Sierra Leone woos miners to clean energy with $11 billion plan
Most mining firms rely on their own diesel supplies to extract iron ore, diamonds, rutile and bauxite in the resource-rich country.
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has received the green signal to undertake mining activities in India, with the Orissa government granting a proposal for a fresh agreement on Thursday, April 7.
State-run Orissa Minerals Development Company (OMDC), a part of the Bird Group of Companies under the Indian government’s ministry of steel had been in discussions with the world’s biggest mining company, Rio Tinto, for a joint venture in the state for some time now.
