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 …
Members of the Central Empowered Committee visited Tumkur on Tuesday and held discussions on the impact of mining on drinking water, education, health and agriculture, among other sectors. Deputy Commissioner R.K. Raju urged the team, comprising C.S. Joshi, Shakti Singh Chauhan and S. Ravi, to allocate more funds to the …
At the e-auctions held on October 5 for 1.14 mn tonnes of iron ore, buyers showed interest to buy barely 160,000 tonnes Even though steel mills are facing acute shortage of raw materials for their blast furnaces, they showed no urgency to buy iron ore at the recent electronic auctions …
Mineral Enterprises, the only company to secure all clearances, suspends ops Bangalore-based Mineral Enterprises Limited (MEL) has suspended mining operations at its iron ore mine in Chitradurga district after its lease period expired on October 6. The company has managed to produce 35,000 tonnes in one month. MEL was the …
Mumbai London-listed Vedanta’s iron ore mining arm in India, Sesa Goa, is likely to produce only a third of its fiscal 2012-13 production target of 15 million tonne from Goa as the company faces a lengthy spell of non-production in the state. In September, the Goa government first announced a …
JAIPUR: The recommendation of the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to increase safety zones (eco-sensitive zones) around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks from 100 meters to 2 km from the park's boundary has not come as a shock. Given the current scenario, this would not make any difference. The …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday imposed a complete ban on mining activities in all the 90 mines in Goa as well as the transportation of iron and manganese ores till further orders. Goa is the country's second-biggest iron-ore producer—with an output of more than 50 million tonnes—and exports …
Goa followed Karnataka on Friday when the Supreme Court imposed a complete ban on the mining activities as well as transportation of iron and manganese ore in the state till further orders. A Forest Bench led by Justice Aftab Alam, which had in a separate matter put a ban on …
Category B leases were found to have done illegal mining outside the sanctioned areas up to 10% of the lease areas The Supreme Court of India has directed 63 Category B mining leases in Karnataka to pay compensation for illegal mining outside the sanctioned area before allowing them to restart …
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered iron ore mining in six leases in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district to be stopped due to a pending inter-state border survey. The court’s forest bench, which is hearing cases on illegal mining, said mining operations and transportation of ore from the six leases should …
Nagpur: The recommendation by Supreme Court appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to keep safety zones (eco-sensitive zones) around wildlife sanctuaries and national parks to 2km to 100 metres from the parks boundary has shocked greens as it will virtually lead to a free for all around most important forests of …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) informed the Supreme Court on Friday that mining operations in 63 iron ore leases falling in category B in Karnataka may be allowed to be resumed after fulfilment of certain conditions. Senior advocate Shyam Divan, appointed amicus curiae in the case, told the forest bench …
The Supreme Court on Friday favoured the resumption of mining operations in ‘Category B’ iron ore mines in Karnataka’s Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur districts after ensuring all legalities and penalty measures. “It is right that very radical measures are required for environment protection and also for an inclusive growth. What …
Bangalore The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday carried out searches at 17 locations across Karnataka and Goa as part of the Supreme Court-ordered probe into the illegal mining and export of iron ore from the state’s Belekeri port. While the residence of some aides of the jailed mining …
15 teams search homes and offices of several exporters, no arrests made so far A week after the Supreme Court ordered for an inquiry by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged illegal export of 5 million metric tonnes of iron ore from Belekeri port in Karnataka, the CBI …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to register a case tomorrow to probe the illegal mining of 5.07 million tonnes of iron ore from forests in Karnataka. The case, being filed on the directions of the Supreme Court, is also likely to probe the role of the state …
JAIPUR: Nearly 68 hectares of forest land in Tijara area in Alwar will be handed over to the state mining department for mining. The state mines department is preparing a fresh proposal for the same, which would be forwarded to the forests and environment department, which in turn would send …
The Karnataka government would “fully cooperate” with the CBI probe into the illegal extraction of 5.07 million tonnes of iron ore in 17 months from the state’s forests, Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Sunday said. “We will fully co-operate with the CBI in conducting the probe into the Belekeri iron …
A t a joint meeting of various civil society groups held on 16 August at Srinagar, some resolutions were adopted. The Amarnath Yatra should be conducted in accordance with the Environment Policy, the State Forest Policy and also the Nitish Sengupta Committee recommendations. (Letters)
National Committee for Protection of Natural Resources (NCPNR), which is spearheading a campaign against illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, on Thursday urged all stakeholders to work for the effective implementation of a recent Supreme Court order. Addressing presspersons here, NCPNR president S.R. Hiremath said that the stakeholders, including …
