Orissa Steel and Mines Minister Padmanabha Behera today dismissed charges that the state government had become embroiled in a Rs 50,000 crore scam by signing an agreement with Vedanta Aluminum Limited (VAL) to provide it 150 million tonnes of bauxite through captive mining.
“The allegation that the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) agreed to hand over bauxite [...]

In a bid to expedite mining projects, the government has decided to make changes in existing rules and give more teeth to Indian Bureau of Mines, which would now make decisions on new proposals at pre-submission stage within 90 days.
The decision came in the course of a meeting to review IBM’s functioning in which the [...]

Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) will hold a one-day seminar on `Scientific and Sustainable Mining’ on July 15 at Goa aimed at reflecting innovative measures taken by the mining industry, IBM Controller General, C P Ambesh said today.
Industry experts, planners and researchers all over the country will be attending the seminar to discuss on identifying [...]