India plans to auction at least three gold mines this year
New Delhi
INDIA is planning to auction at least three gold mines in 2016, a top government official said, opening up the sector to private firms for the first time ever in a bid to slash imports of the metal that cost the government US$36 billion last year.
Economically crippling shipments of up to 1,000 tonnes of gold, accounting for about a quarter of India's annual trade deficit, prompted the government to raise import duties and launch a scheme aimed at mobilising …
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