Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
State Forest department had pointed to violations by firm The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has paved the way for Sesa Goa, an arm of the Vedanta Group, to resume mining in 164 hectares (ha) of land in the Nirthady forest of Chitradurga. This, despite the State Forest department …
The measures will be implemented at a cost of Rs 44 cr The Jagatsinghpur district administration is all set to implement cyclone mitigation measures (CMM) at the site of the Posco project for protection against natural disasters and saline inundation. These measures will be implemented at a cost of Rs …
Relaxing the two-year freeze, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to resume considering mining proposals from Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka. However, it will keep a close watch on issues like availability of iron ore, its transport and other green laws while considering fresh mining …
CSM technology is the IT arm of the steel and mines department and helps maintaining daily mineral transaction data on website orissaminerals.gov.in The state steel and mines department has decided to send its officials to Karnataka to study modalities of iron ore e-auction there, as it is gearing up to …
Govt to take reallot them as directed by the court later The Karnataka government has cancelled 51 iron ore mining leases in Category C as per the order of the Supreme Court. The government will take further actions to reallot them as directed by the court and the Central Empowered …
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 …
Iron ore mining in Goa is expected to begin by August this year, an industry body said today. "We feel that mining will begin by August this year. The Supreme Court has given indications in that direction," Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Manguirish Pai Raikar told reporters …
Says membership at stake if found guilty PANJIM: Goa’s apex industrial body Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has declared that ‘all those involved in illegal mining should be brought to book’ and if any member of the chamber is found to be involved in illegal mining his membership will …
Even as the Karnataka government is readying to send lease termination notices to Category C mine owners following the Supreme Court (SC) order of last month, some of the leaseholders are planning to file a review petition in the apex court. The aggrieved owners want their cases to be reheard …
The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Tuesday ruled out allowing export of iron ore pellets from Karnataka-based miners. Responding to requests from the leaseholders at a meeting here, the CEC team, headed by P V Jayakrishnan, told the miners there was no question of allowing exports at this …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) made a scathing attack against the Supreme Court's Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) for letting off the most corrupt without any or little punishment in the Karnataka mining scam. It said the apex court — based on the recommendations of the CEC — had …
The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the environment ministry and others on an application filed by Sesa Goa seeking permission to transport, sell and export 4.766 million tonne of already mined iron ore lying at various locations in Goa. A special green bench headed by Justice TS Thakur …
PANJIM: The Justice MB Shah Commission's third report on illegal mining in Goa will be drafted only after the Supreme Court verdict on the petition on illegal mining in Goa is out and it will address issues of illegalities involved in transfer of leases and illegal ore exports specifically in …
PANJIM: Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has constituted 11 members Expert Appraisal Committee to examine issues relating to both, environment clearances of iron ore mining leases and illegal handling of dumps in Goa. The Appraisal Committee, chaired by ex-secretary MoEF, Vishwanath Anand, has been directed to submit its report …
The state government on Friday proposed a buffer zone of up to 1 km around wildlife sanctuaries (WLS) and national parks (NP) in the state. It submitted details of its proposal of Ecologically Sensitive Zones (ESZ) to the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF). Sources in the forest department …
PANJIM: The State government will file its reply on the buffer zone of wild life sanctuaries before the Supreme Court and a copy to this will be sent to Union Ministry of Forest and Environment, department officials said. The Union ministry had recently accused the Goa government of not replying …
The Goa government will inform the Centre of its stand on the critical matter of buffer zones of wildlife sanctuaries and parks by Monday, a crucial step that will allow the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), which had suspended all environmental clearances of mines in the state, to start …
The apex court order to restart mining in Karnataka may not provide immediate relief to the steel industry, as it will take at least 18 months to obtain statutory approvals, rating agency India Ratings, said. Moreover, a few mines have to renew their mining leases as it had expired when …
Report of the Central Empowered Committee in Application No. 1209 filed before it by the Kudremukh Wildlife Foundation and others regarding alleged illegal diversion of forest lands for non-forest uses in the Western Ghats region in Karnataka.
E-auction of key bulk minerals like iron ore, chrome ore and manganese is expected to begin in Odisha in 1-2 months with the chief minister Naveen Patnaik giving in-principle approval for the process. "The chief minister has already given his in-principle approval to start e-auction. In 1-2 months, we expect …
