Ministry of Mines

Coal ministry launches 13th round of commercial mine auctions today

New coal mines up for grabs in 13th round of commercial mine auction

The Ministry of Coal is launching the 13th round of commercial coal mine auctions in New Delhi on August 21.…

Updated: August 21, 2025 09:48 IST

India to Incentivize Domestic Rare Earth Magnet Manufacturing and Overseas Mine Acquisitions. / Representative Photo (Image Source: Reuters)

Govt eyes magnets push, supports foreign mine deals

The Indian government is implementing a two-pronged strategy to boost the domestic rare earth permanent magnet (REPM) industry and reduce…

August 6, 2025 19:29 IST

Hindustan Zinc, JNCASR, MoU, zinc, battery technologies, lithium-ion batteries, sustainable energy

Government rejects Hindustan Zinc’s plan to split company, source says

The Indian government is the largest minority shareholder in Hindustan Zinc, owning a 29.54% stake, but was not consulted by…

Updated: March 22, 2024 13:04 IST

Coal India, capex, mining areas, land acquisition, production growth, transport infra projects

Foreign direct investment: The critical minerals conundrum

Policy efforts to attract FDI into the mining sector have not found much success, as less than 1 percent of…

February 11, 2024 09:43 IST

The Geological Whisperer. Time Crunch of Finding Treasure: Can We Speed Up Mineral Exploration?

We need to meticulously survey vast areas, conduct detailed drilling, assess environmental impact, and navigate complex permitting processes.

February 9, 2024 19:05 IST

Prahlad Joshi, Union minister for coal and mines, MMDR Act, top news, latest news, business news,

Govt likely to auction offshore minerals in March

It has also allowed these NPEAs to bid for auction for mineral blocks explored by them, which was earlier not…

December 20, 2023 05:35 IST

India paves the way for commercial mining of vital minerals to fuel industrial growth

These minerals are essential for various industries such as electric vehicles, batteries, glassware, automotive parts, solar panels, semiconductor, wind turbines,…

Updated: July 14, 2023 10:17 IST

41% of big miners feel won’t survive 10 years: PwC

‘Indian firms need to step up capex on critical minerals global alliances’

June 20, 2023 04:30 IST

EPR for circular economy in discussion to incentivise recycling: Official

EPR is a policy approach where producers are made responsible for the treatment or disposal of post-consumer products.

Updated: June 18, 2023 18:23 IST

Hindustan Copper plans to raise around Rs 548 crore

In a regulatory filing, the company said its board will consider the “recommendation for seeking approval of shareholders to raise…

Updated: May 11, 2023 15:28 IST

mining sector, mining block, mining industry, clearance of mines,

Centre in talks with states for ‘pre-embedded’ clearance of mines; to enact offshore mineral rule

The government is also in the process to enact the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002, the senior…

May 2, 2023 16:39 IST

About 1 lakh projects under PMKKKY completed for relief in mining areas

The Centre launched PMKKKY to provide for the welfare of areas and people affected by mining-related operations, using the funds…

Updated: November 7, 2022 15:31 IST

This compares with 48.5% spent of the total Rs 50,500 crore collection till July 15, 2021.

No improvement in mineral fund use under Centre’s oversight

Till March 2021, a total of Rs 31,212 crore, or just around half of the Rs 61,868 crore collected under…

May 12, 2022 01:00 IST

Even considering that the mineral output got hampered with the onset of the pandemic in 2020-21 and lockdowns imposed to rein in the spread of the virus, the contribution of mining and quarrying sectors to gross domestic product (GDP) had been the lowest in six years in 2019-20 at 0.45%.

Production of non-coal minerals: Little headway made after 2015 reforms

Data collected from the mines ministry’s annual reports reveal that while there had been a significant improvement in the production,…

April 15, 2022 06:15 IST

Khanij Bidesh, Australian govt’s CMFO sign MoU to identify critical mineral assets in Australia

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the two parties on March 10, 2022, Ministry of Mines said in…

Updated: March 29, 2022 20:11 IST

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