Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ranu Bala Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 05/05/2025. The applicant has alleged illegal felling of trees by the project proponent, a real estate developer company. The allegation of the applicant was that the project proponent has violated the norms by …
Report of joint committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order, January, 5, 2022 (in the matter of OA No. 70 of 2021 - Brackish Water Research Centre Vs Gujarat Pollution Control Board & Others) under the chairmanship of Justice B. C. Patel. Grievance in the application is against …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hindalco Industries Limited Vs Union of India & Others dated 29/01/2019 regarding bauxite ore mining units of Hindalco near Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. Supreme Court in its order dated 25/10/2018 ordered shutdown of bauxite ore mining units in Maharashtra …
In a big blow to the country's top aluminium rolling private sector firm Hindalco, the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered shutdown two of the company's bauxite ore mining units in Maharashtra as it was operating from an eco-sensitive zone close to a wildlife sanctuary without any wildlife clearance. The glaring …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 25/10/2018 regarding bauxite mining near Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. A communication from the 47th Meeting of the Standing Commitee of the National Board of Wildlife …
Anti-Sterlite protest: Protesters at the site have cited pollution from the copper plant, including issues relating to disposal of copper waste and effluents from the operational unit, demanding its permanent closure. CONCERNS over pollution have dogged Sterlite Copper unit that has been in operation in Tuticorin since its inception over …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 23/04/2018 regarding sale of good quality coal in the garb of rejects to M/S Hindalco. This is an application filed as a result of an Inquiry …
Bauxite mining in Eco Sensitive Zone at Orsapath under Mahuadand police station in Latehar district has alarmed the tiger reserve authorities whose deputy director, South Division, Mahalinga, wrote a letter to Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday. He wrote letter to cancel the CTO ( consent to operate) bauxite …
Hindalco Industries (HIL), the flagship company of Aditya Birla Group, has received the environment clearance for setting up of a new cast copper rod plant in Gujarat’s Bharuch district at a cost of Rs 240 crore. Hindalco Industries’s Birla copper unit has a mega copper smelting and refining complex at …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Upendra Prasad Pandey Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others dated 05/09/2016 regarding disposal of fly ash in the rivulet and the water body near Village Gidher and also at Orgari (District Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh) …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Biswarajan Paramguru & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/08/2016 regarding pollution caused by Hindalco Industries Ltd and its unit situated at Hirakud District Sambalpur, Odisha.
Firm plans $400 per tonne cut in cost of making aluminium Vedanta, which has invested Rs 50,000 crore in Odisha to set up alumina and aluminium-cum-power complexes on expectations of bauxite from the Niyamgiri deposits, has decided to realign its operations in the state. “For us, the Niyamgiri chapter is …
Efforts made by the State Government in order to publish the 1982 land settlement survey have come as fresh air, at least for certain mining companies. The decision which has drawn some objections as well from different quarters is likely to settle land status issues which are said to be …
In a bid to expedite operations from the recently allocated coal mines, the Environment Ministry has allowed transfer of environment clearances granted to the previous allottees to new owners without any fresh approval. As per earlier norms, the environment clearance (EC) for any project was allowed to transfer to another …
The Odisha Government has decided to scrap joint venture agreements with global major Rio Tinto, Vedanta group firm Sesa Sterlite and Aditya Birla group-owned Hindalco Industries, an official said on Wednesday. The Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), run by the Odisha government, had inked joint ventures with Rio Tinto, Sesa Sterlite …
Greenpeace India has faced a rough time since the National Democratic Alliance government came in. The Indian end of the international non-government organisation has advocated against any new coal projects in India for a while. But the one case that provided the NGO great mileage and has now irked the …
Approximately 40,000 mn tonnes of unexplored coal capacity will move to the govt after the SC verdict that cancelled all but four coal block allocations made over two decades The coal ministry has asked companies for details of blocks allotted to them over the past two decades in preparation for …
Coal miners may have an easier time dealing with the environment ministry, which is trying to relax restrictions and reduce the forest area where mineral extraction is forbidden, but mining firms could face other hurdles, officials said. Companies would still have to satisfy villagers as required under the Forest Rights …
Ask Government to use legal window to exempt miners from new rule Mining activities by SAIL, Tata Steel, Hindalco, Hindustan Copper and Uranium Corporation in Jharkhand have been almost at a standstill for more than a fortnight. The companies want the State to allow them to re-start mining operations. The …
SAIL, Tata Steel earnings to fall due to Jharkhand mine closure The Jharkhand government has shut five bauxite mines of Hindalco Industries, flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group. This follows a report by the Shah commission on illegal mining, which had alleged such mining was causing widespread damage to …
Judgment covers 1993-2010 period; final view on projects' fate on Sep 1 The Supreme Court on Monday held as illegal all coal blocks allocated by the Union government between 1993 and 2010. It said a final decision on the fate of the blocks would be taken on September 1. Questioning …
