Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
Granting mining leases will not be the only area where auctioning would be employed as a method of screening corporates, as per a proposed legislation. The new mining Bill, which the Union Cabinet approved recently, empowers the states to call for financial bids even at the pre-mining stage of prospecting …
Armed with a report prepared by the former Karnataka Lokayukta on illegal mining, the Union Ministry of Mines has asked the Goa Government to furnish data on the allegations that the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) used to export iron ore even as the neighbouring state had banned the activity. Officials …
The Ministry of Mines has asked the Goa Government to provide details on low-grade ore dumps that have piled up alongside extraction sites in the coastal state by October 18, sources said today. The Ministry, in a recent meeting held in Delhi, asked the Goa Mines and Geology Department to …
PANJIM: After being exposed through Karnataka Lokayukta report, Goa government has been ordered by Union Ministry of Mines to give details of the Karnataka ore used in Goa for blending local ore and also on Karnataka ore exported through Goa ports during last five years. The instructions followed observations by …
PANJIM: State Mines and Geology department has almost 623 prospecting licences pending for the approval, besides the existing 595 deemed leases which are being processed, a government document revealed. A document placed before State Mines Ministry indicates that the massive 1,000 odd mining leases are all set to tap the …
State-owned NMDC, which had recently struck a deal to acquire 50 per cent in Australia’s Legacy Iron Ore for about Rs 90 crore, is in the process of acquiring five more mines abroad. Chairman and Managing Director Rana Som told Business Standard the largest iron ore miner in the country …
This bill approved by the union cabinet provides for mining companies to keep aside 26 per cent of their net profits for a mineral development fund to be used for the development and rehabilitation of project affected people in tribal areas. This bill approved by the Union cabinet provides for …
State empowered committees to monitor concession system Seeking to address the issue of illegal mining practices, the Mines Ministry has drawn up plans to tighten state-level governance machinery for eradicating delays in the grant of mineral concessions. The government also decided to tackle the issue of illegal mining as identified …
India, the world’s second fastest growing economy, has spent not more than Rs 800-900 crore in the past 60 years in mineral exploration. According to a committee set up by the Union mines ministry, the country has emerged as a poor performer in composite policy and mineral potentials as compared …
PANJIM: All mining companies may now have to submit their annual report on exploration work carried out at the site along with mining operation to Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM). Ministry of Mines in fresh draft guidelines released for Reporting of Mineral Reserves and Resources under United Nations Framework Classification …
PANAJI | NEW DELHI: While attention has been riveted on illegal mining in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, thanks to the Supreme Court-ordered probe into the activities of key players, environmental activists and political parties have now turned their gaze to Congress controlled Goa. The western coastal state, which has rich …
New Delhi Mines ministry plans to undertake a fresh assessment of the extent of losses to the exchequer on account of illegal mining in Goa. This is being done to end speculation over the quantum of revenue loss to the state, with figures ranging from R1,200 crore to R10,000 crore …
The Orissa government and Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) are working out a compromise formula for the pricing of iron ore mined from the state. The move, in all likelihood, would lead to an increase in the prices of the mineral. The state government had earlier flayed the IBM’s methodology …
This is the note for Carbinet on Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011. A Bill to consolidate and amend the law relating to the scientific development and regulation of mines and minerals under the control of the Union.
Industry groups may be disappointed over benefit-sharing norms. The ministry of mines has sought clearance from the Cabinet for making amendments to the existing mining legislation. Besides introducing a benefit-sharing regime for the first time, the proposed law will also be making provisions for regulating mining in the country. The …
Mining was stopped in as many as 133 mines in Karnataka, including 93 in Bellary, on directions of courts on account of environmental hazards, Mines Minister Dinsha Patel told the Lok Sabha today. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, Patel said according to provisional figures 10,304 workers have been affected …
The Planning Commission, Govt. of India constituted a Working Group on Mineral Exploration and Development (other than Coal & Lignite) in the context of formulation of the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017), under the chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India. This is the report of the working …
Mining in India is regulated by multiple institutions functioning at multiple levels to provide checks and balances. In Bellary, however, every department and agency supposed to regulate and control mining simply collapsed under the weight of the “loot”. Bellary, therefore, represents a colossal failure of governance. There are seven ministries …
BHUBANESWAR: Chances of an early renewal of memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the State Government and Posco have brightened with the latter agreeing to delete the iron ore swapping clause. Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty told mediapersons here on Monday that though Posco had agreed not to insist …
New Delhi The mines ministry on Wednesday said it will circulate the Cabinet note on the new mines Bill soon, which provides for sharing of profits and royalty with the project-affected people (PAPs). ‘‘It will be circulated by the end of this week. We have got the group of ministers …
