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 …
Panaji Goa’s mining lease owners and exporters on Saturday claimed that the Shah Commission report estimating a loss of R35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the last 12 years was a “notional” figure. Justice MB Shah Commission has stated that "the actual loss to the state …
The Joda mining circle has sent notices to 10 mines under its jurisdiction to restrict their productions as per their captive needs until the renewal of their mining leases. The order, issued in line with a recent resolution of the government, is likely affect productions of five mines which do …
In a blow to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the Odisha government has refused allotment of iron ore mines in favour of the navratna PSU. The state government has communicated its decision to the steel maker, citing its inability to allot iron ore mines since it has already decided to …
Affected people plead ‘restart to legal mining’ PANJIM: No stone was left unturned to ensure the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee, which arrived in the state on Sunday, understands the gravity of the plight of the mining affected people. Be it handing over newspaper clippings of the suicide of Uguem …
From the production guidance of about 15 MT for 2012-13, it has produced 3.7 MT iron ore in the first half of the fiscal Vedanta group firm Sesa Goa is likely to miss the production target of about 15 million tonne for the current fiscal due to mining ban in …
The transaction is likely to fetch the Centre Rs.7,000 crore The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), on Thursday, cleared a 10 per cent stake sale of the Centre’s equity holding in NMDC through the ‘offer for sale’ route. The transaction is likely to fetch about Rs.7,000 crore. The CCEA …
The Joda mining circle under the state steel and mines department has issued show cause notices to 42 iron ore and manganese mines lease holders over last two weeks in excess raising cases and has urged them to take steps to return the amount of money they have gained by …
The commission during its recent visit to the state from October 3-11 scrutinised records of 81 mines out of a total of 186 mining leases The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry which is set to visit Odisha for the third time from October 31 will take up field …
Expansion of existing blocks was held up for environmental clearance, new blocks were either unexplored or partially explored For all the problems that plague thermal power plants across India -- coal stocks of just one week or projects struggling to come up for want of assured coal -- Coal India …
PONDA: People in and around Dharbandora have formed the Mining Bachao Samiti (MBS) to demand the resumption of legal mining activity in the State. At a meeting convened by the Dharbandora Truck Owners Association at Dharbandora recently, the MBS was formed with the involvement of various associations connected to the …
To compensate the damage caused by illegal mining activities in Karnataka, the environment panel of the Supreme Court has recommended setting up of super specialty hospitals, technical and vocational educational institutions, drainage, sanitation, clean drinking and road-widening projects besides afforestation and soil conservation plans, at an estimated cost of Rs30,000 …
As many as 42 companies have been issued show cause notices for mining ores beyond permissible limits and without clearance from the Environment and Forest Department in the Joda mining circle on Wednesday. These companies include OMC, OMDC, Essel Mining, Patnaik Mining and S Pradhan mining, among others. Sources said …
PANJIM: The Goa State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday completed hearing the defences of 48 mining firms, which were accused of excess ore production in comparison to the permissions granted to them by Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF). The validity of the Environment clearances (EC) issued by MoEF were …
Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) resumed operations at its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Monday, after remaining shut for 10 days due to shortage of bauxite, the main raw material to produce alumina. While the 75 MW captive co-generating plant (CPP) of the complex has been restarted, …
PANJIM: Director of Mines and Geology Prasanna Acharya on Monday air dashed to New Delhi with a 100-page report detailing mining operations in Goa over the last five years. The report would be presented to Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee (CEC), whose members are scheduled to arrive in Goa on …
VAL will first start its captive co-generating plant (CPP) to generate steam, necessary for running the refinery A week after a temporary shutdown of its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh, Odisha, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), buoyed by bauxite supplies of 40,000 tonnes from Bharat Aluminum Company's (Balco) Kawardah mines in Chhattisgarh, …
Global metals & mining major Rio Tinto said it was not keen on exporting iron ore to be produced from its proposed mining project in Odisha, maintaining that its priority was to cater to raw material needs of local industries. Rio Tinto was to take up the $2 billion iron …
Firms must shell out part of earnings for reclamation, rehab works The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) is likely to place its Social and Ecological Development Plan for restoring the environment and human habitations in the mining devastated districts of Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur, before the Supreme Court on November 2. …
State Resists As Centre Seeks Opening Of Sector Jaipur: The states’ monopoly over exploration and production of rock phosphate in the country’s largest reserves is not only hitting farmers but also increasing the Centre’s subsidy burden as the prices of the commodity in the international market have gone through the …
The Australian High Commission is pinning its hopes on the Odisha government and the Centre's new Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) MMDR Bill to pave the way for revival of its mining giant- Rio Tinto's iron ore mining project in the state. The mining behemoth was to take up …
