A consortium of Indian public sector metals companies have submitted expression of interest (EOI) for a gold mining project, a gold-copper project and two copper projects in Afghanistan. The Afghan Government said it received a good international response to its invitation to submit EOIs
Gold drilling has remained flat since peaking in November 2011, while base metals results appear to have settled at levels similar to late 2010-early 2011 after a moderate spike in February.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPR) has visited Meghalaya on Thursday, the second time in nine months, as the North Eastern State in India continues to be encounter criticism on account of its failure to contain use of child labour in coal mining.
Illegal mining seems to hit the media headlines of the country yet another day too, with the government moving forward with its battle against the illegal exploiters of the mineral resources in Bengaluru, while shocking reports of tax slump caused by illegal mining came from Goa.
