What is the scope of doing a course in mining engineering?
Dilip Khurana A Thanks to some progressive government initiatives like the recent National Mineral Policy, mining which is a crucial sector of our economy, has been thrown open to private investors has been progressing considerably over the last few years. Foreign investments for exploration and development covering 66 projects have been approved. Mining engineers are responsible for locating and safely extracting natural reserves like petroleum, minerals etc. The work also covers designing, planning, excavation of minerals and their transportation, maintenance of mines, air circulation and removal of toxic gases from the mines. You can even specialise in fields such as mining electronics, mining machinery or mineral engineering. Mining engineers are employed both in the government as well as private sector. Companies like the ONGC, Coal India, Geological Survey of India, HCL, IPCL, Neyvelli Lignite Corp., NALCO, TISCO, TELCO, Reliance and MNCs like British Gas and Schlumberger recruit
