Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
Ahhmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday reserved its order on the PIL filed against setting up of a cement plant by Nirma Ltd in the coastal region of Mahuva in Saurashtra. The Nirma counsel, however, hinted that this was a
We will not allow diversion of water: Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: A wildlife committee headed by Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh issued four rejections and two postponements to industry proposals on Monday. The proposal to build a port at Poshitra in the Jamnagar district of …
The National Board for Wildlife, headed by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, rejected some big projects, including a port project in Gujarat, signalling that the ministry would not clear projects in ecologically sensitive zones. The standing committee of the board, in its meeting yesterday, turned down a proposal for setting up …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 6, 2010, 0:37 IST The fate of industrial projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore will be decided by an expert committee of the environment ministry at a two-day meeting beginning Wednesday. The committee will take up 32 new proposals, including modernisation and expansion of steel, …
CEMENT sales in Bihar, West Bengal and Jharkhand rode an extraordinary construction boom to grow at a record 41%, 24% and 29% between April and December from a year ago, eclipsing the national average of 10% by a stretch. In contrast, cement demand was low in the south and stable …
After a dip in February, the cement industry is once again likely to hit the double-digit growth trajectory in March, as demand for the building material is consistently strong. On the back of demand from the infrastructure space and realty, cement makers continued selling higher volumes of cement. Hari Mohan …
Ahmedabad: To pacify agitating farmers in Mahuva against its cement plant, the Nirma Limited on Wednesday proposed before the Gujarat High Court that the company is ready to release 46 hectares of land for deepening catchment area of the reservoir. The petitioners, who are opposing setting up of cement plant …
CEMENT prices are likely to increase by up to Rs 7 on Thursday, the third successive rise this year by companies looking to undo the jump in input costs, said dealers.
Farmers of 15 villages in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat, went on relay fast from March 2 protesting land allotment to detergent manufacturer, Nirma, for a cement plant and a limestone mine near Mahuva
SHILLONG/JOWAI: Bowing down to the pressure of FKJGP, the cement companies in Jaintia Hills have decided publicize vacant posts in different cement plants through the local media and also in the polytechnics, colleges and ITIs. The decision to advertise the various posts in the cement plants was taken at a …
French cement giant Lafarge may have to wait a while to resume mining, with the Supreme Court asking it to seek fresh environmental and forests clearance from the Centre for mining in the eco-fragile East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. A Bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan while rejecting the …
CEMENT makers in North India are switching from portland pozzolana to ordinary portland to cash in on the rise in infrastructure projects. Ordinary portland is used in making concrete for structures that require high compressive strength, such as roads, bridges and dams while portland pozzolana is used in real estate …
JOWAI: The Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) has threatened to shut down all cements factories in Jaintia Hills for their alleged deprivation of the local people of reservation in jobs, supply work and other services. Hundreds of FKJGP activists on Tuesday paid surprise visits to all cements …
Lafarge mining New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a petition filed by villagers challenging allotment of forest land for mining to French cement manufacturing company Lafarge in Meghalaya. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal referred …
This is a EIA report for proposed 300000 TPA fibre cement roofing sheets project of M/s Balmukund Cement & Roofing ltd. The report is submitted to Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF) for obtaining environmental clearance for the proposed project.
The Jai Shri Baryogi Joint Action Committee, apex body of various local organisations opposing the cement plant being set up in the Karsog area by the multinational Lafarge company, has urged the government to review the decision in view of its adverse environmental fallout on ecologically sensitive area having a …
It seems like alchemy: a Silicon Valley start-up says it has found a way to capture the carbon dioxide emissions from coal and gas power plants and lock them into cement. If it works on a mass scale, the company, Calera, could turn that carbon into gold.
CEMENT companies see overcapacity looming large from the next fiscal and are trying to compensate it by targeting the rural heartland and small towns to increase their sales and protect their bottom lines. The largest cement manufacturer of north India Shree Cement has chalked out its plan for marketing in …
