The Indian government is increasingly turning to private-sector recycling and faster mine development to secure supplies of critical minerals and reduce import dependence amid global supply-chain risks, Piyush Goyal, Secretary in the Ministry of Mines, said on Wednesday.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, while inaugurating the Rashtriya Khanij Chintan Shibir organised by the Ministry of Mines at Mahatma Mandir, stated that this Chintan Shibir will serve as a strong platform to develop the roadmap for building a New India.
The Odisha government will hold a high-level meeting on January 3, 2025, to finalise the annual auction calendar for major mineral blocks as well as critical and strategic mineral blocks, in line with the Ministry of Mines' directive to bring greater predictability and transparency to the mi
The Ministry of Mines has initiated a major plan to build an annual recycling capacity of 3 lakh tonnes for extracting critical minerals from waste, under the Rs 1,500 crore Incentive Scheme for Critical Mineral Recycling.
The first-ever auction of limestone mineral blocks in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir will be formally launched in Jammu on November 24, 2025, according to the Ministry of Mines.
The Union Ministry of Mines has awarded Uttarakhand an additional incentive of ₹100 crore under the Special Assistance Scheme for Capital Investment (SASCI) for the year 2025-26, recognising the state's achievements in minor mineral reforms.
Mohammad Sadiq, Director (G) at the Ministry of Mines, on Thursday, emphasised that developing a robust processing value chain for critical minerals remains one of the country's key challenges.
The Ministry of Mines has recognised two more institutes, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and the Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Hyderabad, besides seven institutes recognised earlier, as Centres of Excellence (CoE) under the National Critical Mine
The Ministry of Mines has been actively engaging with the private sector to build enough capacity in India to fully utilize electronic waste and recover critical minerals within the next few years, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Mines on Friday.
The Ministry of Mines has notified an amendment to the Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015, introducing intermediary timelines for various activities to be completed after the issue of the Letter of Intent (LoI) till the execution of the mining lease.
Under the "State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI)" scheme introduced by the Government of India, Uttarakhand has secured second place in Category-C at the national level, earning an incentive grant of ₹100 crore, said a release issued by the State government.
The Ministry of Mines, Government of India, released the State Mining Readiness Index (SMRI) on Thursday, in which Uttarakhand has secured a leading position in the 'C' category.