Coal as first right for India
London-based hedge fund, The Children's Investment Fund, which owns 1 percent of Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, has demanded to engage with on matters related to business and operations of
Resource Digest
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'We may review settlement scheme to resolve POSCO row'
Half a decade after announcing the project, work is yet to begin on Pohang Iron and Steel Co Ltd's (POSCO) proposed 12 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) steel mill in Orissa because of delays in securing
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Rising petrol prices put CNG sales on fast track
The sharp increase in petrol prices in the past year has revved up demand for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), which works out 70% cheaper, and triggered a rush of customers in installing kits to run their
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'Without gas, how can one invest in a pipeline?"
From pricing to allocation, natural gas is one sector that is always into controversies - and L Mansingh knows it well. The chairman of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, in an interview,
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India lags despite abundant mining potential
Despite abundant mining opportunities, India's mineral exploration budget stood below 0.5% of the total world budget of $10.7 billion in 2010, says a study. The global mining industry witnessed new heights
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'We've to evolve a way to pass on higher price of fuel'
Tata Power, which is hoping to commission its 4,000-mw ultra mega power plant (UMPP) in Mundra early next year, has been dealt a blow by the Indonesian government, which has called for a sharp increase
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1,500 firms queue up for coal linkages
What's common to NTPC, GMR Energy, Shree Cement Ltd and the Railways? These are among hundreds of companies seeking coal supplies from the government for their power, steel and cement projects.
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Illegal mining - Lure for personal profit stealing national resource
The Lokayukta report recorded how the miners rigged every rule in book and encashed the 'China boom'.
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Lokaykta's activism - Mistake of painting NMDC with the same brush
Centralise iron ore mining under NMDC.
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Orissa has shown the way scams reported in RD
While New Delhi is busy framing a mining friendly rule in its belief that exploiting the nation's natural resource at a fast rate will lead to faster economic growth, the mineral-rich states are busy looking
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JSW hit by Lokayukta unruffled feathers
JSW Steel has already made investments of over Rs 33,500 crore to set up a 10 million tonne per annum capacity steel plant in the state of Karnataka based upon the MOU signed by government of Karnataka