minerals

Explained | Who should own the world’s lithium?

What has the Supreme Court said on the ownership of land? How big is India’s electric vehicle market? How are the South American countries of Chile and Bolivia managing their lithium reserves? What lies in India’s future with respect to the lithium industry?

Prakash Kashwan

Green crosshairs: On the impact of the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Protests in Hasdeo Aranya | 10 years with a coal mine for a backyard

Abhinay Lakshman

Tangedco’s mines wing to be merged with its coal wing in Tamil Nadu

Sanjay Vijayakumar

Science This Week | NASA names astronauts for Artemis II mission, new isotope of uranium found and more

The Hindu Bureau

CSIR scientists identify rare-earth element deposit in Anantapur

Study estimates amount of lucrative metals in Odisha bauxite waste

Australia looks to India for wide market for lithium export

Photo used for representational purpose only. Critical minerals such as limestone, vanadium-bearing magnetite ilmenite, magnetite and glauconite that have been discovered in various non-forest areas. File

Bihar discovers deposits of critical minerals, prepares for auctioning mining rights

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Quarry owners urged to take up ‘responsible mining’

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The Geological Survey of India has found lithium deposits in Salal village, Reasi district, February 12, 2023.

Explained | Why India’s lithium discovery is fraught with social and environmental risks

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An artist’s rendering of an asteroid; when the pieces that are breaking off fall down on the surfaces of planetary bodies, they are called meteorites.

‘Rare, unique’: Diyodar meteorite in 2022 was India’s first aubrite in 170 years

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A file photo of a piece of bastnasite ore, which contains rare earth elements. The world has enough rare earth minerals and other critical raw materials to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy to produce electricity and limit global warming, according to a new study that counters concerns about the supply of such minerals.

Enough rare earth minerals to fuel green energy shift: study

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren has announced that an SIT will probe the alleged transportation of illegally-mined minerals by railways from the state | File photo

Jharkhand opens investigation into transportation of illegally-mined minerals by rail

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Industry urges govt. to establish ‘India Rare Earths Mission’ to reduce reliance on China

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In this file photo, workers use machinery to dig a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China’s Jiangxi province.

Building resilient mineral supply chains

A view of mineral sand-mining at Thottappally pozhi.

Panacea or problem?

‘The United Nations Environment Programme, in 2019, ranked India and China as the top two countries where illegal sand mining has led to sweeping environmental degradation’

Tapping technology to check minor mineral plunder

Farmers staging a protest at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Mysuru on Tuesday.

KRS dam site: Farmers oppose trial blasts, seek ban on mining

Pramoda Devi opposes trial blast at Baby Betta

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With only limited number of riversand quarries opened, demand for m-sand remains robust and transporting it has become a hassle, say drivers.

Tamil Nadu sand lorry owners demand e-way bill system

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A solar-based zero emission EV charging station at Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

Australia plans to supply critical minerals to Indian electric vehicle makers, space and defence programmes

Kallol Bhattacherjee

Understanding between two multicultural democracies

Realising the potential of ‘maitri’ and ‘mateship’

Barry O’Farrell

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Probe panel finds Coal India subsidiary guilty of illegal mining in Assam

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