India, June 23 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Ministry of Mines has achieved significant milestones in strengthening India's critical mineral security and exploration ecosystem with the successful completion of recent auction tranches for critical and strategic mineral blocks. These successful auctions have taken the total number of critical and strategic mineral blocks successfully auctioned to 56, marking a significant step towards strengthening domestic mineral supply chains and advancing India's critical mineral mission.

The Ministry of Mines successfully auctioned 10 critical and strategic mineral blocks under the Seventh Tranche conducted by the Central Government, taking the total number of successfully auctioned ...