In a move that may spell further trouble for the beleaguered coal blocks, the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) has ruled out a relaxation of two years for obtaining clearance for the entire
Captive coalmines without green clearances would be de-allocated The Coal Ministry has warned 61 private firms including Jindal Steel and Power, Tata Steel, ArcelorMittal and Adani Power that their captive coalmines will be de-allocated if they have not obtained forest and environment clearances.
The target of adding 10,800 MW of hydro power capacity in the 12th Plan may fall short by about 30 per cent, according to analysts. Currently, around 11,400 MW of projects are reeling under time and cost
The Union environment ministry has asked Naveen Jindal-owned Jindal Steel & Power to respond to allegations that it had built its coal washery at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh without environmental clearance, reports Meera Mohanty from New Delhi. While the Ministry of Environment & Forests approves washeries of more than 100,000 tonnes per annum capacity, state boards can clear smaller ones.
Bhubaneswar: The case relating to violation of forest laws by Jindal Steel & Power for its six million tonne steel plant at Angul has taken a new turn with the state forest and environment department asking the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) to take necessary action under Environment Protection Act (EPA)-1986 against JSPL. It may be noted that the MoEF in March this year had directed
Mumbai : There is need for significant improvement in the quality of disclosure on CSR activities, particularly with regard to quantum of spending, said a report released by proxy advisory firm IiAS on
Two days after Cyclone Phailin made landfall, Chhatrapur, the district headquarters of Ganjam, struggled without electricity or water supply. And as the villagers made their way back home from the cyclone
Turning the spotlight on seven mineral-rich states in the coal blocks allocation case, the Supreme Court Thursday sought explanations from them on their role in allocation of coal blocks amid the Centre’s
Wildlife in the forests of Chandwa and Balumath in Palamu division's Latehar district will be severely affected by mining in the North Karanpura Coal Block (NKCB), said D S Srivastava, a member of the
Few issues in Delhi whip people into as much of a frenzy as Jindal's Okhla-based waste-to-energy plant. Residents of Sukhdev Vihar in Okhla have been enraged that the plant has been situated a mere 200
JSPL, Tata Power, Monnet Power, Jindal Photo in the dock The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has issued showcause notices to two more coal blocks in Odisha over delay in developing the mines, continuing its crackdown on non-serious allocatees.
More than 50 tribal farmers, including women, were detained for over six hours on Tuesday at the Sundarpahari police station in Godda, a kilometre from the venue where President Pranab Mukherjee laid the foundation for a thermal power plant to be set up by Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL). Farmers from 11 villages in Nimpaniya and Goiarijor blocks said they had gathered in Sundarpahari to oppose land acquisition by the JSPL. At 10 a.m. they were detained by the police and kept in the station premises till evening.
As per the information given by the minister of state for coal, Pratik Prakash Bapu Patil in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Monday, the coal blocks located in Madhya Pradesh allocated to private companies during the last five years. They include Mideast Intergrated Steels, Birla Corporation, Kamal Sponge Steel & Power, Revati Cement, Jindal Steel & Power and Monnet Ispat & Energy. He said that the government of Madhya Pradesh had recommended 14 companies for seven coal blocks located in the state during the said period.
NEW DELHI: Naveen Jindal-owned Jindal Steel, Bolivia, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel and Power, on Friday announced that it had got 3,000 acres additionally to flag off its $2.1-billion steel and power plant in Santa Cruz area of Bolivia. This would trigger activity by the company to resume activities to develop the El Mutun iron ore deposit and steel plant project.
Tata Power, NTPC, IOC Jindal Steel and Eveready Industries bagged the
<p> O. P. Jindal Group company Jindal Steel Works (JSW) will make a presentation before the government regarding the progress made on the Salboni project in West Bengal, state Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said.</p>
JSW Steel has already made investments of over Rs 33,500 crore to set up a 10 million tonne per annum capacity steel plant in the state of Karnataka based upon the MOU signed by government of Karnataka
NEW DELHI: Jindal Steel and Power Ltd
After Jindal Steel and Power Plant (JSPL), another group company could face trouble for allegedly violating green norms.
Steelmaker will use the loan for a 2-mt, coal-to-gas direct reduced iron plant near Angul. Unfazed by its failure in Bolivia where it has threatened to walk out of a large steel project due to differences
