Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Mineral Based Plants in Maharashtra , 04/03/2015. And also includes the details of mineral based plants existing and likely to be established in the State of Maharashtra.
Africa needs power - to grow its economies and enhance the welfare of its people. Power for all is still a long distance away - two thirds of the population remains without electricity and enterprises rank electricity as a top constraint to doing business. This sub-optimal situation coexists while vast …
After renewing nearly 43 iron ore mining leases by signing lease deeds in the last one month, the State government notified ‘The Goa Grant of Mining Leases Policy, 2014’. The policy, notified following the recent Mines and Minerals Development Regulation (MMDR) Act amendment ordinance 2015, has no changes in it. …
Rajasthan government is planning to increase reserve area for mining activities by three times. At present the state government has given mining lease of 1,846 square km, which is 0.54 per cent of the total geographical area of the state. Now the government is going to increase it to 1.5 …
An Ordinance further to amend the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. This Ordinance may be called the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Ordinance, 2015.
The coal ministry is thinking of dropping the proposed removal of mineral exploration by private companies The government is likely to approve an ordinance incorporating the pending Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2014, on Monday. The proposal is for a new process of "auction by competitive bidding" …
Minerals are indispensable in modern industrial activities; infrastructure and manufacturing sectors, as indeed all sectors of economy. However, non-fuel materials (minerals and metals) have so far not received the same attention as have oil and natural gas. Non-fuel minerals even while directly contributing to less than 2% of GDP (in …
PANJIM: Demanding that amendment to the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulations (MMDR) Act 1957, pertaining to grant and renewal of leases should be carried out retrospectively, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) has recommended that a mining lease should be granted for 30 years, with extension of 20 …
Local steel mills bound to lift ore allotted to them at IBM fixed rate The steel and mines department of the Odisha government, which recently finalised its policy on mandatory iron ore sales to local industries, has submitted the document to the High Court. “The state government issued a gazette …
The Modi government may review and amend this Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill of 2011 which UPA government failed to pass said Mr. Arun Kumar, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines at FICCI’s interactive meeting on ‘Optimizing Project Clearance Framework for Stimulating Investments’. FICCI press release, Parliamentary Standing Committee …
As legal complications galore After the judiciary pulled the State Government to act on disposal of mining lease renewal applications in Odisha, the Mines Department, which intentionally had kept the RML applications pending for years without any disposal for the benefit of its political bosses, suddenly woke up to get …
Indian Mineral Industry at a Glance 2011-12 is the thirty third edition in its series. This publication is designed to meet the needs of policy makers, planners, industrialists, economists, academicians, researchers and others connected with planning, exploitation and utilisation of minerals and related activities. For easy reference, the publication has …
Impact of fiscal policy at the firm level is a rare field of research. A major lacuna to date is the paucity of studies on the impact of public policy – especially fiscal policy – on the mining firms and their competitiveness. This paper on the mining sector is an …
‘Step taken by the State is valid as a right of pre-emption’ Orissa High Court on Wednesday upheld the State government’s circular of December 2012 in which the government had asked the mine owners in the State to supply half of their mine lumps to local standalone units. Petitions dismissed …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Nalwaya Minerals India Pvt. Ltd. Vs State of Rajasthan Ors. dated 07/03/2014 regarding closure of mining activity of the Applicant, Rajasthan. The Applicant has been carrying on mining activity since 1963. Lastly, they were granted diversion …
The MMDR Bill had proposed sharing of miner's profits with the project-affected people amongst other things The UPA's attempt to overhaul the law governing malpractice-ridden mining sector by replacing a 50-year-old legislation, has been wasted with the new mining bill lapsing. The Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Bill …
The State Cabinet on Monday permitted the Lokayukta to probe the role of officials in the alleged irregularities to the tune of Rs. 642 crore in the government-owned Mysore Minerals Limited (MML). It also permitted the Lokayukta to go head with the trial of all other officials who were allegedly …
The controversial State-owned mining company, Mysore Minerals Limited, is again in the dock as the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) states that it allowed a private company, with whom it has a joint venture, to mine and sell raw ore without financial consideration for the same. Result: A loss of …
Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association (TNPWAA) passed a resolution opposing the Kavuthimalai Iron Ore Mining Project, at the Tiruvannamalai branch-level general body meeting, held here on Sunday. The resolution states that Tamil Nadu Iron Mining Corporation (TIMCO), an entity led by Jindal Group, has applied for a licence …
