Mining

Mining activities will resume in Goa in six months after auctioning of leases, says CM Pramod Sawant

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant assured the state Legislative Assembly that at least 88 iron ore mining leases will be taken up for auctioning

Industrial production expands by 1.3% in January from 10-month low in December

The better show in January was majorly due to improved performance of mining and manufacturing sectors, official data showed on Friday

It’s damning: Yeddi’s family benefited from illegal mining, says Lokayukta

Santosh Hegde’s 25,288-page report pegs loss from illegal mining at Rs 16,085 crore.

Why phasing out coal completely is easier said than done even though its future is bleak

Electricity needs are soaring as the world’s population and prosperity increase, and renewables simply aren’t enough to satisfy that growth in demand

IIP grows 11.9% in August on low-base effect, good performance by manufacturing and mining

Industrial production plunged 18.7 percent in March last year following the COVID outbreak and remained in the negative zone till August 2020

Explained: India launches deep ocean mission; what is seabed mining and its challenges

The Indian deep ocean mission will seek to develop the technologies required for exploring and, then, extracting minerals in the deep seabed

On the India-Bhutan border, an indigenous group faces extinction due to mining pollution

The entire population of one of the world’s smallest indigenous groups, the Toto, live in a village on the India-Bhutan border. They are threatened by mining, water scarcity and a blood disorder.

Once water resilient, mining-affected villages in Goa now entirely dependent on government tankers for supply

Opencast iron ore mining reduces the groundwater table and causes surface water pollution. The village of Pissurlem in the mining-belt of north-east Goa used to be brimming with water; it is now entirely dependent on government tankers.

All that glitters: Golden rivers in Peruvian Amazon dazzles but mining harms the community, environment

Peru is a major contributor of gold, being the sixth largest producer of the precious element in the world.

I-T Department seizes Rs 1.25 cr cash in UP and Bihar raids on businessman and bank chairman

Though the CBDT did not identify those who were raided, sources said the businessman has links with a political party in election-bound Bihar