Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
After the shutdown of Vedanta Aluminium's one-million tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh on December 5, the Odisha government seems to have woken up, albeit belatedly, to the raw material crisis that has stalked the company for last five years. In a bid to help revive operations of the Lanjigarh refinery, …
Reeling under serious raw material crises, steel makers in Chhattisgarh want Odisha model in the state for their survival. The Odisha government in its recent order had directed that atleast 50 per cent of the iron ore lumps and 50 per cent of the iron ore fines won from the …
Shares fall 2% after recommendations of scrapping 42 iron ore mining leases in Goa Shares in Sesa Goa fell 2% after a panel appointed by India's top court recommended scrapping 42 iron ore mining leases in Goa until mining companies submit plans to deal with the environmental impact and the …
The Odisha state government has been on an overdrive since the Shah Commission gave its report on Goa mining. During the last couple of months, the state mining department has issued circulars, policy guidelines, closure notices and formed a GoM, among other things. Continuing with these efforts to hoodwink the …
Afghanistan is set to sign very shortly its largest mining deal entailing the single-largest foreign investment in mining ever made by an Indian business, said Wahidullah Shahrani, Minister of Mines, Afghanistan. Addressing the media after delivering a special address at a plenary session of a global summit on mining, he …
Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL), on Wednesday, shut down its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, and stopped feeding bauxites and started washing its tanks. “We have already started the process of shutting down alumina plant from the morning. By evening, the one million tonne per annum alumina refinery …
Having received only limited success in their global quest for natural resources, public sector metal and mining companies might turn their focus now on just a handful of mineral-rich countries where the chances of striking deals are much higher. The government has identified four countries — Brazil, South Africa, Canada …
The development of international mining projects is one of the most visible consequences of globalization. Mining activities undertaken by the private sectors of Europe and North America have recently been joined by companies from China, the Arabian Peninsula, and wealthy Asian countries. The extraction, transportation, and sale of mineral resources …
Ore Team, a steel and steel-making commodities research house that provides industry professional with real-time news and analysis, pricing information and key research notes, will organise a two-day international conference on iron ore mining industry in Hyderabad from December 13. With all the major iron ore mining regions in the …
New Delhi The inter-ministerial group (IMG) has recommended deallocation of three coal mines, and deduction and imposition of bank guarantee (BG) of PSU firms, including MMTC and Nalco. “The IMG has recommended deallocation of three coal mines — two mines of Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corp (JSMDCL) and one mine …
PANJIM: At a time when the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) is questioning the State Government and mine owners on the discrepancies in the information provided and the rampant illegalities in the mining sector respectively, the Manohar Parrikar regime on Thursday notified the Justice RM Khandeparkar Committee to probe …
Miners also asked to explain why contiguous leases have bot been combined though Rule 38 of Mineral Concession rules 1960 The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) investigating into alleged illegal mining activities has asked mining companies operating in Goa to explain violations of rules, even as miners brace themselves …
The state steel & mines department will issue notices to 83 miners awaiting second and subsequent renewal of their leases within a month. Depending on the merit of cases, the department will either renew the leases or bring ineligible leases under the fold of its PSU- Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC). …
Hopes for restart of Goa's iron ore mines in any near future receded on Wednesday, with the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) indicating after a hearing of over three hours here that it won't recommend lifting of the ban slapped by the court on October 5. Former environment and …
PANJIM: Officials of mining firms which were hauled up before GSPCB for having indulged in excess iron ore extraction, on Tuesday refuted the charges claiming that they had not exceeded limits set out in the environment clearance (EC), granted to them by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). …
Divestment Of 9.5% Stake In PSU Major Expected To Raise Up To 13,000cr New Delhi: The Union Cabinet is likely to give the green signal to sale of 9.5% stake in state-run NTPC on Thursday, a move which is expected to raise up to Rs 13,000 crore. If the proposal …
Acquisition to feed steel plants, power projects in India Monnet Ispat and Energy Ltd (MIEL), India's second-largest coal-based sponge iron producer, is set to soon acquire majority stake in a 25-million tonne (mt) coal mine in Colombia. The Rs 1,960-crore MIEL wishes to feed its steel and captive power plants …
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has initiated probe into the contentious joint venture pact between the state-owned Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Delhi-based Sainik Mining & Allied Services Ltd (SMASL) for coal mining in the state. Both companies had formed a JV named Kalinga Coal Mining (Private) Ltd for …
New Delhi Refusing to scrap the government’s decision under which 194 coal blocks were allocated to various companies, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the CBI on a PIL seeking probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged irregularities. The PIL, filed by …
PANJIM: The Supreme Court (SC) appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has castigated Goa government for providing inadequate and incomplete information over conditions of mines and mining illegalities in Goa for last five years ~ 2006-2011 and has directed it to furnish complete information immediately. The CEC, in a fresh letter …
