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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With New Tech, POSCO Braces for Stricter Carbon Rules
A wall of heat and sulphur from a towering furnace stoked to 1,500 degrees Celsius hits onlookers at POSCO's Pohang plant in South Korea amid the din of coal and iron ore rattling into vats of molten metal. Pohang's oldest furnace, with a 35-year history, helped POSCO grow into the world's No.4 steel giant.
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Posco prospers in steel processing
Press Trust Of India / Mumbai September 15, 2008, 5:06 IST True to its tagline
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Verdict aftershock
Affected by POSCO, Vedanta projects, people prepare for the final battle after Vedanta and its Indian subsidiary, Sterlite, got the green signal to mine Niyamgiri for bauxite, Dongria Kondhs living in the hills have stepped up their vigil. They are determined to oppose any attempt at mining the hills.
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Globalisation vs Indias forests
Wanton usage of forest land in the name of development has destroyed efforts towards community-led measures for protection and conservation in Orissa. The laxity in framing adequate environmental laws and the flouting of even the existing laws have had disastrous effects on the livelihoods of forestdwelling people in the state.
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Spotlight Orissa
Two controversial projects in state cleared in a day. People vow to continue with the struggle on august 8, severe rains lashed tribal villages in Niyamgiri hill in Orissa. Far away in Delhi the tribals
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SC verdict: Anti-Posco protesters to squat on forest land
Dillip Satapathy / Jagatsinghpur (orissa) August 13, 2008, 0:23 IST The Supreme Court verdict allowing diversion of forest land for a 12-million-tonne steel plant by South Korea's Posco might have brought cheers to the company but it has also provided the project's opponents a rallying point.
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Orissa village to use forest Act to block Posco project
Adopts Resolution Day After SC Verdict Declaring Forests
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Tribals may not swap hill for Rs 10 crore
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi August 09, 2008, 4:32 IST Bauxite mining activities of Sterlite, which were obstructed by local communities in the Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district of Orissa, have now got the go-ahead from the Supreme Court but petitioners say that popular protests will continue and there is no hope for mining in the hills.
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POSCO environment clearance mere formality
Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: This is as big as it gets. To be precise, it is Rs 60,000 crore of foreign direct investment in Indian projects. The inflation-flogged industrial sector was cheered up on Friday by the Supreme Court, which greenlighted the start of work at the much-delayed Rs 55,000 crore steel plant by Korean chaebol Posco and the stalled Rs 5,000 crore alumina refinery by the Sterlite group