Section 9B of MMDR Act, 1957 empowers State Governments to establish District Mineral Foundation (DMF) to work for welfare and benefit of persons, and areas affected by mining related operations and make
Wants cancellation of 49 iron ore leases, penalties on others The panel appointed a year earlier by the Supreme Court to probe illegal mining in Karnataka has made several recommendations in its final report, with far-reaching implications. The final report was given to the SC on Friday.
‘Greed of a few people putting ecology in peril’ The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Monday recommended cancellation of 49 mining leases in three districts of Karnataka, including some belonging to both BJP and Congress politicians.
Convention centre at Sitapur; silica mining lease for Saint Gobain The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday decided to do away with the controversial provision 90 B from the land conversion rules and also carry out necessary amendments to 90 A to make it simple and transparent.
Sterlite Industries has completed taking 23 out of the 30 environment protection measures mandated by the Supreme Court for its copper smelter plant at Tuticorin, officials of the company told visiting
Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Power, along with Jharkhand Integrated Power Limited (JIPL), has roped in Germany based mining giant RWE Power International-RE GmbH for providing technical assistance and expertise in extracting coal from the mines allotted for the 4,000 MW Tilaiya ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Jharkhand.
PANJIM: The campaign to save Goa from incessant mining has now got a global linkage with almost 40 Goan overseas associations joining hands against mining activity at the cost of environment. The associations representing the Goan Diaspora in Australia, Canada, UK, Middle East, East Africa and Portugal have come under one umbrella called Save Goa Campaign UK, which on Friday submitted a petition to Goa Governor K Sankaranarayanan’s office and to Chief Minister Digamber Kamat.
Orissa Minerals Development Company (OMDC) today said it has suspended operations at its Kolha Roida and Dalki mines after not getting permission to lift ore from the mines. "Development and mining work in Kolha Roida Iron & Manganese Mines and Dalki Manganese Mines has been stopped as permission for lifting of iron and manganese ore has not been issued by DDM, Joda," OMDC, a PSU under the administrative control of the Steel Ministry, said today.
The successfully concluded $8.48-billion Cairn-Vedanta deal has come “under cloud” following instances of serious human rights violations, default of payment, environmental damage in its mining and metal
PANJIM: In what could bring in a relief for mining industry in Goa, Union Mines ministry on Friday said that they are not in favour of Finance ministry’s decision to increase export duty on the low grade iron ore from the country. “Mines ministry is not favourably inclined towards increase in the export duty, especially in case of low grade ore, which is not consumed by steel industry” A K Srivastava, Additional Secretary, ministry of mines, told reporters on the sidelines of two day conference on ‘Mining for sustainability’ organized by Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI).
PANJIM:Goa Foundation (GF) has claimed, that even as Shah Commission officials were enquiring into the illegal mining, almost half of state’s ore that left the shores during last financial year was illegally extracted. GF, which has filed series of petitions before High Court on illegal mining has stated that almost 43 percent of the ore exported from Goa during the financial year 2010-11was illegally extracted violating environmental norms.
