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 …
Supreme Court allowed an annual cap of 20 million tonnes of iron ore to be extracted in Goa . The apex court also said there will be no grant of lease for mining around one km of national parks and wild life sanctuaries and directed the Ministry of Environment and …
China's capital has ordered more than 50 companies to shut down this year in an effort to cut pollution but pushing factories out could raise objections in surrounding areas reluctant to host Beijing's polluters. Smog-shrouded Beijing and the surrounding province of Hebei have become a front in a "war against …
Villagers resisting setting up of a mega steel plant by South Korean steel major POSCO cast their votes after nine years here on Thursday. Villagers opposed to land acquisition, however, sought to clarify that their participation in voting should not be seen as softening of their stand. Members of Posco …
Harried iron ore miners, who have lost over two years of business, are pinning hopes on the next government to clear the statutory roadblocks and encourage exports. "We hope the next government will clear the roadblocks faced by the iron ore mining industry and promote investment into the sector, which …
The government of the industrial city of Tianjin in northern China said it would not approve any new steel, cement or non-ferrous metals plants in a bid to fight pollution, state media reported on Tuesday. The announcement, reported by Xinhua news agency, echoed similar statements by the governments in neighbouring …
South Korean steel maker Posco’s plans to set up a 12 million tonne integrated steel plant in coastal Orissa may get delayed further. The state government has told the Union mines ministry that it is unable to demarcate the boundaries of the Khandadhar iron ore mines sought by the company …
Move aimed at placating the Koreans who are upset over SC's order asking Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee to appear before a Ghaziabad court The ministry of external affairs (MEA) is pushing the Odisha government to expedite issuance of mining approval for South Korean steel major Posco. The move is aimed …
Mining co has stalled work on its $12-B Steel Plant, delayed by over nine years, till major clearances are approved Ten years ago, soon after the Congressled UPA came to power, Posco announced a $12 billion steel project in Odisha. It was, and remains, India’s largest foreign direct investment (FDI) …
A succession of Hebei officials used the annual session of parliament in Beijing this month to urge the central government to boost subsidies to help with job losses and other costs from mandated cuts in industrial production across the country. One local official said Hebei was taking on too much …
The Centre has sought a response from the Odisha government on grant of an iron ore licence to South Korean giant Posco for its R52,000-crore steel project. The development comes in the wake of a high-level panel formed to address issues impeding mega projects in the steel sector. "The state …
Twelve teams of inspectors will head to the cities of Beijing, the nearby city of Tianjin and Hebei province to see how authorities are responding to the worst air pollution in months, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Sunday. The inspectors will visit construction sites and factories producing steel, …
Several land oustees on Sunday torched Posco's containerized office and dismantled a 300-metre boundary wall at Nuagaon in Jagatsinghpur district, triggering fresh tension in the steel company's project area. Agitated over the non-fulfillment of their demands, the land oustees, believed to be affiliated to the United Action Committee (UAC), a …
The company has already shut down its 600,000 mtpa plant at Keonjhar Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has ordered to initiate legal action against Ardent Steel Limited (ASL), for running a pellet plant without obtaining environmental clearance. Accordingly, the forest and environment department of Odisha government has commenced …
Government has sent out 146 notices to leading iron and steel makers which were allegedly involved into illegal mining Shah Commission says Rs 60K cr lost to illegal mining in Odisha Minerals worth about Rs 60,000 crore were illegally mined in Odisha during 2008-2011, Justice MB Shah Commission of Inquiry …
Europe is not alone in taking action to price carbon and promote low-carbon energy, and Europe’s competitiveness is not dependent on its energy prices. The report explores the transition to a secure, affordable low-carbon economy which requires action on three broad pillars of policy: measures to enhance energy efficiency; research …
Posco India has furnished all information and documents pertaining to the required securing clearance to fell trees at the project site to the state government so that work at the site is expedited. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) had left it on the Odisha government to decide on the issue …
Base prices doubled in e-auctions; steel makers to move Supreme Court, CCI for intervention; want price fixation agency Iron ore prices have almost doubled at e-auctions in Karnataka, with one mine after another setting much higher base prices. It has led to the impression that they’ve come together to keep …
About 200 people from Sundargarh's Chelatoka and Fuljhor gram panchayats staged a protest in front of sarpanch office on Tuesday against the state government proposed move to recommend Khandadhar mines to Posco. Senior BJP leader Jual Oram also joined the protest. "I have always been protesting against handing over of …
National Green Tribunal today directed that no steel pickling works can function in the national capital without the consent of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC). "We direct that no pickling unit is to be permitted to operate in Delhi without obtaining the consent of DPCC," said a bench headed …
