Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
PANJIM: Goa mine owners on Thursday said that the delay in renewal process of mining leases is helping large scale illegalities in the state. Goa Mineral Ore exports Association (GMOEA) secretary Glen Kalavampara said that delays on part of state government to approve licenses and environmental clearances have created uncertainty …
PANJIM: In what could give relief for 18 mines around wildlife sanctuaries, Goa government Thursday submitted to High Court that they are withdrawing the suspension of Environment clearance order issued to M/s Bandekar Bros Pvt Ltd. Bandekar mines figures in the list of 18 mines, which were issued wildlife clearance …
Public sector Bisra Stone Lime Company Limited (BSLC) has stopped production of limestone and dolomite following a direction from Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB). Company sources said that the mining operation had to be stopped last week following the direction of OSPCB, Bhubaneswar in absence of environment clearance which …
In major development with an obvious projected fallout, The Ministry of Environment and forests has sounded a virtual death knell to Goas mining by filing an affidavit on the High Court of Bombay at Panaji, that Wild Life clearances ( NOC’s) given by the Chief Wild Life Warden for mining …
PANJIM: The Justice M B Shah Commission will submit its first report into the Illegal Iron Ore trade in Goa to the Union Mines Ministry on December 1. A senior member of the commission said that two reports would be submitted to the union government and the first one would …
PANJIM: Claiming that the upcoming Mines and Minerals Regulation and Development (MMRD) Bill 2011 will be deterrent to the mining industry in Goa, industry players will be placing their views before Central Government, including proposal for amendment in the bill. The mining firms have decided to participate in the convention …
Australia’s parliament on Tuesday passed a landmark carbon tax legislation that will force the top 500 polluting companies to pay A$24 per tonne for carbon emissions from July 1 next year. The Clean Energy Act, which includes investments in renewable energy sources, would result in the continent country cutting its …
PANAJI: Supreme Court has issued notices to State Government over illegal mining case related to Jitendra Deshprabhu and others in a petition filed by social activists Kashinath Shetye and others. Shetye, Ketan Govekar and Pradip Kakodkar had filed special leave petition before Supreme Court challenging High Court’s order, which had …
Even as the government may not be in favour of a blanket ban. The mining crisis in Goa, the country’s largest exporter and second-largest producer of iron ore, is set to worsen. With the probe of the Centre-appointed Shah commission into alleged irregularities entering its last lap, Goan miners have …
Conservationists and wildlife tour operators warned Monday that moves to restrict tiger tourism in India to protect the endangered big cats would have the opposite effect. "Banning tiger tourism would be a disaster," said Belinda Wright, director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India. "Tourism acts as a conservation tool …
CBI officials probing into the illegal iron ore mining case say that officials had violated norms while leasing out two other mines apart from Anthar-gangammakonda (AGK) to Obulapuram Mining Company. CBI sources said that they have collected evidence which proved that OMC had been preferred over other applicants while granting …
The share prices of steel companies shot up sharply in response to an interim relief provided by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) which cleared 24 applications for re-commencing mining operations in Karnataka. The stock price of smaller companies with interest in iron ore mining shot up sharply, with Jai Corporation …
P ANJIM: Scores of enquiries into illegal mining activities have put a temporary halt to the high level monitoring committee to oversee the safety at the extraction sites. The state government appointed committee, which was constituted following two mining accidents, was supposed to undertake the process of visiting all the …
The fate of 19 mines, located near wildlife sanctuaries, would be decided on Monday, when the state government will make its stand clear on the issue of the buffer zone. State Forest Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues has fixed a meeting with Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Monday, at which a …
Miners hope to resume operations by month-end. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court to conduct the survey of iron ore mines and demarcate the boundaries in three districts of Karnataka, has cleared the names of 24 mining companies for restarting operations. In its three separate reports …
New Delhi The ongoing mining mess in Goa has started hitting the margins of mining companies. Sesa Goa, the country’s largest producer of iron ore, has already reported 14% drop in its net sales to R790 crore in the second quarter this financial year from R1,125 crore in the same …
PANJIM: Shah Commission has asked Director of Mines and Geology to identify and take action against 101 mines traders, who are non-traceable even after police launched a massive operation to search their addresses. Officials stated that of the 400-odd traders, State Home ministry had submitted a list of 101 traders, …
PANJIM: The BJP delegation led by National President Nitin Gadkari called on President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum to direct the union government to take stringent action against illegal mining in Goa. BJP Chief Spokesperson Rajendra Arlekar told a press conference here, that BJP delegation met with …
SHILLONG: The residents of Sumer Patorship in Jaintia Hills which covers around 20 villages have opposed the decision of Raliang Elaka Daloi C Lyngdoh to issue No Objection Certificate (NOC) to Rutnga Mines Limited which is a firm from Jharkhand for exploring limestone deposits in the area. “The land where …
PANJIM: Goa government is in a dilemma over the fate of 19 mines, which were asked to be shut down by union ministry of environment and forest. The state Forest Ministry has decided to refer the issue of buffer zone back to the Centre. It’s been over a month now …
