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Thorium-based Nuclear Energy Production

For Prelims: Thorium, Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), Three-Stage Nuclear Power Program, India’s Clean Energy Goals, Igneous Rocks,...

04 Jan 2025 Mineral & Energy Resources

Hydrothermal Vents in Indian Ocean

Source: IE  Why in News?   India's Deep Ocean Mission recently achieved a milestone by imaging an active hydrothermal vent 4,500...

25 Dec 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Including Non-Mineralised Areas in Mining Leases

For Prelims: Mining Leases, Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Supreme Court, Waste management, Indian Bureau of Mines...

07 Dec 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Coking Coal as Critical Mineral

For Prelims: NITI Aayog,  Coking Coal, Critical Minerals, Steel Production, European Union, Lithium, Rare Earths, Sedimentary Rock, Special...

25 Nov 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

India Signs MoU on Critical Minerals Cooperation

Source: PIB Why in News? The Ministry of Mines recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to...

20 Nov 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Nepal-Bangladesh Power Transfer via India

Source: TH  Nepal started exporting electricity to Bangladesh using India’s electricity grid, marking a significant milestone in regional...

18 Nov 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

50th Foundation Day of Coal India Limited

For Prelims: Coal India Limited (CIL), Maharatna, Strategy Report on Coal and Lignite Exploration, Mine Closure Portal, Raniganj Coalfield, Damodar...

05 Nov 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

India's Quest for Solar Dominance

This editorial is based on “Solar strategies” which was published in The Hindu Business Line on 20/09/2024. The article highlights ...

21 Sep 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

World’s Second Largest Diamond

Source: IE Recently, a 2,492-carat diamond, the second-largest in the world, was discovered at the Karowe Diamond Mine in Botswana. The largest...

09 Sep 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Adverse Effects of Lithium Mining

Source: IE Why in News? According to a new study, land subsidence is occurring in Chile's Atacama salt flat due to lithium mining. What are the...

02 Sep 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

India's Lithium Mining Challenges

For Prelims: Lithium, Geological Survey of India, Electric vehicle (EV), Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015, United Nations Framework for Classification...

31 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

India’s Path to Securing Critical Minerals

This editorial is based on “A push for critical minerals” which was published in The Financial Express on 27/07/2024. The article...

30 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Discovery of Dark Oxygen

Source: TH Why in News? Recently, scientists reported an unknown process is producing oxygen deep in the world’s oceans, where photosynthesis...

30 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Ladakh's Rock Varnish

Source: PIB Why in News? Recently,  Magnetofossils, fossilised magnetic particles from magnetotactic bacteria, have been discovered in rock...

27 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

India's First Offshore Mineral Auctions

For Prelims: critical minerals, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Exclusive Economic Zone , National Critical Minerals Mission, Nuclear energy, Geological Survey...

27 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

ECOSOC Forum on Sustainable Development

Source: TH Recently, at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development at the United Nations headquarters in New York, indigenous tribal...

26 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Minami-Torishima Island

Source: BI Recently, researchers have uncovered a significant deposit of minerals on the seabed near the remote island of Minami-Torishima in...

22 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Gevra and Kusmunda Among World's Largest Coal Mines

Source: PIB Recently, Chhattisgarh-based Coal India Limited (CIL) subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited’s (SECL) Gevra and Kusmunda coal...

19 Jul 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Power Markets in India

For Prelims: Indian Energy Exchange Procurement, Electricity Act 2003, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission For Mains: Regulation of Discoms...

26 Jun 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Russia Ships Equipments to Kudankulam NPP

Source: TH Russia has shipped the first batch of 26 turbine hall pipeline valves (High-pressure and low-pressure gate valves) for the Kudankulam...

20 Jun 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources