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
POSCO
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POSCO remains Orissas choice
But people won
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With a little help
May 2007: Union Ministry of Environment And Forests approves construction of captive port at Jatadhari river mouth near Paradip July 2007: Environmental clearance for four million-tonne steel plant and 400 MW captive power plant August 2008: Supreme Court nod for diverting 1,253 hectares of forestland for the company
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Striking while the iron is hot: a case study of the Pohang Steel Companys (POSCO) proposed project in Orissa
This publication entitled Striking while the iron is hot: A case study of the Pohang Steel Company
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BJP against Posco steel project deal
By Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Bhubaneswar Jan. 12: Politics has once again begun to impact the fate of the Rs 52,000-crore Posco steel project at Paradip in Orissa.
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Orissa clears mining lease for Posco amidst protest
11 Jan, 2009, 1435 hrs IST, IANS BHUBANESWAR: Orissa on Sunday said it has again recommended South Korean steel major Posco, which is building a steel plant in the state, for Khan dadhar iron ore mines despite opposition from other companies and locals.
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People refuse to give in to POSCO
As tribals protested in India, Vietnam set an example WHILE the Orissa government assured support to the South Korean steel giant posco to set up its 12-million-tonne steel project in the state, the communities likely to be affected staged a protest march in Delhi on November 15. The Supreme Court gave the go-ahead to the project on August 8 this year. Even as the agitators in India
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Govt yet to decide on mine lease for Posco
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government is yet to take a decision on the issue of iron ore mine lease to South Korean steel major Posco. To a question from Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Cong),Minister of State for Mines Pradip Amat said that in December, 2006 the State Government under Section 11(5) of the MMDR Act, 1957 recommended Posco
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Posco to scale down Orissa operations
Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar November 21, 2008, 0:00 IST May cut staff by 40-50% as delay in approvals takes its toll on the steel maker
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Nerves of steel
Anti-POSCO agitation intensifies THE arrest of its leader has made the anti- posco group in Orissa more resolute. People of Dhinkia, among the three villages to be affected by the proposed steel plant, have dug up roads to the village to prevent the police from entering. The Communist Party of India, the party arrested leader Abhay Sahu belongs to, has threatened a statewide agitation.
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Posco given 'green' light, with riders
BS Reporter / Bhubaneswar November 04, 2008, 0:12 IST South Korean steel major Posco has overcome the first hurdle in getting the forest diversion proposal (FDP) approved from the central government for its proposed 12-million tonne mega steel project near Paradeep in Orissa.