Mining
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
SC orders Sterlite’s Thoothukudi plant to remain shut
18 Feb 2019
The Supreme Court agreed to Tamil Nadu's argument that the National Green Tribunal does not have the authority to repeal the government order and also directed the plant to go back to the Madurai bench of the Madras High Court
India to chair Kimberley Process from 1 January
30 Nov 2018
Sterlite plant shutdown is bad for economy, panel tells NGT
29 Nov 2018
The three-member committee has suggested that Vedanta take due responsibility to set waste control rules for the smelter with the Central Pollution Control Board monitoring implementation
After long grilling, Ballari baron Janardhan Reddy arrested
12 Nov 2018
Former BJP minister and mining baron Gali Janardhan Reddy, facing multiple corruption charges, was remanded in judicial custody till 24 November along with a key aide
