Chief Minister M K Stalin announced that the Centre's decision to cancel Tungsten mining in Tamil Nadu's Madurai district respects the peop...

The Indian government has canceled the auction of the Nayakkarpatti tungsten block in Tamil Nadu, near the Arittapatti Biodiversity site an...

The Centre has asked the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to reassess the Nayakkarpatti tungsten mine in Tamil Nadu, excluding the biodiver...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin criticized opposition leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami, calling him a "coward" for not confronting the ...

The DMK condemned Amit Shah for "defaming" Ambedkar and criticized the BJP's parliamentary conduct. The party urged its members to strive f...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin vowed to block tungsten mining in Melur, Madurai, despite the Union Government granting rights to Hindu...

Tamil Nadu's Assembly condemned the Union Government's decision to grant tungsten mining rights in Madurai district to Hindustan Zinc Limit...

Telangana has joined 12 other states in the mineral auction regime by bidding out two limestone blocks, eight years after the MMDR Amendmen...

India's Jammu and Kashmir failed to attract bids in its second attempt to auction mining rights for newly discovered lithium reserves, esti...

A source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters the company would apply for the rights to lithium mining blocks in Jammu and Kash...

The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha to allow private companies to mine critical ...

This is the fifth amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act since 2014, with earlier changes mandating e-auction...

The amendment proposes to insert the provision of an exploration licence in the law which will be granted through auction for undertaking r...

Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 will be redrafted in two to three months time, Mines Secretary Balvinder Kuma...

India is keen to get private firms to start exploring for more minerals like diamonds and gold, where current mining is negligible.

The government is in the process of framing regulations for exploration and mining in offshore blocks, which contain minerals such as zirco...

As many as 62 blocks of deposits of heavy mineral such as zirconium, titanium, thorium, tungsten and rare earth elements have been found in...