Mining
Adani gets no relaxation in royalties on Australian coal mines
29 May 2017
Adani Enterprises will have to pay entire royalties on the coal it plans to mine from the Carmichael mine project in Queenslad
Former coal secretary HC Gupta, 2 others awarded 2-year jail and granted bail immediately
23 May 2017
Adani holds back Australian coal project investment
22 May 2017
While the immediate reason for delaying a final decision to invest in the Carmichael coal mine project is cited as failure by the Queensland cabinet to consider the royalty issue, the government is under pressure to raise rates to promote jobs, say reports
India to embark on Rs10,000-cr deep sea mining mision
09 May 2017
With an exclusive economic zone of 2.4 million km in the international waters, access to over 1,300 islands and a costline of 7,500 km, ocean mining opens enormous opportunities for India in energy, food, medicine and a host of other areas
CBI files FIR against its former director Ranjit Sinha in coal scam case
26 Apr 2017
The former CBI chief is accused of "scuttling" and "influencing" the probe into the coal block allocation cases
Vedanta receives all approvals for Cairn merger except RBI nod
28 Mar 2017
Vedanta said on Tuesday that its board will consider this week payment of interim dividend to the shareholders of Cairn India following the merger of the oil firm with itself
Adani expects final nod for Australian mine project by June
20 Mar 2017
Construction of Adani Group's long-delayed Charmichael coalmine project in Queensland, northern Australia, is due to start some time in August
Adani rejects `motivated’ call to abandon Australian mine project
18 Mar 2017
The proposed mine in Australia has been cleared after rigorous assessments and strict conditions"
India could phase out coal by 2050: report
14 Feb 2017
Kolar Gold fields may be revived to milk $2.1 bn residue
27 Jan 2017
India, the world's biggest gold importer behind China, spends more than $30 billion a year buying gold from abroad, making the metal its second-biggest import item after crude oil
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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