All stories by Krishna N Das
India wants private sector to explore for diamonds, gold
Rediff.com20 Jun 2016Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration zones to mining companies this year
Modi's promise of electricity for all to face big hurdles
Rediff.com3 May 2016Labour unions, with a history of hostility towards management, are pushing back on Coal India's plans, fearing modernization and outsourcing will hit jobs.
India to monitor mines via satellite after finding illegal limestone extraction
Rediff.com2 May 2016Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the south, and Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west, are the country's top producers of limestone
After 40 years, India set to re-open commercial coal mining to private firms
Rediff.com8 Jan 2016India plans to double coal production by 2020
Indian ministries at odds over gold import duty
Rediff.com3 Nov 2015India will also launch a sovereign gold bond to lower physical demand.
Drought dents India gold demand; prices still appealing
Rediff.com11 Sep 2015Nearly two-thirds of India's gold demand comes from rural areas where jewellery is a traditional store of wealth for millions who have no access to the formal banking system.
Nestle India targets growth in other businesses after Maggi scare
Rediff.com1 Aug 2015Nestle India Ltd will focus on growing its dairy, coffee and confectionary businesses, its new boss said
Coal turnaround to ease power cuts this summer
Rediff.com16 Apr 2015India is expected to cut imports by a fifth in the fiscal year.
Goa says decks clear for iron ore mining to resume
Rediff.com16 Jan 2015India was once the world's third largest iron ore exporter and Goa its biggest exporting state
China desperate to dethrone India from top slot in diamond polish
Rediff.com26 Dec 2014India's long-held position as the world's top diamond polisher is being challenged by soaring output from China.
China desperate to dethrone India from top slot in diamond polish
Rediff.com26 Dec 2014Coal India trade unions call off strike
Rediff.com23 Nov 2014Zama, however, said the unions would keep resisting any move that could undermine the position of Coal India.
Big plans to end India's coal shortage
Rediff.com20 Nov 2014India will allow locally registered foreign firms to mine and sell coal when commercial mining is permitted as part of the opening up of the nationalised industry after four decades, Coal Secretary Anil Swarup told Reuters.
Modi's 'Make in India' push to depend on Chinese steel
Rediff.com10 Nov 2014India's steel imports from China, the world's biggest producer of the alloy, doubled in April-September from a year ago though the country has enough capacity to meet its demand.
Coal India rushes to supply power plants with critically low stocks
Rediff.com4 Sep 2014The company has also advised power firms to use trucks to carry coal from remote mines, like the Amrapali open cast pit in eastern Jharkhand state.
Power plants running out of coal, imports to surge
Rediff.com8 Jul 2014State behemoth Coal India, the world's largest coal miner, has failed to raise its output fast enough to meet demand, and millions of Indians still go without power.
India reintroduces onion export price to help curb inflation
Rediff.com18 Jun 2014India on Tuesday set a minimum export price for onions of $300 per tonne to discourage overseas shipments amid an inflation scare that threatens to stoke public anger over rising prices at local food markets.
Modi mulls breakup of Coal India, opening up sector
Rediff.com21 May 2014The PM-elect wants to fix the coal sector; cut coal imports by boosting output.
Environment nod to lift cost of Posco's India plant to $12.6 bn
Rediff.com10 Jan 2014Environment ministry has given its go-ahead to POSCO's planned steel plant in the country, but has asked it to spend on "social commitments", a company spokesman said, raising the project's cost by $600 million to $12.6 billion.