Surat: Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) has, for the first time, started supplying lignite to 400 textile mills during the monsoon season. GMDC's lignite mines used to remain shut during the monsoon, which typically led the mills to import lignite from abroad, mainly from Indonesia. Local importers would charge two to three times the price for such lignite. Jitendar Vakhariya, President of the South Gujarat Textile Processors' Association, had made representations to the Chie...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd, one of the leading mining Public Sector enterprises in India has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between its subsidiary, the International Centre of Innovation in Mining (iCEM), and Australia's Monash University for research and innovation and the broader Mining and Mineral Development Sector in India. This collaboration seeks to address challenges, including reducing mining's environmental footprint and en...Read More

Bhuj: Vasant Khetani who had left Aam Aadmi Party and joined BJP just ahead of the last year's State assembly election has now alleged that local MLA Pradyumansinh Jadeja's son Arjunsinh is into a massive mineral theft activities. Khetani has in a letter to Chief Minister alleged that Arjunsinh is stealing minerals outside his blackstrap lease area in Kotda Jadodar village of Nakhatrana taluka. Khetani further alleged that after he raised the issue and sent a letter to Chief Minister, his ...Read More

Junagadh: A mine that was fully utilized for minerals has been successfully converted into a rainwater storage site. A check dam in the Kabutari mine was built by the Junagadh irrigation department behind the Rashtraveer Chhelbhai Dave police training center. It is now full of water due to good rainfall recently in the region. The idea was floated by Range IG Mayanksinh Chavda originally and it was put forwarded to the concerned department, following which the irrigation department conduct...Read More