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 …
Peru’s government is to wring an extra $1.1bn of taxes from the country’s mining sector, making the Andean country the latest resource-rich nation to demand a greater share of the commodities boom. The decision, announced by prime minister Salomón Lerner in a speech to Congress on Thursday, brings to an …
Tapal Ganesh, mine owner, has urged the team of experts which is in Bellary on a four-day visit to take up an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study to ascertain the extent of compensatory afforestation taken up by the Forest Department. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr. Ganesh said …
New Delhi The mines ministry on Wednesday said it will circulate the Cabinet note on the new mines Bill soon, which provides for sharing of profits and royalty with the project-affected people (PAPs). ‘‘It will be circulated by the end of this week. We have got the group of ministers …
Large-scale harm to environment, agriculture fields alleged The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) conducted inspections in the mining areas bordering Tumkur district at Doddabyaladakere of Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga district on Tuesday. open secrets: The hillock that has been tunnelled into by the K K Kaval mining firm near …
Bangalore/Chitradurga : Despite clumsy efforts by some mining firms to camouflage the brown hills, laid bare through consistent exploitation, with artificial green cover, the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee has discovered a shocking increase in production of ore and total lack of clarity on lease boundaries during its visit to …
BellaryThe Bellary district administration, which had intermittently gone to sleep in the last few days despite the Supreme Court ban on mining, seems to be awake and alert now. The officials have now taken some concrete steps to check illegal transportation of iron ore, after huge quantities of it continued …
PANJIM : Though closure notices have been issued to 19 mines on Tuesday, lack of coordination and failure to determine which department should enforce the notices, puts the important ban on operations in limbo. Both Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) and Mines and Geology department and Mines Department opine …
Bangalore: Outgoing Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has moved the High Court challenging the Lokayukta report indicting him in the illegal mining case. In his submission, Yeddyurappa has said the findings recorded by the Lokayukta were without jurisdication as they went beyond the terms of reference. Yeddyurappa, who has filed …
Withdraws petition from green tribunal, makes fresh plea for Lanjigarh project. Nearly a month after Jairam Ramesh took over as the rural development minister, the Vedanta Group is trying to patch up with the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) to get its projects fast-tracked. Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL), an …
With 5,000 MW planned for commissioning in the 12th Five-Year Plan, Neyveli Lignite Corporation is looking for allocation of coal blocks to fuel its growth. The corporation plans to install two 1,980-MW coal-based plants at Ghatampur, Kanpur Nagar District in Uttar Pradesh, and Sirkazhi in Tamil Nadu, besides a 1,000-MW …
GVK Power and Infrastructure is likely to finalise a deal to buy coal mines of Australia's Hancock Prospecting soon, according to Mr G.V.K. Reddy, Chairman of GVK Group. Responding to queries on the outcome of his company's talks with Hancock after the inauguration of India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd regional …
Sesa Goa, a Vedanta Group Company, is close to acquiring development rights to mine iron ore in Liberia, West Africa . The mineral potential of the Western Cluster is divided among three deposits – Bomi Hills, Bea Mountain and Mano River. $600-m investment The company is expected to get the …
See Also In-court: Supreme court order on mining in Bellary by OMC Report: CEC report on iron ore mining leases in Bellary Report: Sustainable framework for mining Bill: The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2010 Rules: The Karnataka (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage of Minerals) Rules, …
Kumaraswamy also appears to have been indicted Parts of the Karnataka Lokayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde's report on illegal mining that were leaked to the Times Now channel on Wednesday may not have added materially to the information that is already in the public domain. However, the response the leak …
Reddys are into mining in State as well, says Justice Hegde Bangalore:The Lokayukta has named Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, four ministers, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, Congress Rajya Sabha member Anil Lad and BJP legislator Anand Singh, among others, beneficiaries of the illegal mining scam in Karnataka. The …
Coal India Ltd (CIL), which meets about 80% of the country's coal requirements, faces serious difficulties in stepping up its coal production even as the domestic demand for coal grows at a fast pace, thanks to capacity addition in key sectors like power, cement and steel. Growing environmental hurdles to …
Seeing the unregulated mining and quarrying operations in various parts of the country (not to mention those under the very nose of policy makers and regulators) that disproportionately benefit the operators and harm (net and long term) the uninformed communities in the vicinity in particular, and the citizens in general, …
Order of the Supreme Court of India dated 29/04/2011 on the Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Civil) No. 7366-7367/2010 between Govt of A.P. Versus M/S Obulapuram Mining Co. P. Ltd & ORS on mining in Karnataka.
The Orissa government-owned Orissa Mining Corporation on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging an earlier Union environment and forests ministry order to withdraw permission to mine at Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi. Instead of going to the apex court as a direct applicant, the Orissa government challenged the decision through the …
