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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

RBI’s Repatriation of Gold from UK to India

For Prelims: Forex and Gold reserve with RBI, Bank of International Settlements (BIS), IMF. For Mains: India’s forex reserve and the role of...

07 Jun 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

India's Critical Mineral Acquisition Plans in Africa

For Prelims: Critical mineral, Electric vehicle, Rare earth elements, Khanij Bidesh India Ltd, Supply Chain Resilience initiative, Mineral Security...

27 May 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Pine Needle Power Projects

Source: TH Why in News? Uttarakhand's innovative pine needle power projects, aimed at mitigating forest fires and generating electricity, have...

17 May 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Rat Hole Mining

For Prelims: Article 371A, Rat-Hole Mining, Coal, National Green Tribunal (NGT) For Mains: Article 371A limitations and challenges, Sustainable...

07 May 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Magnetic Fossils in Bay of Bengal

For Prelims: Magento Fossils, Magnetotactic bacteria, Earth's magnetic field, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, Middle Eocene Climatic Optimum, Bay...

05 Apr 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

India Joins Sri Lanka in Seabed Mining Race

For Prelims: Indian Ocean Seabed, Cobalt-Rich Afanasy Nikitin Seamount (AN Seamount), International Seabed Authority (ISBA), United Nations...

29 Mar 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Challenges of Handling Nuclear Waste

For Prelims: Prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR), Uranium and plutonium, Nuclear waste, Spent fuel, Liquid waste treatment facilities,...

19 Mar 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources

Coal Logistics Plan and Policy

For Prelims: Coal Logistics Plan and Policy, Coal Sector in India, Types of Coal, Coking Coal, Greenhouse gas emissions, COP28, Carbon capture and...

09 Mar 2024 Mineral & Energy Resources