‘Advanced research in rare earths need of the hour’ They are classified as strategic and critical materials Chairman of the Indian Rare Earths Limited D. Singh on Sunday said due to fierce competition among global consumer electronics giants to have qualitative superiority, it had led to a situation of supply scarcity and precipitation ever since […]

The ban on beach sand mining, apart from creating pains to many sectors, has not helped the country gain anything. In fact, somebody else is enjoying the benefits. The immediate beneficiary is Sri Lanka, our tactful island neighbor. It seems Sri Lanka gains from every Indian move… deliberate or otherwise. Modi who may stand tall […]

Govt reimposes curbs on beach sand mineral exports Exactly 20 years after it opened the door for the private sector in beach sand mining, the government has now taken away their right to export minerals on their own through a gazette notification and introduced a canalisation system. Beach sand minerals and their derivatives find diverse applications […]

 India’s Steel Ministry has made the first tentative move towards achieving a single unified tax for the mining industry, subsuming the plethora of taxes currently payable by miners. Ministry officials acknowledged that the goal of having a single rate of tax for the mining industry would be protracted, considering that several of the levies, including royalties, accrued to the kitty of […]

Govt had this to say on atomic minerals and their mining Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has the mandate to identify, evaluate and augment mineral resources of uranium, thorium, niobium Government of India is aware of the fact that 10.98 million tonnes of […]