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 …
Announcing its mineral-linkage policy, the Odisha government has entrusted the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a state government-owned company, to act as a nodal agency to ensure long-term raw material linkages to steel and ferro-alloy industries coming up in the state. State chief secretary GC Pati said the government has put …
Office Report submitted in the Supreme Court dated 09/09/2014 in W.R. 120/2012 (Manohar Lal Sharma etc. Vs The Principal Secretary & Ors) regarding coal block allocation
U.K. lawmaker Ian Swales has already watched one steel plant close in his district, and he never wants to see it again. It felt like a funeral, he said, when plunging demand led the Redcar blast furnace in northern England to shut its doors in 2010. The memory has Swales …
BEIJING - China's top economic planner announced Friday it would double charges for pollutant disposal in the latest move against pollution. Charges on pollutants in sewage and exhaust gas disposal will be set at no less than 1.4 yuan ($0.23) and 1.2 yuan per pollution equivalent, respectively, according to a …
U.K. lawmaker Ian Swales has already watched one steel plant close in his district, and he never wants to see it again. It felt like a funeral, he said, when plunging demand led the Redcar blast furnace in northern England to shut its doors in 2010. The memory has Swales …
At least 15 people were injured Wednesday after an explosion at a steel plant in central Japan, the latest in a series of accidents at the site. Television pictures showed clouds of black smoke billowing from the Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal facility in Tokai, which employs 3,000 people. A …
ISLAMABAD : Dozens of marble and steel factories, set up close to the residential area in sector I-9 have become the major threat to the environment. Air pollution is increasing day by day in twin cities of Islamabadand Rawalpindi as industrial zone was getting close to residential area. The residents …
The state Assembly’s Standing Committee on Forest & Environment, while inspecting the secondary steel units in and around Durgapur, caught one unit flouting the West Bengal Pollution Control Board norms and ordered the authority to install devices to check air pollution immediately. The Standing Committee headed by Mr Srikanta Mahato …
In a landmark judgement on 25 August 2014, the Supreme Court declared illegal all allocation of coal blocks between 1993 and 2010 and cancelled the allocation of nearly 200 coal blocks. Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Manohar Lal Sharma Vs. Principal Secretary & Others …
Heeding a plea to check air pollution from industries in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal Wednesday directed the State Pollution Control Board (USPCB) to inspect all air pollution control devices installed in iron and steel units in Jasodharpur Industrial Area (JIA) near Kotdwar. A bench headed by Justice U D …
Guangdong, the biggest of China's seven pilot carbon trading markets, will this year hand out around 6 percent more emission permits to companies than in 2013, potentially aggravating oversupply that sent prices tumbling earlier this year. The market is meant to rein in climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions from power stations, …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has set up a mechanism under its environmental surveillance squad programme to carry out surprise inspections and assessment of pollution levels of industrial units, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Environment minister Prakash Javadekar told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that based …
JSW Steel, Kalyani Steel and others waiting for auction of mines The Karnataka government will seek extension of the deadline for auctioning of C-category iron ore mines. Earlier, in February this year, the Supreme Court had set the deadline of six months (before August 24) for the state government to …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Murli Manohar Sharma Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/08/2014 regarding the use of water of Baitarani River (which originates from Guptaganga hills in Keonjhar District of Odisha) by industries. According to the applicant, Baitarani …
In a major breakthrough, International Coal Ventures Pvt Ltd (ICVL), the joint venture of SAIL, CIL, RINL, NMDC and NTPC has finalised the takeover of Rio Tinto’s operating coal mine and coal assets in Mozambique. The mine was acquired by Rio Tinto from Riversdale Mining Ltd in 2011. The mine …
The Industrial Area at Sectors I9 and I10 is causing health hazards to the residents of the surrounding residential areas who have become prey to a number of respiratory diseases.The residents have frequently complained about the diseases like chest congestion and asthma, which are directly linked to air pollution. The …
BHUBANESWAR: The steel ministry's move to rekindle its idea of ultra mega steel plants through the most profitable company under its charge could thwart Anglo-Australian firm Rio Tinto's nearly two-decade old plans to develop a large iron ore mine in India. The ministry has suggested that National Mineral Development Corporation …
The Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is the most up-to-date, comprehensive and relevant analysis of our changing climate. Climate change impacts on the extractives and primary industries sectors are wide ranging and may affect aspects of exploration, extraction, and production of industrial commodities. This briefing …
The Chhattisgarh Government has set a target of planting 7.58 crore saplings of different species under “Harier Chhattisgarh Abhiyan” (Green Chhattisgarh Campaign) in the State this year. Chief Minister Raman Singh while chairing a meeting here did not hide his displeasure with the industrial organisations for not completing their target …
The Ministry of Environmental Protection has issued fines to 19 enterprises totaling 410 million yuan ($65.9 million) for not using required desulfurization facilities. Most of the companies are coal-fired power stations, which release toxic sulfur dioxide into the air. Some iron and steel companies and enterprises in the chemical industry …
