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 …
DILIP KUMAR JHA / Mumbai November 24, 2009, 0:15 IST India exports 100 million tonnes of iron ore to China. The Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (Fimi), the apex representative body of mining companies, has urged the government to vary the royalty rate for iron ore based on the content. …
The steel and mines ministries are locked in a bitter turf war on amending the existing Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act. The mines ministry has proposed giving states full powers to allocate mining leases by removing the clause that requires them to seek Centre
A Bill to provide for the scientific development of mines and minerals under the control of the Union and the regulation of activities connected therewith. This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2009. It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into …
Illegal Miners With Prospective Licences Paid Money To Hawala Operators MR Madhu Koda never claimed to be a dynamic leader. But as a minister for mines and later as chief minister of Jharkhand, he set new benchmarks in administrative dynamism. Sample this: In one instance, Mr Koda cleared 48 mining …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty reiterated that ArcelorMittal has assured the State Government that the company will establish the proposed steel plant in Keonjhar district. Doubts were expressed about the company going ahead with the project because of land acquisition problems. There were reports that the company …
The differences between the steel and mines ministries on amending the existing MMDR Act simply refuse to die. This time the two are pitted against each other in a turf war on protecting the interests of the state-run behemoths in reserving mining areas for them in order to ensure a …
Companies May Get To Exploit 100 Sq km Now Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government is considering to increase maximum area for iron ore mining from 25 sq km to 100 sq km to ensure enough supply of raw materials to steel companies, an official in the steel ministry said …
Mines Minister B K Handique today said that South Korean steel plant Posco, facing problems of land acquisition in Orissa, will be moving to a different place. "Posco has told me that (it is) moving to a different place as (it is) facing problems in acquiring land," he said. In …
In respect of minerals (other than minor mineral, coal, lignite and sand for stowing), the Central Government revised the rates of Royalty and Dead Rent vide Official Gazette notification number GSR 574 (E) dated 13th August 2009 and GSR 575 (E) dated 13th August 2009 respectively. The revised rates of …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Arguing that the current practice of granting mining leases on a first-come-first-serve basis is complicated, cumbersome and impedes value-addition, the Steel Ministry today made out a case for devising a new formula in the new version of the MMDR Act being drafted by the Mines Ministry to ensure …
Lamenting that undue delays in allotting captive iron ore mines to steel companies were dissuading them from going full throttle on capacity expansion, the Steel Ministry has asked the Mines Ministry to adequately equip the empowered committee to accord prior approval for mineral concessions on behalf of the Central government. …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty today admitted in the Assembly that there is illegal mining of iron and manganese ore in Keonjhar district. Replying to a question from Subama Naik (BJD), the Minister said cases of illegal mining and smuggling of iron and manganese ore have increased …
This act is for the scientific development of mines and minerals under the control of the Union and the regulation of activities connected therewith. It extends to the whole of India. An Act to provide for the scientific development of mines and minerals under the control of the Union and …
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has appealed to the Union Ministry of Mines to immediately allot a mining lease to Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited in Sandur, Bellary, by invoking a provision under section 59 (2) of the Central Mining and Minerals Act. In the letter addressed to Union Minister …
Raghvendra Rao Posted: Friday , May 08, 2009 at 0109 hrs IST New Delhi: Battalions of Armed Forces may no longer be required to prevent Naxals from attacking mining sites. Clearing the sites of explosives, the Union Ministry of Mines believes, will do the trick. The ministry has asked all …
New Delhi: Mines minister Sis Ram Ola has ignored his own officials and the advice of the Karnataka Government and overlooked the Cabinet secretary by intensely pitching for reserving 1,503 hectares of the prized Ramandurg iron ore mines in the state for PSU Minerals and Metals Trading Corporation (MMTC). MMTC …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government is yet to take a decision on the issue of iron ore mine lease to South Korean steel major Posco. To a question from Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra (Cong),Minister of State for Mines Pradip Amat said that in December, 2006 the State Government under Section 11(5) of …
