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. [...]

India’s largest public sector oil company by sales, Indian Oil Corp Ltd (IOC), and Gujarat-based Deep Industries Ltd have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly develop two coal bed methane (CBM) blocks and three marginal gas fields, and then market the natural gas.
Coal bed methane is a form of natural gas extracted from [...]

Hindustan Copper Ltd. , India’s third-largest copper producer, is planning to revive a closed copper ore mine with annual capacity of 450,000 tonnes before the end of 2007, a company official said on Friday.
Deals have also been signed with arms of four overseas firms for exploring other copper deposits in India.
“Maybe we will have a [...]

The Congress in Karnataka today continued its pressure on the Kumaraswamy led Coalition government on the mining bribery issue and sought Governor T N Chaturvedi to use his discretionary powers to refer the Rs.150 crore bribery allegation to the CBI and to recommend for the dismissal of the Government.
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative [...]