Vedanta’s Lanjigarh alumina refinery is likely to set a record in terms of performance in FY20, as total production is expected to increase to 1.8 million tonne (mt) from 1.5 mt in the previous financial year. In a release, the company said that the jump in production will be backed […]
Mining
A parliamentary committee has asked Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) to take measures to remove hindrances for timely execution of expansion projects and optimally utilise the plan outlay. In its latest report, the standing committee on coal and steel, said, “the committee notes that during 2019-20, out of the Rs 402 […]
KIOCL Ltd has announced receiving green clearance for setting up a coke oven plant in Mangalore. In a filing to BSE, the public sector undertaking however said that the clearance is subject to specific conditions stated in an approval letter and sector specific general conditions as per the Ministry of […]
Union Minister for Mines, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi reviewed mineral exploration projects and activities of Rajasthan. Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Arjun Ram Meghwal and others were present in the review meeting in New Delhi. Senior representatives of Geological Survey […]
Bids have been invited by Central Coalfields for a coal handling plant at Amrapali OCP located in the state of Jharkhand. The operation and maintenance of the plant is for four years. The estimated value of the work is Rs 259.2 crore. The scope of work includes planning, design, engineering, […]
NMDC is likely to bag a multibillion-dollar contract to explore and mine diamonds at a large project abandoned by global miner Rio Tinto. Neeraj Mandloi, Principal Secretary of Madhya Pradesh Mineral Resource Department, was quoted as saying by Reuters that the state government has asked NMDC to explore the Bunder […]
The Union Environment Ministry has given clearance to 10 coal mining projects with a total capacity of 160 million tonnes a year and four washeries that can handle 31 million tonnes annually. These include Coal India’s projects for seven mines and two washeries with an annual capacities of 141 million […]
Bids have been invited by Coal India for supply, installation and commissioning of six electrical walking dragline along with spares and consumables with one-year warranty and additional spares & consumables for 10 years worth Rs 1,176 crore. Quoting a senior Coal India official, an ET report said, “Coal India will […]
NMDC is eyeing to start commercial operations at the two coal blocks allotted to it in Jharkhand recently by next 12 months. Last week, the Ministry of Coal allotted Rohne and Tokisud North coal mines in the Hazaribagh district of Jharkhand to the state-owned NMDC. An official of the iron […]
NMDC has received the approval of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) to its proposal to increase production at Kumaraswamy mines in Karnataka to 10 MTPA. This comes close on the heels of the Chhattisgarh government extending leases of NMDC’s four mines by another 20 years to avoid interruptions in iron […]