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Obtaining minerals, the word 'obtain' is used to cover the various processes necessary to get the mineral and would include the processes covered by the expressions 'winning', 'working', getting, etc., M/s. Gujarat Pottery Works Private Ltd. v. B.P. Sood, AIR 1967 SC 964. [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948, s. 3(b)]...
Minerals
Minerals, means all substances which can be obtained from the earth by mining, digging, drilling, dredging, hydraulicking, quarrying or by any other operation and includes mineral oils. [Mines Act, 1952, s. 2(jj)]This term may include all substances of commercial value which can be got from beneath the earth, either by mining or quarrying, except common clay [Glasgow v. Farie, (1888) 13 App Cas 657], or sandstone (N.B. Ry. v. Budhill Coal and Sandstone Co., 1910 AC 116); but china clay is a mineral (G.W. Ry. v. Carpalla China Clay Co., 1910 AC 83). See also Waring v. Foden, (1932) 1 Ch 276.By the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. 205 (1) (ix.), mines and minerals include any strata or seam of minerals or substances in or under any land and the powers of working and getting the same, but not an undivided share thereof.Minerals would include minor minerals unless minor minerals are expressly excluded or the context otherwise requires, D.K. Trivedi & Sons v. State of Gujarat, AIR 19...
Mine
Mine [fr. mwyn or mwy, Wel., fr. maen, a stone], an excavation or cavern in the earth; an excavation made for the purpose of getting coal or other minerals.The inspection and regulation of mines other than coal mines is provided for by the Metalliferous Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1875. As to the corresponding provisions in the case of coal mines, see COAL MINES.Coal mines only were rateable under 43 Eliz. c. 2, but the Rating Act, 1874 (37 & 38 Vict. c. 54), has made all mines rateable.Neither mines under railways [see (English) Railways Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 20), ss. 77-85], nor under waterworks [see (English) Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847 (10 Vict. c. 17), ss. 18-27], pass to the respective companies, unless expressly purchased. See also (English) Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Acts, 1923, 1925, and 1934; the (English) Coal Mines Act, 1926 (c. 17), and the (English) Mining Industry Act (c. 28). By the (English) Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908, as...
Mineral
Mineral, every substance which can be obtained from earth would not be a 'mineral', Ichachapur Industrial Co-operative Society Ltd. v. Competent Authority ONGC, (1997) 2 SCC 42 (50). [Mines Act, 1952, s. 2(j)]...
Minor mineral
Minor mineral, the expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand'. If the expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) of the Act includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand', there is no reason why earth used for the purpose of making bricks should not be comprehended with in the meaning of the word 'any other mineral' which may be declared as a 'minor mineral' by the Government. The word 'mineral' is not a term of art. It is a word of common parlance, capable of a multiplicity of meanings depending upon the context, Banarsi Dass Chadha v. Lt. Governor, AIR 1978 SC 1587 (1588): (1978) 4 SCC 11. [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), s. 3(e)]Means building stones, gravel, ordinary clay, ordinary sand other than sand used for prescribed purposes, and any other mineral which the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a minor mineral. [Mines and Minerals (Developmen...
Mineral and minor mineral
Mineral and minor mineral, The word 'mineral' is not a term of art. It is a word of common parlance, capable of a multiplicity of meanings depending upon the context. The expression 'minor mineral' as defined in s. 3(e) includes 'ordinary clay' and 'ordinary sand'. If so, there is no reason why earth used for the purpose of making bricks should not be comprehended within the meaning of the word 'any other mineral' which may be declared as a 'minor mineral' by the Government, Banarsi Dass Chadha and Brothers v. Lt. Governor, Delhi Administration, AIR 1978 SC 1587 (1588): (1979) 1 SCR 271: (1978) 4 SCC 11. [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 3(e)]...
Atomic minerals
Atomic minerals, means the minerals included in atomic minerals specified in Part B of the First Schedule to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957) Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation Act, (17 of 2003), s. 4(b)]...
Mineral
Of or pertaining to minerals consisting of a mineral or of minerals as a mineral substance...
Mineral development
Mineral development, scientific exploitation of minerals without waste is undoubtedly as part of mineral development as envisaged by the MMRD Act and the rules framed thereunder, Premium Granites v. State of Tamil Nadu, (1994) 2 SCC 691: AIR 1994 SC 2233 (2248). [Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, s. 15]...
mineral right
mineral right : the right or title to all or specified minerals in a given tract : the right to explore for and extract such minerals or to receive a royalty for them ...
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