July 7, 2011 India renews contract to supply iron ore to international firms New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) The Indian government Thursday renewed long-term agreements to supply iron ore to international steel majors like Japanese Steel Mills (JSMs) and South Korean firm POSCO.…
July 7, 2011 Centre urges Jharkhand to ensure speedy operationalisation of coal blocks New Delhi, July 7 (ANI): Union Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has urged the Jharkhand Government to bring all its allocated coal blocks in operation as early as possible to ensure…
July 7, 2011 Ministers lock horns over mining rights Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal is sticking to his guns in his ministrys conflict with environment minister Jairam Ramesh, demanding that mining be allowed in all areas not described as dense…
July 7, 2011 Seoul wants fresh talks over Mongolia coal mine Seoul called Thursday for talks with Ulan Bator after a consortium involving South Korean firms was left off a list of groups chosen to develop a huge Mongolian mine, saying…
July 6, 2011 Mineworkers around the globe unite for higher wages Unrest and strikes in Indonesia, Chile, Australia and Africa, a shortage of skilled workers in North America and rising labour costs all over the globe are quickly becoming the most…
July 6, 2011 Mongolia herder on mission to tackle mining firms The destruction of Mongolia's grasslands to access a wealth of mineral riches has sparked an anti-mining movement led by a nomadic herder who says force can be used to bring…
July 6, 2011 South African coal exports to India fall 21% in first half India’s imports of coal from South Africa fell 21 percent in the first half of 2011 from a year earlier while Chinese purchases rose 18 percent, according to India Coal…
July 6, 2011 Outlook for copper murky at best Copper prices fell on Wednesday after China raised interest rates and Portugal’s debt joined the junk ranks but the longer term outlook for the metal remains murky. Arguments on both…
July 6, 2011 SouthGobi receives mining license for Soumber deposit SouthGobi Resources announced today that the Mineral Resource Authority of Mongolia (MRAM) has issued mining license MV-016869 to its wholly-owned Mongolian operating subsidiary SouthGobi Sands LLC. The new license pertains…
July 6, 2011 Stock Markets 101 for Mongolians ahead of coal mine IPO A Reuters feature article on Wednesday tells how forced to sell his animals and flee his dried-up lands, former herder Sainbuyangiin Tsagaan-Ovgon is now hoping mining profits will let him…
Krypton in zircon grains reveals landscapes’ history and potential future, researchers say By measuring the krypton, the Curtin University team was able to work out how long zircon grains spent near the Earth’s surface before they were buried, like a ‘cosmic clock’. January 16, 2026 | 12:40 pm
