Trump administration has decided to renew leases for mining copper and nickel on land bordering a nature reserve in Minnesota, rolling back the environmental regulation put in place by predecessor Barack Obama.
The move comes after Queensland vetoed a plan last week to give a 900-million dollar concessional loan for the construction of a rail line in the controversy-hit Carmichael coal mine project.
Subdued performance of manufacturing and mining sectors coupled with a contraction in output of consumer durables drove the slowdown in industrial output growth.
In a step taking forward, India can become a country to mark its biggest achievement by starting mining in the space. “Earth's resources are finite and there is a shortage of minerals. The next
New Delhi: Vedanta Limited, India’s premier diversified natural resources company, has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with South African companies for supply of equipment, and transfer of technology in order to enhance productivity and
Indian mining giant Adani today moved one step closer to realising its 21.7 billion dollars coal mine in Australia after the local government granted three mining leases for the controversy-hit project. Queensland minister for
New Delhi: Industrial output for the month of October grew 9.8 per cent in comparison to the levels in the same month during the previous year, in a possible sign of economic recovery.This is the
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has said the government will issue directions to mine operators in the state to resume operations."We will issue directions to the mine operators. If required, we will also issue orders
New Delhi: Anil Agarwal-led mining firm Vedanta said it has received necessary government approvals and will resume operations starting today at its biggest iron ore mine at Codli in Sanguem taluka in Goa."The company has
New Delhi: The Centre will soon come out with a national policy on "sustainable" sand mining to ensure that the ecology of rivers was maintained and they remain alive, and to curb the instances of flooding.Union
Kabul: India has dismissed reports that an Indian consortium has scrapped a multi-billion dollar iron-ore mining deal in Afghanistan, saying only an analysis of the proposed project's opportunities and strengths had been done.Media reports had
Mines to be allotted to states for mining and sale of coalNew Delhi: The government will start allocating coal blocks to state governments for commercial mining by April. This is one first major step towards
Panaji: Former union minister for environment and forests in the erstwhile UPA government Jayanthi Natarajan Friday became the second senior politician to claim credit for the closure of Goa's tainted, multi-billon dollar iron ore mining
Kolkata: The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) aims to increase its production by 70 per cent within the next 10 years and has received approval from the central government to explore mining in India.The NMDC
Panaji: The Goa government has said it would not take over the loans taken by those who are dependent on the mining industry, despite demands from some quarters. “We have offered a scheme whereby 35
San Francisco: Google will stop looking for advertising ideas in the emails of students using a suite of the Internet company's free products tailored for schools. The changes announced Wednesday affect Google's “Apps for Education” service
Bangalore: Karnataka will hasten the process of issuing leases to mine iron ore in the mineral-rich districts to improve the raw material supply to the steel industry, a top official said Wednesday."We have decided to
New Delhi: SAIL has knocked at the doors of the Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group (PMG), set up to expedite approvals of stalled infrastructure proposals, seeking final forest and environment clearances for mining and capacity
Bhubaneswar: A World Bank team has offered to provide technical assistance, global expertise and logistic support to Odisha and its mining sector, official sources said today.This was conveyed by the five-member World Bank Team led
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government today approved a high-tech plan, which would include installation of CCTVs at barriers, to check illegal mining in the state.During a review of the Mining Department, Industrial Development Commissioner Alok
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