CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) is seriously engaged in technology development for the advancement of coastal placer mining in India and as a result a significant amount of R & D work has been taken up at various national and state level research laboratories and institutions. PLACER -- 2005 (the National Seminar on Development Planning of Coastal Placer Minerals, organized by CSIR during Oct., 2005) attracted a galaxy of scientists and ...