Mining
Coal ministry begins auction of 27 coal mines
06 Aug 2019
Barrick JV wins $5.95 bn arbitration award against Pakistan
15 Jul 2019
The Reko Diq mining project of Tethyan Copper Company (TCC) - a joint venture between Chilean mining company Antofagasta and Canada's Barrick Gold Corporation – was stopped midway, in November 2011, when the Balochistan government summarily rejected the application by the TCC's local operating subsidiary for a mining lease
Vedanta chief eyes NMDC, rest of HZL and other mining PSUs
24 Jun 2019
Agarwal, whose Sterlite Copper has been shut over charges of causing pollution and already owns 64.9 per cent stake in Hindustan Zinc Ltd, said the government should divest its stake in NMDC, HZL, Hindustan Copper, Kolar Gold Fields and Uranium Corporation as also Shipping Corporation of India
Adani gets final nod for its Australian coal mine
13 Jun 2019
The final nod came after the Queensland's department of environment and science approved Adani's Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem Management Plan following a rigorous assessment
Coal India Q4 net vaults over 360% to Rs6,026 cr
03 Jun 2019
NMDC’s Q4 net profit vaults 31% to Rs1,454 cr
30 May 2019
Pak army holds sway over Baluch’s giant copper and gold mine
13 Mar 2019
Pakistan is looking to lease out the Reko Diq mine in Baluchisthan to Chinese or Saudi investors, after withholding lease rights to Canada’s Barrick Gold and Chile’s Antofagasta following a dispute
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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