Mining
BHP proposes mining consolidation with Anglo American
11 May 2024
Australian mining giant Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited (BHP) has proposed to take over smaller peer Anglo American in an all-share deal that values the company at $38.9 billion
Cabinet panel allows coal PSUs to set up 2 new thermal power projects
19 Jan 2024
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved a proposal for equity investment by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) in a 1×660 MW thermal power plant
India signs pact for lithium exploration and mining in Argentina
18 Jan 2024
India’s ministry of mines has signed an agreement with Argentinean authorities under which Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL)
NLC awards 2400 MW Odisha thermal power project to BHEL
15 Jan 2024
NLC India Ltd has awarded the contract for setting up a 2,400 MW pit head green field thermal power project at Jharsuguda District in Odisha, to BHEL.
Govt to auction 30 critical minerals for strategic mining
09 Dec 2023
The central government on Wednesday initiated the process of auction of critical minerals, perhaps for the first time in the country, and has identified 30 minerals for strategic mining.
Vedanta engages in discussions to secure up to $2.5 billion for repayment to international bondholders
09 Nov 2023
Vedanta Resources Limited (VRL), a prominent diversified mining company headquartered in London, is in the final stages of devising a plan to raise up to $2.5 billion (approximately Rs 20,800 crore) to meet impending debt repayment deadlines.
Vedanta announces Rs19.50 interim dividend
20 Jul 2022
Cabinet approves MoU on cooperation between Geological Survey of India and Russia’s Rosgeologia
13 Sep 2021
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
