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  BJP MLA thrashes mining officer for refusing his demand to extort money from miners

  India | October 10, 2018 19:12 IST

  According to a complaint lodged by Singh, he was called along with his staff member at the Circuit House last night where the two were beaten up.

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  Bombay High Court bans shift of iron ore outside Goa mining lease areas

  India | May 04, 2018 19:10 IST

  Goa Foundation, on whose petition the SC had quashed the mining leases, had approached the high court against the state government's March 21 order allowing the transportation of ore.   

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  US President Donald Trump lifts ban on mining near nature reserve

  World | December 24, 2017 8:52 IST

  Trump administration has decided to renew leases for mining copper and nickel on land bordering a nature reserve in Minnesota, rolling back the environmental regulation put in place by predecessor Barack Obama.

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  Adani cancels $2.6 billion contract with Australian mining giant Downer

  Business | December 18, 2017 14:08 IST

  The move comes after Queensland vetoed a plan last week to give a 900-million dollar concessional loan for the construction of a rail line in the controversy-hit Carmichael coal mine project.

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  Industrial output growth slows to 3-month low at 2.2% in October

  Business | December 12, 2017 18:47 IST

  Subdued performance of manufacturing and mining sectors coupled with a contraction in output of consumer durables drove the slowdown in industrial output growth.

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  India can set its next Milestone by mining in space, suggest scientists

  India | July 29, 2016 9:03 IST

  In a step taking forward, India can become a country to mark its biggest achievement by starting mining in the space. “Earth's resources are finite and there is a shortage of minerals. The next

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  Vedanta signs two MoUs with South African firms for improved underground mining

  July 13, 2016 15:01 IST

  New Delhi: Vedanta Limited, India’s premier diversified natural resources company, has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with South African companies for supply of equipment, and transfer of technology in order to enhance productivity and

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  Mining leases approved for Adani's project in Australia

  April 03, 2016 10:29 IST

  Indian mining giant Adani today moved one step closer to realising its 21.7 billion dollars coal mine in Australia after the local government granted three mining leases for the controversy-hit project. Queensland minister for

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  Industrial output growth at 9.8% in October, hits 5-year high

  December 11, 2015 21:14 IST

  New Delhi: Industrial output for the month of October grew 9.8 per cent in comparison to the levels in the same month during the previous year, in a possible sign of economic recovery.This is the

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  Government wants mining to restart from october: Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar

  India | August 11, 2015 13:06 IST

  Panaji:  Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar  has said the government will issue directions to mine operators in the state to resume operations."We will issue directions to the mine operators. If required, we will also issue orders

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  Vedanta gets government nod to restart iron ore mining operations in Goa

  August 10, 2015 13:12 IST

  New Delhi: Anil Agarwal-led mining firm Vedanta said it has received necessary government approvals and will resume operations starting today at its biggest iron ore mine at Codli in Sanguem taluka in Goa."The company has

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  Govt to come out with sustainable sand mining policy: Prakash Javadekar

  India | June 28, 2015 14:41 IST

  New Delhi:  The Centre will soon come out with a national policy on "sustainable" sand mining to ensure that the ecology of rivers was maintained and they remain alive, and to curb the instances of flooding.Union

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  India denies scrapping of Afghan iron-ore mining project

  World | May 25, 2015 10:12 IST

  Kabul: India has dismissed reports that an Indian consortium has scrapped a multi-billion dollar iron-ore mining deal in Afghanistan, saying only an analysis of the proposed project's opportunities and strengths had been done.Media reports had

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  Coal commercial mining to be allowed soon

  India | March 16, 2015 14:47 IST

  Mines to be allotted to states for mining and sale of coalNew Delhi: The government will start allocating coal blocks to state governments for commercial mining by April. This is one first major step towards

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  Jayanthi Natarajan claims she stopped mining in Goa

  Politics | January 31, 2015 11:10 IST

  Panaji: Former union minister for environment and forests in the erstwhile UPA government Jayanthi Natarajan Friday became the second senior politician to claim credit for the closure of Goa's tainted, multi-billon dollar iron ore mining

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  NMDC to increase production, explore mining

  December 04, 2014 13:34 IST

  Kolkata: The National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) aims to increase its production by 70 per cent within the next 10 years and has received approval from the central government to explore mining in India.The NMDC

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  '100% subsidising of loans of mining-dependent not possible'

  India | September 11, 2014 7:36 IST

  Panaji: The Goa government has said it would not take over the loans taken by those who are dependent on the mining industry, despite demands from some quarters.  “We have offered a scheme whereby 35

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  Google to stop mining student emails for ad ideas

  May 01, 2014 20:46 IST

  San Francisco: Google will stop looking for advertising ideas in the emails of students using a suite of the Internet company's free products tailored for schools. The changes announced Wednesday affect Google's “Apps for Education” service

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  Karnataka to permit mining more iron ore soon

  India | January 30, 2014 8:37 IST

  Bangalore: Karnataka will hasten the process of issuing leases to mine iron ore in the mineral-rich districts to improve the raw material supply to the steel industry, a top official said Wednesday."We have decided to

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  SAIL seeks final Jharkhand iron ore mine approvals from PMG

  November 17, 2013 15:46 IST

  New Delhi: SAIL has knocked at the doors of the Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group (PMG), set up to expedite approvals of stalled infrastructure proposals, seeking final forest and environment clearances for mining and capacity