India seeks technology-driven competitive advantage in mining sector: Dr Jitendra Singh

India, Sept. 17 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

India seeks technology-driven competitive advantage in mining and metals, and needs to move from a resource advantage to a technology-driven competitiveness in mining and metals, with technology integrated across the entire value chain, from geological exploration and mining to processing, logistics, recycling and downstream manufacturing, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, said today.

He said the competitiveness of the sector would increasingly depend not merely on how much mineral is extracted or metal is produced, but on h...