Panel seeks time to give report on linkage policy
The inter-ministerial committee on ore linkage to industries within the State on a sustainable manner will request the State Government for more time to submit its report. The three-member committee,
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Odisha approves check list for processing coal block applications
Allocates need to furnish status of end-use plants The Odisha steel & mines department will process prospecting license (PL) and mining lease (ML) applications of coal block allocatees according to a checklist. The checklist approved by the department makes it mandatory for the allocatees to furnish status of end-use plants linked to coal blocks. Information on the end-use project of the coal block should include capacity of the thermal or captive power plant (CPP) and up-to-date status of the plant regardless of whether it is located within the state or outside.
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Jindal steel to up power plant capacity
Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), the Rs 1200 crore arm of Jindal Corporation and a producer of long products, is looking at increasing its power plant capacity to 335 mw by March 2006.
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Odisha to miss HC deadline on mine lease renewal
Nearly 323 mining lease applications are pending for renewal The state steel & mines department is set to miss the deadline stipulated by the Odisha High Court (HC) for disposing off pending applications for mine lease renewal. In an interim order delivered on December 21 last year, the HC had instructed the state government to dispose off all applications for renewal of mining leases within three months.
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Jindal: Nothing wrong with Orissa project
<p>Industrialist and Congress MP Naveen Jindal, whose integrated steel plant in Orissa has hit a hurdle with the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has cocked a snook at environment minister Jairam Ramesh by insisting his company has not violated any forest laws and the Orissa state government is free to “take action against it” if it is found to be violative of any environment
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Shah commission confirms illegal mining
BHUBANESWAR: Confirming illegal mining in Odisha, Justice M B Shah, who is heading a one-man commission inquiring into the illegalities in the state's mineral sector, on Thursday said miners who are not
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14 CBI teams to inspect coal blocks this week
The CBI has set up 14 teams for “detailed investigations” into possible criminal misconduct in the allocation of 64 coal blocks during 2006-09, and allegations of their misuse by allottees. Sources said
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Forest advisory body allows mining in Jharkhand elephant reserve
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has recommended diverting over 500 hectares of forest land for an iron ore mining project in the Saranda forest division of Jharkhand, part of the core area of the Singhbhum
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Green tribunal holds back re-opening of Odisha steel plant
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the environment
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Rapid EIA for 2X150 mw middling and coal fine based thermal power plant at Dongamahua village, Raigarh
This rapid EIA and EMP has been prepared for 2x150 mw thermal power plant to be set up at village Dongamahua, tehsil Garghoda, district Raigarh of Chhattisgarh by Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. This report addresses the environmental aspects of construction and operation of the proposed 2 X 150 mw thermal power project in district Raigarh.
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CAG smells Rs.4,000-cr land scam in Orissa
Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller & Auditor General of India(CAG) has detected large-scale irregularities in allotment of land and houses by the Orissa government and estimates a scam of about R4,000 crore. While sending a draft report to the Orissa government, a copy of which is available with FE, the CAG has suggested that the land and houses allotted to various individuals and organisations is in violation of the laws and policies and be cancelled immediately.
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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 plant not to reopen till pollution charges examined:NGT
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the environment
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Industry jitters over profit clause in draft mining bill
Ranchi, Sept. 19: Existing and prospective industry and mining players of Jharkhand are apprehensive about the draft mining bill, which seeks to make them share 26 per cent of profits with locals. A group of ministers (GoM) approved the draft bill on September 17. Speaking to The Telegraph, Jindal Steel & Power Limited
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Idco can buy land for coal mines, says Govt
The second category included steel, cement and other specified end users including captive power producers who will get coal at prices to be notified separately Clearing the air over the role of Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) to acquire land for mining projects when its primary responsibility is to buy land for industries, the state government has said, there is nothing wrong in land buying for coal mining as mineral excavation is also an industrial activity.
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Govt threatens to cancel coal block allocations
Tata Steel, Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL), GVK Power, Essar Power, MMTC Ltd and NTPC Ltd face the threat of cancellation of their captive coal block allocations.
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Law ministry questions rate-based coal bidding
Proposal was mooted by coal and power ministries to curb profiteering by miners The law ministry has raised questions about the logic behind making rate-based bidding mandatory for coal miners. “The law ministry has asked the coal ministry whether rate-based bidding actually benefits consumers of power. The ministry is now seeking the power ministry’s opinion on the query,” a senior official close to the development told Business Standard.
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The Two Faces of the Indian Miner
Once feted for being India’s highest taxpayers, miners are the new untouchables in town. Banks don’t want to lend to them, policymakers are hesitant to frame policies for them, customers don’t know what
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CBI yet to register inquiry into allocation of coal blocks in 2005
New Delhi The CBI probe into the coal block allocation scam took a new turn last week as the agency was given the mandate to probe all allocations made since 1993 and also investigate those made to PSUs.
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Minister cancels 7 bauxite mining licences in Visakhapatnam district
Union Tribal Welfare Minister Kishore Chandra Deo has vetoed the move by the AP Government to undertake bauxite mining in the eastern ghats of Visakhapatnam district and brought the curtains down on the