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 …
The POSCO steel plant and port planned in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur district have run into fresh trouble. An expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests deferred its decision on clearing the port project, saying the South Korean steel giant did not furnish sufficient details. The company …
The Environment Ministry has made it mandatory for industrial houses putting up large projects with more than one component, like a steel plant with a captive mine or a captive port, to prepare a single comprehensive environmental impact assessment (EIA) report to be considered in its entirety. This is done …
THE environment ministry has granted Jindal Steel and Power a two-week extension till December 22 to file their response to the showcause notice for alleged environmental violations by its 6 million tonne integrated steel plant at Angul, Orissa. The show-cause was issued by the ministry on November 22 for failing …
THE Orissa government will renew the agreement signed in 2004 with South Korean major Posco, six months after its expiry, signalling the state's intention to support the completion of Posco
NEW DELHI: Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) and South Korean steel giant POSCO are likely to come out with the detailed project report for jointly setting up a 1.5-million tonne steel plant in Bokaro, Jharkhand, within a month. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a conference here, Steel …
NEW DELHI: Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday announced that the Steel Ministry proposed to take up more UNDP-sponsored projects for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in steel re-rolling mills. Addressing the national conference on
South Korean steel giant Posco and state-run SAIL are likely to come out with the detailed project report for jointly setting up a 1.5 tonne per annum steel plant in Bokaro, Jharkhand, in a month, a top government official said on Tuesday. "Some discussions have been carried out and we …
Indu Bhan The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from South Korean steel major Posco, the Centre, the Orissa government and others on three cross-appeals challenging the Orissa High Court order that quashed the state government
Petitioner Geomin Says It Applied For Licence For Khandadhar Mines Before Posco THE Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre, the Orissa government and to South Korean steel major Posco on a petition filed by Geomin Minerals and Marketing, challenging an earlier Orissa High Court order. The high …
The company claims to have carried out potential site analysis for the port (and the steel plant). Their short-listed sites were Jatadharmohan creek (JMC) near Paradip and Dhamra port. Dhamra had already been granted to Dhamra Port Company Limited (joint venture Tata Steel and L&T;) in 1999. To consider an …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Government today said it would 'thoroughly evaluate' Posco-India's detailed project report (DPR) for its proposed port project before recommending the proposal to Centre for clearance. The State Government was aware of the concerns expressed by authorities of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) and the Ministry of Shipping, Road …
ArcelorMittal, Tata Group & JSW Group Among 1,000 Applicants P P Thimmaya BANGALORE The Karnataka government, which recently took steps to restrict the export of iron ore, has received over 1,000 applications including from top steelmakers such as ArcelorMittal India, the Tata Group and the JSW Group, to mine for …
BHUBANESWAR: As per the latest assessment, Orissa has a deposit of 5,074.945 million tonnes (MT) of iron ore, 170.62 MT of chrome ore, 1,805.81 MT of bauxite and 119.24 MT of manganese as on April 1 this year. To a question of Karendra Majhi (BJP), State Steel and Mines Minister …
Mineral-rich states are upset with the Centre for proposing direct grant of Large Area Prospecting Licences (LAPLs) for iron ore to first applicants with no exceptions. In a renewed campaign against the Draft Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Bill 2010, spearheaded by Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, states countered …
The decision on the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project in Orissa has been delayed further with the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) seeking additional information on the impact of the company
Air pollution tolerance index (APTI) is used to select plant species tolerant to air pollution. Four physiological and biochemical parameters, namely: leaf extract pH, ascorbic acid, total chlorophyll and relative water content were combined together in a formulation signifying the APTI of plants.
No extensive study has been made in the context of Indian Iron and Steel Industries attempting to measure the intensity of industrial pollution in the field of environmental management and to identify the different environmental indicators for making the units proactive. Now-a-days, the Indian steel manufacturers are mainly facing some …
