Mining
Ministry denies nod for Vedanta’s Niyamgiri bauxite project
11 Jan 2014
Vedanta Resources has received a further setback to its bauxite mining project in the environmentally sensitive Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha, with the union ministry of environment and forests rejecting the mining proposal
BHP shuts down Australian nickel mine
17 Dec 2013
The company said the closure of the mine, which was under suspension since 31 October following a significant seismic event, was purely on safety grounds
CCI imposes Rs1,773-cr penalty on Coal India for abusing monopoly
10 Dec 2013
CCI issued cease and desist order against CIL and its subsidiaries for contravening the provisions of the Competition Act and directed modification of the FSAs with power companies
Barrick Gold eyes part sale of Pascua-Lama mine
31 Oct 2013
Coal to replace oil as world’s top fuel by 2020
14 Oct 2013
The trend is largely attributed to demand in China and India, two of the world’s fastest-growing economies
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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