A third diamond from the Baghain river basin near Kalinjar in Banda district has paved the way for mining of the precious mineral in Uttar Pradesh. The Department of Minerals and Mining had launched a survey of the river basin a few years back.
The first diamond was found in 2005 and the second in 2007. [...]

The steel industry will press the government for a cap on iron ore exports at 90 million tonne a year, forced by the unavailability of iron ore in the country.
Steel industry representatives are set to take up the issue with the government during the upcoming Group of Minister’s meeting in Delhi on May 28.
Officials said [...]

As the world’s largest iron ore miner announced that it had received Canadian approval to acquire Canadian nickel miner Inco, Brazilian Indians who had held CVRD’s Carajas mining complex hostage for three days left the site.
CVRD President and CEO Roger Agnelli was pretty much on the mark when he predicted Monday that Brazilian miner would [...]

Congress today accused the Naveen Patnaik government of allowing Vedanta Aluminum Limited (VAL), which was erecting a refinery in Kalahandi district, to source bauxite ore at the “cheapest price”.
“Is it not a well-conspired design to defraud the state when you are letting the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) follow double standard while selling its iron and [...]

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 [...]