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 …
Odisha government continued the final phase of land acquisition for proposed steel plant POSCO in Jagatsinghpur district on Wednesday despite strong protest from the locals. The labourers engaged by the district administration went on demolishing the betel vines to acquire land as armed policemen beat up a few farmers who …
Sensing an impending law and order situation, the district collector decided not to resume land acquisition The final phase of land acquisition for Posco steel plant, which had resumed three days back after a gap of twenty days in Gobindpur village, got disrupted today because of heavy protests. Demonstration and …
Last phase land acquisition process for Posco steel plant, which had resumed three days back after a gap of 20 days, in Gobindapur village had to be suspended again on Monday following protests by anti-Posco activists. Residents of Dhinkia and Gobindapur villages led by CPI leader Narayan Reddy staged demonstration …
The Jagatsinghpur district administration hopes to acquire the required land for the Posco steel project within next couple of days. "We are close to acquire 2,700 acre land required for the 8 MTPA plant of Posco in first phase. But we might have to wait for some time to start …
However, project opponents threaten to resort to mass immolation, if administration continues to demolish betel vines 'forcibly' After a break of twenty days, the Jagatsinghpur district administration has resumed the fifth and final phase of land acquisition for the Posco steel project at Gobindpur near Paradip. The district administration officials, …
In its bid to complete land acquisition for the proposed Posco project near here by first week of July, the Odisha government today resumed land acquisition amidst stiff opposition from villagers who alleged use of force to demolish their betel vines. "We have to acquire another 700 acre of land …
The Jagatsinghpur district administration on Friday resumed the land acquisition process for the mega Posco steel project at Gobindapur village amidst stiff opposition from the anti-Posco villagers. “This will be the last phase of acquisition. Today, we dismantled 18 betel vines and paid Rs 36 lakh as compensation,” said Jagatsinghpur …
In FY13, the Daitari mines had recorded production of 703,440 tonnes of ore With the forest department taking a grim view on Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) carrying out mining activities without forest clearance, the state-controlled miner's Daitari iron ore mines might soon close down. In a recent letter to Odisha …
Firm owner accused of illegal mining The steel and mines department of the Odisha government has decided not to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Deepak Steel and Power Ltd after the promoter of the company was found to be involved in illegal mining activity. "The MoU signed …
The Price of Steel: Human Rights and Forced Evictions in the POSCO-India Project documents the human rights abuses being carried out to facilitate the establishment of the POSCO-India project, and the associated illegal seizures of land which threaten to forcibly displace as many as 22,000 people in India’s eastern state …
Says the ill-gotten wealth should be recovered and used for reclamation and rehabilitation The National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR) has urged chief minister Siddaramiah to take steps to initiate punitive action against companies involved in illegal mining and the officials who connived with them. Founder president of …
The MoEF, on the contrary, had allowed two years time to the miners to obtain diversion of the entire forest land within their leasehold area The Odisha government has decided to consult its law department and the Government of India on renewal of 55 working mines with involvement of forest …
NMDC is setting up a 1.8-million-tonne-per-annum (mtpa) beneficiation plant and a 1.2-mtpa pellet plant at an investment of Rs 650 crore KIOCL, a steel ministry undertaking facing severe shortage of iron ore for its pellet plant in Mangalore, is planning to partner public sector mining giant NMDC for a pellet …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has blocked Tata Steel’s coal washery expansion project, crucial to its R15,000-crore Jamshedpur steel plant expansion, citing discrepancies in what the company has reported and what it has actually been doing. Tata Steel reported to the MoEF that it would expand its washery …
A high power environment ministry panel has recommended revalidation of environment clearance granted in 2007 for Posco India's proposed mega steel project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, official sources said. Environment clearance to South Korean steel major Posco for a four million tonne per annum (mtpa) steel plant was granted …
There's good news in store for Karnataka's ore-starved steel industry. The Supreme Court-appointed Cental Monitoring Committee (CEC) is set to e-auction low-grade iron ore dumps. On June 26 or 27, the panel is likely to auction about 6,00,000 tonnes. The move would provide relief to the steel industry, operating at …
An expert panel has recommended renewal of environment clearance for Posco's proposed steel project in Odisha, raising hopes that the Korean company will be able to start work on its much-delayed plant. Posco's original $12-billion proposed plant at Jagatsinghpur — the largest foreign direct investment in the country — was …
The Rajasthan government has allocated a large iron ore block at Bhilwara to RINL in a move that has been approved by the union mines ministry. It is, perhaps, the first positive news coming out of the mining sector which is still reeling under the impact of the ban on …
The Andhra Pradesh government today sought to put at the rest the political controversy over the Bayyaram mines issue, saying there was no proposal to divert iron ore to the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP). “There is no proposal to divert iron ore to Visakhapatnam from Bayyaram mines. The ore is …
SC had allowed these mines to resume operations subject to statutory conditions in order dated April 18 In what could be considered as fresh trouble brewing for the iron and steel sector in Karnataka, the mines and geology department, government of Karnataka, has recommended premature termination of 14 iron ore …
