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 …
The State Government on Tuesday admitted to have recommended 42 private companies for allocation of coal blocks, contrary to the claims made by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the State favoured auction-based system for allocation of coal and other minerals. This came to the fore when Minister of State for …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is planning to make public hearings mandatory for all mining licences coming up for renewal or where the mine is going in for expansion. The move is expected to add another layer of control over mining activities at a time when the Prime …
New Delhi In a major step towards women empowerment, the Centre is planning a new legislation that will make the woman of the house the chief beneficiary of the compensation for land acquired for mining projects. According to officials in the mining ministry, the move will not only ensure the …
PANJIM: Environmentalists have termed the State Government’s decision to allow handling of dumps of 25 MMT, annually, in the draft mining policy as ‘a sin bigger than that of Digambar Kamat government.’ Environmentalists see red in the decision to allow handling of the dumps, which they say, could result in …
Odisha is set to voice its opposition to some of the contentious provisions in the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Bill-2011 that the state government feels may undermine the federal structure of the constitution. In May this year, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had shot off a letter to Prime …
500 mn tonne worth of coal mines is target for acquisitions by 2020 International Coal Ventures Limited, or ICVL, was the epitome of India’s babudom running public sector undertakings (PSUs). Five major public PSUs — NTPC, SAIL, NMDC, Coal India and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL) — with a war chest …
The federation representing merchant miners in the country claims stocks at mine heads reveal that there is no real shortage of iron ore, a key steelmaking ingredient. In a letter to the finance ministry, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, or FIMI, has accused the government, both at the state …
PANJIM: The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) will urge the Central government not to grant any relief to the State to reduce the 10-km buffer zone around the wildlife sanctuaries. “I will meet the Union that there should not be any reduction of buffer zone as it will encourage mining …
A meeting of the nine-member ministerial panel set up to frame the powers of the proposed regulator for the coal sector remained inconclusive today. However, a general consensus emerged on the contentious issue of assigning pricing power to the proposed authority. This, if implemented, would deprive state-owned Coal India Ltd …
Says errant miners need to pay 24% interest rate until penalty payments After the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) and the Union mines ministry remained silent over excess mineral raising cases detected in Odisha, the state government has pulled its socks to recover the prices of the mineral raised beyond …
The Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) has vehemently opposed Union tribal welfare minister V Kishore Chandra Deo’s demand for stoppage of bauxite mining in Eastern Ghats. “We strongly refute observations of the Union tribal welfare minister as these are not based on facts,” said B K Mohanty, advisor, …
Ministry in process of amending rules. Guilty party to lose licence, debarred from obtaining any further licence PANJIM: As a major fallout of Shah Commission’s interim report, Union Mines ministry is working on amending the Mineral Concession Rules which will make mine owner lose his licence and would be debarred …
Three lessees charged with violation of Rule-37 of Mineral Concession Rules-1960 – Indrani Patnaik, KJS Ahluwalia and R P Sao- have filed petitions in the revision authority under Union ministry of mines, dealing a blow to the ongoing investigation by the state steel & mines department. Indrani Patnaik has even …
Steamrolling the concerns raised by mining firms, the mines ministry has told a Parliamentary committee that people displaced from their homes in mining zones have to be allotted shares of the mineral exploration companies. The ministry’s main argument is that the move would promote inclusive growth and make the locals …
PANJIM: The Union Mines Ministry has asked Goa government to ensure that there is no environmental degradation while allowing the dumps to be handled for exports. The ministry has also stipulated that any dump handling would be done only after ‘quantification of grade and quantity of ore’ in the heaps …
The mines ministry has told a Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel that it is imperative to compensate the project affect persons (PAP) in the mining zones by allotting them shares in the mineral exploration companies to ensure their well-being. The ministry, brushing aside the mining industry’s concerns, has …
The country's steel production capacity has reached 80 MT per annum with plans to ramp it up to 120 MTPA during the current fiscal An inter-ministerial panel will meet later this month to sort out issues impeding big-ticket investments in the steel sector. "An inter-ministerial group (IMG) on July 25 …
The Odisha government has refused to abide by a clause of the Mineral Concession Rule (MCR), 1960, dealing with royalty charges on minerals, citing certain flaws in it. According to Rule 64 B, sub-rule (1) of the MCR Rule 1960, the states can charge royalty on the minerals that has …
After a delay of two years since the memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed between the State Government and Posco India for establishment of a steel plant near Paradip, lapsed in June 2010, process has started for signing of an instrument of renewal. Steel and Mines Minister Raghunath Mohanty said the …
Bid to prevent captive mine owners from selling byproducts; make them add value to ore. The Centre has moved to clear any ambiguity that could be misused by captive mine owners to sell iron ore fines in the open market. The move comes after the Jharkhand High Court in February …
