Weekly Mining News: 17-03-2024
- Mining Giant Vedanta Bought Electoral Bonds Worth Rs 400.65 Crore. Rungta and JSPL are also in the list with 100 crore and 123 Crore.
- PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan launched for coal sector which offers a database of existing, ongoing and future coal projects, to foster comprehensive planning and execution of projects in the sector.
- Govt puts another 7 critical and strategic mineral blocks up for bid again for the third time
- Himachal’s game-changing mineral policy: Dig deeper, earn more, don’t let minerals flow to Punjab: Govt has granted extraction of minor mineral in the river/ stream beds upto 3m against the current rule of 1m.
5. Seven killed in China Coal mine warehouse accident
6. Iron ore price falls as Chinese steel mills cut output persistent property crisis
7. China is planning to break its dependency on Australia and Brazil for iron ore. Africa is the key
8. State govt set for policy tweak to allow auction of ore on pvt land
9. China will continue to do business in Canada’s domestic critical minerals sector despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “unfortunate” crackdown on foreign investment.
10. Govt suspends NALCO Director Radhashyam Mahapatro on disciplinary grounds:
In an exchange filing, National Aluminium Company Ltd said yesterday that it has been informed by the ministry that Mr Radheshyam has been placed under suspension with immediate effect dtd 14th March.
The ministry has assigned the additional charge of Director to another persons who is Mr. Jagdish Arora, Director,( currently he is the director of project and technical, with effect from 14th March, for the suspension period or until further notice, whichever is earlier.
Ref: weeklymining, BBC, deccanheral, timesofindia, economictimes
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