No Posco, but 3L trees axed for project
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during
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Odisha to transfer 2,000 acres of land to POSCO soon
The Odisha Government will soon transfer about 2,000 acres of land to South Korean steel major POSCO to begin work on its USD 12-billion project near Paradip in Orissa, stuck for seven years now. “We have
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State starts transferring 1500 acres to Posco
Bhubaneswar: After seven years of delay, the Posco steel project will start rolling soon as the Odisha government has started transferring around 1,500 acres to the Korean steel major to set up an 8-million
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Steel ministry seeks status report on mega steel projects in Odisha
With mega steel investors in Odisha facing a litany of hurdles beginning from land acquisition to grant of mineral concession, the Union steel ministry has sought information on action taken by the state government to ease their problems. The ministry will take stock of the concerns of steel investors ahead of the meeting of the inter-ministerial group to be held under the chairmanship of Union steel secretary on July 9 in New Delhi.
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Odisha Govt Set to Sign Tripartite Agreement for Posco’s Steel Plant
The seven-year wait to set up the greenfield steel project in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district may be over for Posco, the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world. The Odisha state government is all set to
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Posco tripartite agreement after Naveen's nod
All formalities for signing of a tripartite agreement between Odisha government, Posco and its Indian subsidiary Posco-India has been completed and only Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s nod is awaited to go ahead with the process, according to state steel and mines and industries minister, Raghunath Mohanty. “Posco has agreed upon all our suggestions about not swapping iron ore outside the country and about setting up ancillary industry near the plant area. The final draft (for the tripartite agreement) is complete. We are awaiting the CM’s approval to start the process,” Mohanty said.
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Posco project: Orissa readying tripartite pact
After a wait of seven long years, the greenfield steel project of Posco in Orissa’s Jagatsinghpur district may be a reality with the state government readying an instrument of renewal for the project.
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Posco plant: Process begins for MoU renewal, fast-tracking steel project
After a delay of two years since the memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed between the State Government and Posco India for establishment of a steel plant near Paradip, lapsed in June 2010, process
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The Death Of A Waterfall
A rugged, tree-covered mountain range sweeps vertically into a brilliant blue sky. Out of a cave on its western side gushes a natural spring, its lacy, white water tripping 244 metres over a sheer black-and-red
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Revised MoU with Posco shortly
The State Government on Thursday said that a revised tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Posco and Posco India will be signed shortly. The swapping clause in the revised MoU will be modified
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Committee to review green clearance for Posco project
A three-member expert committee headed by former civil aviation Secretary K Roy Paul will review the environment ministry order that had okayed the environmental clearance granted to steel major Posco’s