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: Shah Commission is expected to arrive back in Goa this week to begin their third and crucial phase of investigations into illegal mining. The commission headed by Justice M B Shah, which had begun its probe into illegal mining scenario in Goa in mid-September has already completed two phases …
The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) has taken action against 25 mines from Goa in terms of the provisions of the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 for exceeding the production limits. A letter from the Union Ministry of Mines to the Goa government has said that a total of …
Sesa Goa expects the mining ban in Karnataka to be lifted by December, enabling the Vedanta group firm to resume normal production in the state from early 2012. In an investor conference call, the top company management said the case on illegal mining, pending before the Supreme Court, is likely …
Ten miners operating in Orissa are in the dock for violation of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. Among them are Hindalco Industries, Essel Mining & Industries, Serajuddin & Company and B C Dagra. The state government has asked the district collectors concerned to initiate legal action against the errant miners …
The government is planning to allow companies exploring coal bed methane (CBM) to simultaneously mine coal from the same block. Currently, CBM blocks, characteristically much larger than coal blocks, are out of bounds for coal mining until the CBM venture is completed. This has reduced the area available for coal …
SHILLONG: The final draft of the much-awaited State Mining Policy that is expected to regulate mining activities in the State, is likely to be submitted to the State Government in November. Talking to The Shillong Times here on Sunday, Deputy Chief Minister In-charge Mining, Bindo M Lanong said the circulation …
Minister questions Mines department's description of excess production as handling of dumps Leader of the Opposition and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manohar Parrikar on Thursday expressed shock over what he described as a “blatantly false” affidavit filed in the High Court by the Goa Mines and Geology Department early …
PANJIM: Even as environmentalists in Goa desire that iron ore extraction should be kept to the minimum, Goa government’s mineral policy, which is in the draft stage, is moving in diametrically opposite direction by creating framework for attracting foreign capital investment in exploratory works in the mining sector. The policy …
Profit-sharing with tribal people and auctioning of mineral concessions are not the only landmark changes proposed in the new mining Bill. The Bill also envisages ushering in a regime of royalty concessions for the first time in the country. The proposal to dole out concessional royalty rates to companies in …
PANJIM: Goa government, had forwarded an application to Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to renew the deemed mining lease of M/s Shantilal Khushaldas & Bros Pvt Limited, in July 2011, by violating its own moratorium. As per the information put up on the website of MoEF, through July 21, …
PANJIM: In what could be a major problem for the mining industry, the Regional Plan 2021 document has mapped only 117 mining leases while there are additional 219 leases, which are bound to be operational at any given time, if they get the clearances. In yet another blow, State Level …
PANJIM: In a major setback to the mining industry, Shah Commission during their first round of investigations is learnt to have found that 90 percent of the mines in the state have some kind of illegalities. Sources stated that Shah Commission’s senior members Justice R A Mehta and U V …
PANJIM: State Government in their submission to Bombay High Court at Goa has ruled out that mining industry in the state were extracting ore more than Environment Clearance (EC) limits. Directorate of Mines and Geology in their reply before Bombay High Court at Goa has stated that the overall production …
The Goa government on Tuesday filed a reply before the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court to a Public Interest Litigation petition on illegal mining, claiming that the extraction, which the petitioner questioned, was from dumps and excess mining did not take place. The affidavit was submitted on behalf …
JSW Energy today said it had started full commercial operations at its 1,200-MW Ratnagiri thermal power plant, besides resuming operations at Barmer power project. The company has started commercial operations of the fourth unit, with 300 MW capacity, at the Ratnagiri plant in Maharashtra yesterday. "As a result, the entire …
PANJIM: The Shah Commission has observed gross violations outside lease areas in their initial investigation into illegal mining in Goa. The commission, which has inspected 90 operational mines along with 35-odd non operational ones, has identified large scale violations outside lease areas in the form of both extraction of ore …
A gas blast killed 11 people at a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, state media reported, in the latest accident to hit the country's mining industry. A total of 21 miners were working underground when the blast struck at the Tianyu coal mine in Tongchuan City, Shaanxi province, …
A CBI team inspected the mines of the Associated Mining Company, owned by former minister Janardhana Reddy’s wife Lakshmi Aruna, and those of the Deccan Syndicate Mining in the Ramgad mining area of the taluk on Friday. spot visit: The CBI team which conducted inspections of the mines belonging to …
Granting mining leases will not be the only area where auctioning would be employed as a method of screening corporates, as per a proposed legislation. The new mining Bill, which the Union Cabinet approved recently, empowers the states to call for financial bids even at the pre-mining stage of prospecting …
Around 15,000 people from the state’s ore-rich belt took to the streets of Panjim demanding assurance from Chief Minister Digambar Kamat that there would not be a ban on mining in the state In a novel protest, barges had blocked Mandovi River channel adjacent to the Capital city while several …
