Mining
Karnataka High Court bans export of iron ore through 3 ports
10 Jul 2010
The Karnataka High Court passed the interim order on an application filed by the state government seeking to end `illegal export' of iron ore from the state.
Coal India looks to Diwali to fire up its Rs12,000-crore IPO plan
08 Jul 2010
Coal India, the largest coal firm in the world, produced 431.5 million tonnes of the country's total coal output of 531.5 million tonnes in 2009-10
Hindustan Copper keen on Afghan mines
28 Jun 2010
China's Wisco to buy 40 per cent in Riversdale's Mozambique coal project for $800 million
24 Jun 2010
Orissa govt clears Vendanta’s expansion plans
24 Jun 2010
NYT’s trillion dollar Afghan story runs into trouble
18 Jun 2010
A New York Times story on Afghanistan’s apparently vast mineral resources has come under fire for regurgitating old material and passing it off as new.
Afghan mineral resources worth $3-trillion, says minister
18 Jun 2010
Hard on the heels of a report that Afghanistan’s untapped mineral resources were worth at least $1-trillion, an Afghan minister has said that at $3-trillion it is actually triple the US estimate.
Cabinet panel clears equity sale in Coal India, Hindustan Copper
15 Jun 2010
The stake sale in the two PSUs is expected to fetch around Rs16,000 crore for the government
Over 60 per cent Orissa mines are illegal
15 Jun 2010
Afghanistan holds $1-trillion in mineral deposits: Pentagon
14 Jun 2010
The Pentagon has let it be known that Afghanistan has nearly $1-trillion in untapped mineral deposits - enough to turn the country into one of the most important mining centres in the world.
Anti-Posco activists relent after meeting CM
14 Jun 2010
Thousands of villagers have been protesting the project, saying it will displace them from their homeland and ruin their betel leaf farms
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