Govt to launch 7th auction tranche for 19 critical mineral blocks

The Ministry of Mines has said that it will launch the seventh tranche of auctions for 19 critical minerals across several states on Monday. The ministry has so far successfully launched six tranches of auctions for 46 critical and strategic mineral blocks, it further said. The minerals include lithium, graphite, tungsten, titanium and vanadium, which are geographically concentrated, it said.