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Vale CEO flags enormous growth potential in India, seeks local partnership
Updated : 2 weeks, 6 days ago IST
Highlighting mining's central role in modern life, Pimenta said the sector will gain even greater relevance amid the global energy transition and rapid digitalisation. Citing industry estimates, he noted that mineral supply will need to expand five to six times the current installed capacity
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Security turmoil threatens foreign mining ambitions in Balochistan
Updated : 1 month ago IST
According to The Balochistan Post, interest from Washington in the province's vast underground wealth is part of a broader international push to widen supply chains for strategic minerals and reduce dependence on Beijing. Mega ventures such as Reko Diq and Saindak are frequently highlighted
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Odisha to hold meeting on Jan 3 to finalise auction details for major, cri
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
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
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Angola plays a vital role in India's energy security: President Murmu
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"Angola plays a vital role in India's energy security. India is a major buyer of Angola's oil and gas. Our oil and gas companies are interested in entering into long-term purchase contracts with Angola," President Murmu said.
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Strategic minerals, strategic power: how rare earths are shaping global su
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
As nations accelerate their transition toward clean energy and advanced technologies, a group of obscure metals, known as rare earth elements (REEs) has quietly emerged as the backbone of modern innovation, driving everything from electric vehicles and wind turbines to satellites and defense
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Lok Sabha passes bill to increase production, processing of critical miner
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Lok Sabha on Monday passed a bill which seeks to provide a simpler regime for promoting conservation of minerals, zero waste mining and support the objectives of the National Critical Mineral Mission, given the significance of critical and strategic minerals in the development of the coun
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Human Rights organisations accuse China of 75-year genocide in Xinjiang
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) stands accused of mass killings, forced assimilation, cultural eradication, and industrial-scale forced labour, all while profiting from the region's vast reserves of strategic minerals, according to the report by Cfact.
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India-Central Asia collaboration in strategic minerals has promising futur
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
India during the Second India-Central Asia NSAs meeting has suggested establishing an India-Central Asia Rare Earths Forum to enhance cooperation in rare earth and strategic mineral sectors, fostering partnerships built on mutual benefit, transparency, and long-term goals.
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Cabinet approves royalty rates for mining of 12 critical minerals
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given its nod for the amendment of the Second Schedule to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, to specify the royalty rates for 12 critical and strategic minerals.
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Govt launches second tranche of e-auction of critical & strategic mine
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi today launched the second tranche of e-auction of critical & strategic minerals here today.
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Ministry of Mines receives more than 50 bids for first tranche of e-auctio
Updated : 2 years ago IST
First Tranche of auction of 20 critical and strategic mineral blocks was launched by the Union minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi on November 29, 2023.
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Ministry of Mines to kickstart first tranche auction of critical and strat
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to a press release by the Ministry of Mines, Union Minister of Coal, Mines, and Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, will inaugurate this historic initiative, marking a significant step towards enhancing India's economic strength, national security, and facilitating the nation's t
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