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 …
Karnataka will set in motion today the process of acquiring 4,800 acres in Bellary for the mega steel plant being set up by ArcelorMittal, a top official said. "The government has approved the land acquisition at Kudathini in Bellary district and the preliminary notification will be issued tomorrow in the …
BANGALORE: The Karnataka government on Friday issued the preliminary notification to acquire 4,800 acres of land in Kudutini in Bellary district for a six-million-tonne steel plant worth Rs. 30,000 crore to be set up by the global giant ArcelorMittal.
In a move that is likely to hit the miners hard, the Steel Ministry has asked the government to heavily disincentivise iron ore exports. If the ministry has its way then the Finance Ministry could double the export duty on high-grade ore (to 20 per cent) in the coming Budget. …
BHUBANESWAR: The JSL Limited today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the State Government for setting up a steel park at Kalinga Nagar in Jajpur district with an investment of Rs 704 crore. Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of JSL Limited Ratan Jindal said that the proposed stainless steel park …
A major fire broke out at the Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) in the wee hours today, severely hitting the hot metal production at the flagship entity of the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL). According to official sources, the blaze broke out in the electrical cable tunnel of the plant, …
On december 31¤ tribals of Jaspur and Dugdha villages in Jharkhand gathered in front of the local sponge iron factory and shouted slogans. They were angry because waste from the factory had turned their drinking water source black and had reduced their paddy yield by half. “An official from the …
On december 30, the Union environment ministry gave final clearance to South Korean steel company, posco, to use 1,174 hectares (ha) forestland to build its steel plant near the port city of Paradip in Orissa. The clearance was given after the company deposited Rs 105 crore with the ministry for …
PARADIP: With an aim to expedite land acquisition process and finalise the rehabilitation package of the people to be affected by Posco, Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of IDCO Priyabrata Patnaik today conducted a review meeting with the district administration and Posco officials here. Though the Ministry of Environment and Forests had …
Tata Steel has bagged a place among the top 100 most sustainable corporations in the world. The rating has been given by Corporate Knights, a magazine for clean capitalism. It announced its sixth annual global list of 100 most sustainable corporations at World Economic Forum at Davos. The key performance …
Bokaro will soon boast a second steel plant. Announcing this today at the end of his two-day visit to Bokaro, Union minister for steel Virbhadra Singh said Bokaro had 44,000 acres to spare and that would be used to set up a new plant in joint venture with a global …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: Big ticket steel projects of Posco-India and ArcelorMittal may be lagging behind, but mega projects of Tata Steel, Bhusan Steel and Jindal Steel & Power are progressing satisfactorily, said a review meeting of the state steel & mines department.
Jaishankar Jayaramiah Bangalore: A team of officials from South Korean steel major Posco would visit Karnataka in mid-February to appraise the land parcels available in the state in order to set up their proposed integrated steel plant, a top Karnataka government official said. Talking to FE on the sidelines of …
Union steel minister Virbhadra Singh today encouraged all units of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) located in Ranchi to go full steam on research projects, adding that the Centre would provide required support to ensure their swift completion.
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has assured South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak that work relating to the Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel plant project, which has been delayed by more than a year, will be expedited. Naveen rushed to Delhi yesterday to meet Lee who has been concerned over the delay …
Arindam Sinha Jamshedpur: Tata Steel wants to begin work on the proposed 12-mtpa greenfield project near Tontaposhi in the Seraikela-Kharswan district, 35 km from here, once the newly elected state government puts in place a formal resettlement & rehabilitation (R&R;) policy. The Rs 50,000-crore project involves acquisition of around 10,000 …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as mega projects of the State Government are being delayed because of opposition from locals, the high-level clearance authority (HLCA) today approved 11 projects with an estimated investment of Rs 81,540.39 crore. The proposals approved by the HLCA include a mega auto park and associated steel and power …
THE Industrial Development Corporation of Orissa (IDCOL) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that if Jindal Stainless (JSL) be given licence to develop the Tangarpada chromite mines in the state, it will make a super profit. The decision of the state government for a JV with Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) …
