New Delhi, April 13 -- The Union government has successfully auctioned 46 critical mineral blocks across six rounds and is now initiating the auction process for another 19 blocks in the seventh round to bolster national resource security, said Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy shared these details while addressing a roadshow organized on the occasion of the 7th Tranche Auction of Critical Mineral Blocks in Hyderabad.

He highlighted that in the current era of shifting geopolitics, climate change, and economic concerns, critical minerals have moved to the center of global strategy.

"There was a time when nations were defined by the land they controlled. Today, they are increasingly defined by the minerals they can secure,"...