an official statement said. ...
Mineral exploration projects almost doubled in last four years“The National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) has funded 270 mineral exploration projects in the country out of which 162 projects have be...
Cabinet approves royalty rates for lithium mining, niobium and rare earth elementsPrior to this decision, there was no royalty rate specified for these minerals and it was pegged at 12% of the average sale price (ASP), si...
Bihar govt initiates auction process for glauconite, iron ore mines worth Rs 20,000 crThe Bihar government has initiated a process for auctioning of glauconite and iron ore reserves worth Rs 20,000 crore in Rohtas and Jamui d...
Government plans to auction 22 mineral blocks in next two monthsWhile the mines in Maharashtra will be auctioned next month, those in Uttar Pradesh and Goa will be put on sale in December. So far, more t...
View: This is India's golden mineral momentThe MMDR Act, which is the principal legislation to regulate mines and minerals, including coal and lignite, has undergone massive developm...
Bihar govt to allow exploration of mineral reserves worth Rs 14,594 croreThe Mines and Geology Department has decided to allow exploration of mineral deposit of around 48.40 million tonne of magnetite, a form of ...