Business Standard reported that the Directorate of Mines on December 10th informed the Supreme Court appointed Centrally Empowered Committee that it has completed the process of lease renewal of 40 mines, which are working under deemed ...
Tags: mines, Mineral, mining lease, Mining Corporation
vanguardngr reported that Ajaokuta Steel Company was a big dream, and Mr Noel Onoja remembers with nostalgia the splendor of the complex, and the dream that it had the potential to place the country on the path of international industrial ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy
West African Minerals has found 3 areas of potential high grade iron ore from its latest scout drilling program at Binga, Cameroon. Mr Brad Mills CEO of West African's said that the enrichment grades were as high as 50% iron over narrow ...
Tags: high grade iron ore, scout drilling program, West African Minerals
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association's(ELFA)Monthly Leasing and Finance Index(MLFI-25),which reports economic activity for the $628 billion equipment finance sector,showed overall new business volume for August was $6.9 billion,up ...
A fall in production has hit half-year profits at UK-listed palm oil processor New Britain Palm Oil. CEO Nick Thompson said heavy rain made it harder to collect and transport fresh fruit bunches. The wet weather also meant the fruit ...
Tags: oil process, profits, New Britain Palm Oil, production fall
Business Standard reported that as many as 54 mining leases in Odisha are operating under deemed extension following the expiry of their leases. The expiry period of the leases ranges from 4 to 25 years. According to information given by ...
Tags: expiry period, leases ranges, constitutional machinery
It is reported that the situation for mining and steel companies in Karnataka continues to be grim despite the Supreme Court order allowing some of the mines to resume operations. Delays in getting clearances from government bodies and in ...
The Pioneer reported that in 5 years, mining companies in Goa exported illegally extracted iron ore to the tune of 39.56 million tonnes, matching in scale and proportion to the illegal mining business in the big state of Karnataka. ...
When Encana Oil and Gas gets its new "gas for cash" drilling program underway, it will be producing fuel for a steel making company that boasts of making recycled steel products using significantly less energy than other steel manufacturing ...
Tags: oil&gas drilling, future natural gas, oil and gas job, steel scrap buyers
Times of India reported that Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Goa, which has devastated the state, is much larger than the illegal mining in Karnataka and the Union ministry of environment and forests granted green clearances to 162 mines ...
Tags: illegal iron ore mining, environment and forests, environment panel
Reuters reported that oil major BP will outline growth plans for its oil and gas production arm on Monday in its first strategy update since striking a series of deals aimed at getting its Russian and US operations back on track. Like all ...
Tags: oil&gas drilling, oil rig jobs, jobs in oil and gas, oil heating prices
Business and community leaders are describing the Queensland Government's call for fresh expressions of interest to mine rich bauxite deposits at Aurukun on Cape York as giving the indigenous people of the region new hope, prosperity and ...
Tags: Queensland Government, aluminium giant, Chalco, Aurukun Bauxite Mine
US retailer Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage has said it expects to open 11 stores in the next 12 months. The Colorado-based firm, which listed in New York in July, had 59 outlets selling natural and organic groceries across 12 states ...
Tags: Natural Grocers, Vitamin Cottage, food store, food industry
US organic retailer Whole Foods Market has snapped up leases to six Johnnie Foodmaster's stores in and around Boston. The six stores average 31,000 square feet in size. Whole Foods plans to remodel each location, with the goal of ...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, food market, food industry, food store
Goa state pollution control board has decided to return all applications seeking renewal of consent to operate filed by mining lease holders and other parties,as the iron ore industry has come to a grinding halt after the Supreme Court ...
Tags: mining activity, pollution control, iron ore, Goa