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A giant rail bridge across the Gobi Desert in China is making people ask one big question: How?A massive rail bridge rising above China’s Gobi Desert is drawing global attention. Built to overcome shifting sands, powerful winds, and e...
West Bengal's Rs 4.39 lakh crore Budget under BJP aims to bury 'syndicate raj', woo investorsWest Bengal's new government unveiled a Rs 4.39 lakh crore budget prioritizing fiscal restructuring and job creation. Finance Minister Swap...
Critical minerals, strategic stakes: Inside India's bid to break China's supply chain strangleholdIndia and the US have inked a pact to secure critical mineral supplies, bolstering a broader Quad initiative aiming to invest $20 billion i...
Time to adopt a tactical perspective? 6 metal stocks, 4 with an upside potential of up to 14%In metal stocks, ‘buy, forget, and return after five years’ is not the best strategy to adopt. The sector is cyclical, global, China- and t...
Reliance, Vedanta, Adani join India's drive to cut China rare earth dependence, sources sayIndian conglomerates Reliance, Vedanta, and Adani are among ten companies expressing interest in developing rare-earth processing facilitie...
Enforcement Directorate summons Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter for questioning in Prevention of Money Laundering Act caseThe Enforcement Directorate has summoned Veena T, daughter of former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. She is to appear for questioni...
Can Brazil become a major rare earths supplier?Brazil sits atop a potential bonanza of rare earths that has sparked global interest, led by Washington, as demand surges for the increasin...
In 1831, a man digging into a Scottish sandbank found carved ivory figures that rewrote medieval historyIn 1831, a man on the Isle of Lewis unearthed the remarkable Lewis Chessmen, carved from walrus ivory. These pieces reveal a sophisticated ...
West Bengal orders crackdown on illegal mining to plug revenue leakagesIn a decisive move, West Bengal's Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has instructed all relevant departments to clamp down on the financial dr...
Rare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening 'the world's kitchen'Toxic runoff from unregulated rare earth mines in Myanmar and Laos is contaminating the Mekong River and its tributaries, threatening the l...
In Finland, Europe's first complete lithium mine begins operationTrucks loaded with crushed rock and ore made their way through a craterlike landscape in western Finland, the first place in Europe to hous...
Geologists Find Strange Stone Tunnels That Could Point to a Never-Before-Seen Lifeform on EarthScientists found tiny, organized tunnels within desert rocks. These formations are unlike natural geological processes. Chemical traces sug...
US Stocks: Eramet reaffirms shareholder support for capital hike as Duvals hire adviserEramet's main shareholders including the Duval family have reaffirmed support for a capital increase by the mining group, a spokesperson sa...
Government to discuss with industry atomic, offshore minerals policyThe govt is in the process of framing regulations for exploration and mining in offshore blocks, which contain minerals and rare earth elem...
Tata Steel gets green nod for sand mining in West BengalTata Steel has received green clearance for mining of mineral sand, used in coal production, from the riverbed of Gowai in Purulia District...
Centre issues guidelines on sustainable sand mining, proposes crackdown on illegal minersThe Union environment ministry on Wednesday came out with detailed "guidelines on sustainable sand mining" in the country.
Simplify norms for mining beach sand minerals: MEAIUnlike sands available along the river, beach sands can not be used for construction purposes and mining of heavy minerals is very much env...
Trimex Sands to invest Rs 150 cr on capacity expansionThe company currently has a single mining lease spread in 7.2 sq km area and has the permission to mine 2 million tonnes of beach sands.
- Varun Ind discovers mining blocks in Madagascar;stock up
Varun Industries has discovered 10 mining blocks of heavy mineral sand (HMS) in Madagascar.
- CPI-M protests FDI in mineral sand mining
Expressing grave concern over Union Government's decision to allow 100 per cent FDI in mineral sand mining, the CPI-M has said the move wou...