INDIAIRON mines & miningThe article offers mining industry news briefs from India as of February 2015. The Indian government has given its approval for the development of legislative changes to allocate mineral resources such as iron ore, manganese and bauxite through auction. Ma'aden Aluminium, a...
Lanka IOC, a subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation, operates 15 storage tanks out of 99 in Trincomalee. The Sri Lankan government had been considering developing the rest to increase its fuel storage capacity. However, India resisted the move until Colombo went for a joint venture to develop the...
At the same time, we are seeing trends toward greater protectionism and resource nationalism around the world.Zimbabwehas banned the export of unprocessed lithium to incentivize local processing.Indonesia, home to 21% of the world’s nickel reserves and37% of nickel mine production, h...
Based on ad-hoc criticality assessments, manufacturers (and their home countries) can identify bottlenecks in their raw material supply, and take action by deriving mitigation strategies. These include diversification of supply, resource diplomacy, establishing long-term supply agreements, expanded recycling...
mineralization is confirmed, operators can also minimize waste and lower the carbon footprint associated with broader, less-informed drilling campaigns. In terms of economic impact, our study offers a strategic resource map that could promote investment in sustainable mining initiatives. The ...
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REAGENT or RESOURCESOURCEIDENTIFIER Deposited data Raw and Processed data compiled from secondary sources (see ‘Other’); analysis script This paper https://github.com/howlerMoonkey/CCZ_BIODIVERSITY/; Data S5 CCZ Checklist This paper https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/ccz_checklist.php/; Data...
This phosphatized bedrock forms much of the resource. Cave phosphate deposits derived from bat droppings are of more interest for the unusual minerals they may contain than for their economic value. Such deposits are mostly in limestone caves, with a minority in lava-tube caves. The chemical ...
Resource-rich Indonesia is the world’s biggest producer of nickel and one of the largest producers of tin. Simbara will enable the government to track the supply of nickel and tin from mines to domestic smelters. Finance Ministry Budget Director General said the government had launched the onli...
One of the most resource-rich sites is the Clarion Clipperton Zone in the Eastern Central Pacific, which is thought to contain up to six times more cobalt within its 6 million km2 boundary than all of the known reserves on land.[9]