Cement—major ACC has embarked upon an ambitious project for substituting 5 per cent of its annual coal requirement of about five million tonnes over the next three years with waste generated by cities and industries. The company, which saved Rs 47

Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company, will host the 12th International Conference on Mineral Processing Technology at Udaipur between October 20 and 22. The conference will focus on various mineral processing issues and initiatives, besides finding

Rio Tinto Ltd, the Anglo-Australian mining firm, is eyeing a share of the rapidly growing Indian thermal coal market. “India's coal imports are projected to touch about 200 million tonnes over next few years. We want to be part of that supply,” said

Gold prices continued to surge at the domestic bullion market here today on heavy speculative and investment buying amidst firm global market. Silver recovered moderately on fresh stockist as well as industrial demand. Standard gold (99.5 purity) spurted

The arrests of former Karnataka Minister, Mr G. Janardhana Reddy, and the Managing Director of Obalapuram Mining Company, Mr B.V. Srinivas Reddy, signalled a change for the better in the mining industry, said industry observers.

Mr Brij Bhushan Agarwal-controlled Shyam SEL's proposed integrated steel plant in Jamuria in Burdwan district of West Bengal faces an uncertain future allegedly due to non-availability of linkages or quality captive source of thermal coal.

The Institute of Public Enterprise, (IPE) in association with the U21Global (an online Graduate School that offers postgraduate programs) have signed a MoU to launch their new online, short-term Joint Executive Education Program in the eLearning mode.

Sesa Goa, a Vedanta Group company, has stopped iron ore mining at Chitradurga in Karnataka. The Supreme Court on Friday had banned mining activities at Chitradurga and Tumkur districts. A similar ban on mining is already in force at Bellary in the State.

The auto components industry fears that a crisis situation might emerge in terms of raw material shortage as a consequence of the iron ore mining ban in Karnataka.

Supported by pick-up in spot demand and a better trend at the London Metal Exchange, zinc futures prices rose 0.39 per cent today. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, zinc for delivery in July traded higher by 40 paise or 0.39 per cent to Rs 103.25 per kg