India Unveils New Royalties to Supercharge Domestic Critical Minerals
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India's government has introduced a new royalty payment scheme aimed at boosting local production of critical minerals, including graphite, caesium, zirconium, and rubidium. This change is expected to incentivize miners by linking royalties to sales prices rather than fixed rates, potentially enhancing the domestic mining sector.
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The Indian government has announced a new royalty payment scheme for a list of critical minerals in a bid to motivate miners to ramp up local production. Under the new scheme, miners of graphite would pay royalties as a percentage of the sales price of the mineral rather than a fixed rate as the previous royalty regime prescribed, Bloomberg reported, citing data from the Indian Bureau of Mines. The authority also set royalty rates for caesium, zirconium, and rubidium. Previously, there were no royalty rates specified for these elements. The purpose…
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Original article published by OilPrice.com on November 13, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.