Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Days after the Supreme Court temporarily banned mining in Bellary, the suspended miners want the state’s forest department to share responsibility for the environmental degradation. The miners, including one of the largest — Sandur Manganese Iron Ore, have said that if the rationale for last week’s Supreme Court decision to …
Bellary : Three workers, including an assistant manager, died on the spot after inhaling carbon monoxide at the Jindal (JSW) steel factory at Toranagal in Bellary district early Tuesday morning. K B Prashant (26) of Kagatur Okha village in Chennagiri taluk, Davangere district, H M Mallikarjun (25) of Oddu village in Sandur taluk, Bellary …
One-fourth of the country’s steel production to be impacted. The Supreme Court ban on iron ore mining in the Bellary district of Karnataka has hit more than half a dozen steel companies, including JSW Steel and Kalyani Steels manufacturing about 14 million tonne (mt) steel that produces 21 per cent …
In neighbouring Karnataka, the Lokayukta report on illegal mining has led to the resignation of B S Yeddyurappa as Chief Minister and put the BJP on the defensive. What has been little talked about, so far, is the report’s mention of the crucial role played by ports in Congress-ruled Andhra …
PANJIM: Suspension of mining operations in the Bellary area has forced six units from Goa to look to Chitradurga as an alternative source to import high grade iron ore, which is the raw material for these sponge and pig iron industries. “If ore from Bellary does not resume, we will …
India’s wave of corruption scandals has hit yet another industry, iron ore mining, implicating companies that include the flagship of one of this nation’s richest men. As a result of a government investigative report issued late last week, several stocks have lost value — including shares of Adani Enterprises, the …
India's largest iron ore miner NMDC feels that the Supreme Court ban on iron ore mining in the Bellary-Hospet region will not have an immediate impact on ore availability for the domestic steel and sponge iron industries. “Most of the consumers of ore from this region have an inventory of …
This comes less than 24 hours after 49 iron ore-laden lorries were confiscated Less than 24 hours after seizing 49 lorries transporting iron ore from BMC, a firm with which the Reddy brothers are said to be closely associated, the district authorities on Sunday seized 7,448 tonnes of iron ore …
In Hospet-Sandur-Bellary (BHS) sector, there is unaccounted mushrooming of registered and unregistered iron ore traders. In the last two to three years, it has been observed that due to a big margin of profit in this illegal trade, a mafia type of operation has started with the full connivance and …
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the suspension of all mining operations and transportation in an area admeasuring approximately 10,868 hectares in Bellary district of Karnataka till further orders. The Forest Bench, comprising Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices Aftab Alam and Swatanter Kumar passed the order after perusing the …
The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to illegal mining by ordering suspension of all mining activities in Karnataka’s Bellary district with immediate effect. The order will affect about 100 iron ore mining leases covering 10,686 hectares. It follows a ban on mining iron ore a few months ago …
The Supreme Court order to suspend iron ore mining with immediate effect in north Karnataka’s Bellary district has come as a rude shock to the mining and steel industries. Iron and steel manufacturers in South India, who are facing severe shortage of raw materials, will be ‘totally devastated’ with a …
New Delhi/Bangalore The Supreme Court on Friday suspended all mining operations in the Bellary district of Karnataka with immediate effect, a day after state Lokayukta Santosh Hegde submitted a damning report that has forced the state chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to resign. The court also directed the environment ministry to …
The Supreme Court today suspended with immediate effect the mining of iron ore in 10,868 hectares in the Bellary district of Karnataka. “We are of the view that the mining of iron ore in Bellary be suspended immediately till further orders,” a Special Bench headed by Chief Justice, Mr S.H. …
BAN TO HIT INDIA’S STEEL PRODUCTION: The Supreme Court’s exasperation with the Karnataka government’s response to the fast-spreading mining scandal turned into outright anger on Friday with the court banning all mining across the iron ore-rich Bellary region. The ban will be effective in Bellary, nearby Hospet and Sandur, a …
The Supreme Court today suspended mining operations in Karnataka’s Bellary district, saying the miners’ “greed” has overshot the court’s efforts to balance environmental concerns and economic development. Bellary is a major contributor to the 24 per cent iron ore that Karnataka produces for the country’s steel industry. The suspension, which …
The Supreme Court’s order on suspending mining operations in the iron-ore rich Bellary district of Karnataka has put a question mark on the region’s steel industry. The steel companies that contribute upto 30 per cent of the country’s total production would now be unable to source iron ore from the …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday stopped iron ore mining in Karnataka’s Bellary district after its environmental panel warned that the forest cover of the region would be completely destroyed by the unlawful operations of mining barons whom the Centre and state governments have failed to stop. “Largescale illegal …
Santosh Hegde indicts JSW, Adani and NMDC in the brazen loot of natural resources Iron ore is a dark, dirty mineral usually found in inhospitable terrain, and under baking hot conditions. The process of mining, extracting and transporting it is said to be messy with harmful consequences for the environment. …
