Mining
After 4 years in jail, mining baron Janardhan Reddy gets bail from SC
20 Jan 2015
Mining baron Janardhan Reddy, behind bars since 2011, was today granted bail subject to furnishing two sureties of Rs10 lakh each and conditions including that he would not leave the country without the court's permission
Goldcorp acquires Probe Mines
20 Jan 2015
Coal block allottees face penalty over production delays
17 Jan 2015
The inter-ministerial group, at its meeting held last month, observed that subsequent annulment of coal blocks cannot exempt the allottees of the cancelled coal blocks from invocation/deduction of bank guarantees
Upbeat on Modi, Vedanta seeks fresh $30-bn investments in India
09 Jan 2015
London-listed metals and mining conglomerate Vedanta Resources said today it might make fresh investments of over $30 billion in India if the investment climate in the country remains positive
Chile top court turns down Barrick Gold’s appeal in Pascua-Lama fine
02 Jan 2015
Chile’s environment regulator will instead reevaluate the fines it imposed on the Pascua-Lama project and perhaps raise it from $16 million to $130-$300 million while Barric Gold reworks the project
Insurance FDI cap takes ordinance route, coal auction to follow
24 Dec 2014
The Insurance Bill, which has been pending since 2008 in the Rajya Sabha, seeks to increase the composite foreign investment limit in insurance companies to 49 per cent from current 26 per cent
Panel moots coal linkages for power plants
22 Dec 2014
