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Govt expects to solve Goa ore mining ban issue sonn

Expecting a rise in iron ore exports, which would help to lower the current account deficit, the Union government hopes to get relief on iron ore mining in Goa by November. Union Minister for Mines Dinsha Patel hoped that the legal and environmental issues in Goa's iron ore mining will be resolved by October-end or November first week.

Copper output rises 1.1% in FY13

Union mines Minister Dinsha Patel said in Rajya Sabha that the output of copper rose 1.1 per cent to 6.92 lakh tonne in 2012-13 from 6.84 lakh tonne copper a year ago. In 2010-11, India produced 6.64 lakh tonne of copperThe country imports copper ore concentrate to meet the domestic demand and its refining capacity is more than dom

Jharkhand has a gold mine at Kundarkocha village

Kundarkocha gold mine is the only only one gold mine being operated in Jharkhand, The gold mine is situated in Kundarkocha village of East Singhbhum district in in the State.

Illegal mining in Maharashtra rises

A media report quoted a government statement which shows that over 40,000 cases of illegal mining were recorded in Maharashtra in 2011-12 and this was far higher than around 26,000 cases in 2009-10. The report sourced this information from a statement prepared by the union Minister of Mines Dinsha Patel in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha

FIMI wants govt to withdraw export duty on bauxite

Reports indicate that the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) requested the central government to withdraw export duty of 10 percent levied on export of low grade bauxite. The industry body argues that the proposed levy may force mine closures in states like Gujarat and Maharashtra and affect the direct and indirect employment opportunities for

1,256 mines use earth moving machines

According to information given by the Minister of Mines Dinsha Patel in Rajya Sabha, there are 1,256 mines in the country where heavy earth moving machineries are being used.

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