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
India and Russia push JVs in critical minerals, rare earthsIndia and Russia are boosting cooperation in critical minerals and rare earths. Joint projects are set to involve hundreds of millions of d...
19 Dec, 2025, 11.24 PM IST
Cabinet rationalises royalty on Graphite, Caesium, Rubidium and ZirconiumThe Union Cabinet has rationalized royalty rates for Graphite, Caesium, Rubidium, and Zirconium minerals, crucial for high-tech application...
12 Nov, 2025, 09.51 PM IST
Maiki South Mining secures India's first Lithium and REE blocks of Chhattisgarh with FPO of 76.05%On Monday, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy granted the first Lithium block, Katghora, and the Rare Earth Element (REE) Block of Chhattisgarh ...
24 Jun, 2024, 06.29 PM IST
India in talks with Sri Lanka to acquire graphite mine blockSri Lankan graphite is considered among the purest in the world with more than 98% carbon content, said officials. India has also been in t...
23 May, 2024, 01.01 AM IST
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. ...
29 Feb, 2024, 07.56 PM IST
NLC India exploring possibility of mining critical minerals, will participate in auction: CMDNLC India Ltd, a state-owned mining and power generation company, is considering the mining of critical minerals, such as lithium. The comp...
20 Oct, 2023, 12.49 PM IST
MMTC jumps 50% in five sessions, hits fresh 52-week high. Here's whyDespite a lackluster trade, most mining stocks were trading in the green. Nifty constituent Coal India was up 1.36%, while The Orissa Miner...
16 Oct, 2023, 01.36 PM IST
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...
11 Oct, 2023, 11.20 PM IST
MY Bharat platform will go a long way in furthering youth-led development: PM ModiIn a post on X, the prime minister said, "The Cabinet decision on establishing Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat) will go a long way in furtherin...
11 Oct, 2023, 10.41 PM IST
Finland detects small amount of radioactivity, says no health impact"The observed radioactivity has no impact on the environment or human health, as the concentrations were very low," the Radiation and Nucle...
31 Aug, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
For electric vehicle battery makers, it's go small or go homeThe battery is an EV's most expensive part, so true fast charging coupled with widely available chargers - a lack of charging infra today i...
11 Jul, 2022, 09.36 PM IST
Installed nuclear power capacity grew by over 40 per cent in last 7 years: GovtThe country is pursuing an indigenous three-stage nuclear power programme to provide long term energy security in a sustainable manner, Min...
15 Dec, 2021, 02.25 PM IST
China to lower import tariff on more products in high demand for January 2021It will also further lower import tariffs on some information technology products from July 1 next year, the ministry said in a statement o...
23 Dec, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
- Materials that could make batteries charge faster identified
London, July 29 (IANS) Researchers from University of Cambridge have identified a group of materials that could be used to make batteries c...
29 Jul, 2018, 06.27 PM IST
World's most powerful MRI scanner developedThe MRI scanner equipped with a superconducting magnet will offer unprecedented images of the human brain when it is fully developed next y...
28 Oct, 2013, 04.43 PM IST
- 'Addtnl 15k tonnes Uranium established in AP, Raj, Meghalaya'
India will have a comfortable position in its indigenous uranium resources in the coming decade as it has established an additional 15,000 ...
31 Oct, 2010, 10.18 AM IST