Meet this week to discuss proposal to increase 2013-14 wheat MSP by Rs 100

Riding high on NMDC stake sale garnering Rs 6,000 crore, the Cabinet is expected to discuss on Saturday a proposal to sell 12.5 per cent of its 92.5-per cent stake in state-run Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd (RCF). Officials said the Cabinet is also expected to discuss a proposal from the agriculture ministry to raise the minimum support price (MSP) of wheat for the 2013-14 crop marketing season, which starts from

Divestment Of 9.5% Stake In PSU Major Expected To Raise Up To 13,000cr

Contraction in user-sectors like construction, power and industrial machinery will hurt

Biting the fuel price hike bullet, the Manmohan Singh government today decided to increase diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre but left kerosene and petrol prices untouched.

Monnet Ispat and Jindal Steel have also been shortlisted by the Afghan Govt

Aluminium producer Nalco, in consortium with steel major SAIL and Hindustan Copper, will submit a bid for developing gold and copper deposits in Afghanistan this month, a top company official said on Wednesday. The consortium of Indian PSUs is among the 25 companies/ consortia from the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Canada, the UAE, Turkey and Afghanistan that have been shortlisted by the Afghan Government in April for developing its gold and copper mines.

Hindustan Copper Limited and the Rajasthan Government propose to start joint ventures to explore and exploit copper and other mineral deposits in the State. The initiative is part of Hindustan Copper Limited's plan to consolidate its mining business, especially in Rajasthan.

The company is planning to execute as many as eight mining projects across the country at an estimated capital expenditure of Rs.3,435 crore to quadruple its mining capacity over the next five years,

Three Chinese companies are part of consortiums that have bagged Rs 1,800-crore worth of five contracts awarded by state-owned Hindustan Copper to raise its production four-fold to 12 million tonne

Jamshedpur, Nov.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday approved Hindustan Copper Ltd’s proposal to expand its mine capacity at Malanjkhand in Madhya Pradesh.

Jamshedpur, July 5: The forest department is trying to rope in public sector enterprises to conserve forestland and thus promote eco-tourism.

Sanjeev Kumar, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Dhalbhum, today convened a meeting with representatives of Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) and Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board to look into how the corporate