Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during the process of land acquisition for the project. "According to sources available with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (the state's …
Troubles are far from over for global steel giant Posco to set up its Rs 54,000 crore steel plant in Jagatsinghpur in Orissa with tribals in the area divided over allowing the Korean company to enter. Although Orissa
PARADIP: The members of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), the organisation spearheading agitation against the 12- million tonne steel plant of Posco in Jagatsinghpur district, today re-erected barricades restricting the entry of government, company and police personnel to the project site. The outfit erected eight barricades at various places of …
BHUBANESWAR: Senior BJP leader and former industries minister BB Harichandan today urged the Government to sign a fresh MoU with the Korean steel major Posco keeping the State
On January 31, 2011, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) gave its final approval for the construction of a steel plant and captive port of the South Korean company, Posco. The company
JUST a day after the environment ministry granted conditional clearance to Posco for its $12-billion Orissa steel project, the South Korean steel major has reaffirmed its India plans with a second proposal. Posco has selected Halligudi in Gadag district of Karnataka to build its proposed six million tonnes plant at …
Posco India may be celebrating conditional clearances to its steel plant and port projects, but its worries are far from over, with the issue of captive iron ore mines
MoEF has granted conditional environmental clearance to POSCO for its steel-cum-captive-power plant & a captive minor port at Orissa and has demanded an assurance from the state government that forest rights are not being violated. The Government of Orissa and Pohang Steel Company (POSCO) signed a MoU on June 22, …
The environmental clearance for the 12 million tonne greenfield steel plant project of South Korean major Posco is all set to fuel a bitter war over water. The Mahanadi Banchao Andolan, which is spearheading the movement against diversion of water from the Mahanadi river to industries, today reacted strongly to …
As the ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) gears itself to give a final verdict on the steel giant Posco next week, several financial consultants researching on this `51,000-crore mega project have questioned the MoU signed between India and South Korea. Sulakshan Fontana, who works closely with Navdanya, questions how …
From being a “No-Go minister”, Jairam Ramesh is wearing out the welcome mat at his Paryavaran Bhawan office as he met with at least three top industry honchos whose projects had been stalled by his environment ministry. After Anil Agarwal of Vedanta and GW Sung, managing director of Posco India, …
The fate of the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project, India's biggest FDI, may finally see the light of the day with the of environment and forests (MoEF) showing
