Civil unrest and violence in Chile and prospects of tougher security norms, together with unrelenting protests over a disputed electoral process in Bolivia, have thrown a spanner in the wheels of Indian mining companies’ getting a toe-hold in the so-ca…
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The Indian government will prioritise advance supply contracts for coking coal in international markets over outright acquisitions of coal assets in countries overseas.
This at a time, when State-miner Coal India Limited (CIL) has initiated moves to i…
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The Indian government will prioritise advance supply contracts for coking coal in international markets over outright acquisitions of coal assets in countries overseas.
This at a time, when State-miner Coal India Limited (CIL) has initiated moves to i…
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India’s largest zinc miner, Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), part of Vedanta Group, has lined up an estimated $2-billion for capital investments over the next five years to ramp up metal production to 1.5-million tons a year, up from 800 000 t/y currently…
Hindustan Zinc lines up $2bn investment to ramp up production Read More »
The closure of 88 iron-ore mines in western Indian coastal province of Goa since March 2018 has resulted in loss in revenue of $832-million a year, according to a study of Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI).
According to FIMI, the closure…
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India’s Union Cabinet of Ministers is likely to consider splitting up operations of natural gas marketing and infrastructure major, GAIL India, but the sale of its pipeline business to a strategic investor has been put on the backburner for at least tw…
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India’s Mines Ministry is likely to ease norms for granting mandatory environmental and forest clearances to prevent disruptions in mining following fresh auctions of numerous iron-ore mining leases expiring on March 31, 2020. The objective is to ensur…
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State-run miner Coal India Limited (CIL) has set minimum output per man shift for its underground mines and will curtail production from underground mines if productivity falls below such pre-fixed benchmarks.
Stung by sustained losses from its underg…
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A mere substitution of a word in the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act (MMRDA) 2015, effected by India’s federal government, has opened up a window for State-run miner NMDC to resume operations of the shuttered Donimalai mines in the …
Legislative word change could see NMDC resume Donimalai operations Read More »
The Indian government will permit domestic steel producers to divert iron-ore production from captive mines to any other production facilities and/or joint ventures. The relaxation of captive mining rules follows similar liberalisation for State-run St…
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