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 …
Bangalore: Where does the mining money come from and go to? Who are the mine owners in Bellary? Are the accounts in their names? There seem to be no answers. The Lokayukta investigation into illegal mining in Bellary district has dug up this mine maze. What was evident was that …
THE government has proposed to further strengthen regulations concerning people affected by mining projects in the new draft Mining Bill being finalised by the mines ministry for approval of Parliament. Mining companies would now be asked to not only share a portion of their profit and offer free shares to …
Hasan Suroor LONDON: Rights activists, including actors from James Cameron's film Avatar that highlights the threat to environment, held a protest outside the venue of the annual general meeting of the mining company Vedanta here on Wednesday, against its controversial plans to mine tribal land in Orissa regarded sacred by …
RAIPUR: As the Centre proposes to make it mandatory for mining companies to share 26% of profits with local communities, its own largest coal producing company spent just 0.5% of its profits on corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects in 2009, according to data with Chhattisgarh government. The company, South Eastern …
But the state government starts the process for the Rs 54,000-crore project. The Orissa government today began land acquisition and resurvey for the proposed Rs 54,000-crore Posco steel project, even though a visiting central team termed the process
BHUBANESWAR: Shrugging off mounting opposition from the local people and objections from the Joint Committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, which is overseeing the implementation of the Forest Right Act (FRA), the Orissa government on Tuesday began the land acquisition process for the proposed Posco-India steel project in …
Jaishankar Jayaramiah KIOCL Ltd (formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd), a wholly state-owned miniratna enterprise under the Union steel ministry, is in the process of strengthening its balance sheet by fine-tuning its production line and implementing new programmes. The company, which had shut down its captive iron ore mining operations …
All discussion of illegal mining, specially of iron ore, has to keep in mind two things. First, the nature of legality cannot be defined in narrow terms of mining laws, but needs to cover the environmental and social goods that lie in its ambit. Second, the massive growth in mining …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: The Attorney-General has given the government a free rein to refuse forest clearance for Vedanta Aluminium's bauxite mining proposal in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa. The project has been put on hold, while a committee led by NAC member N.C. Saxena examines how it would impact …
New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry has armed itself to tighten the noose against the Vedanta project in Orissa. It has sought and received an opinion from the Attorney General that the ministry, despite a Supreme Court order, still holds the legal mandate to refuse forest clearance to …
Jaishankar Jayaramiah Bangalore: Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL), a wholly state-owned enterprise mini-ratna under the steel ministry, will join hands with Bangalore-based United Telecom to set up an integrated steel plant in Karnataka at an investment of Rs 9,000 crore. K Ranganath, CMD, KIOCL, said that company is in …
CAPITAL allocation, finding skilled manpower and managing costs are some of the key challenges facing Indian metals and mining companies due to the volatility in the global economy, says an Ernst & Young report. While debt raising for expansion had lifted the average gearing to 58% by December 2008 for …
The mines ministry has turned down a suggestion by environment minister Jairam Ramesh that only those companies be allowed to bid for mining leases in a state which would agree to set up the end-use industry there. The mines ministry has said forcing an entrepreneur to do so
MANY years of regulatory neglect have resulted in a growing disquiet towards mining in India. Distributive and environmental conflicts are evident in many mineral states. State collusion with the mining industry supports the view that the government does not always reflect the interest of the people. National and local regulatory …
BHUBANESWAR: At least 151 mines continued to be closed in Orissa since last year as they do not have statutory clearances, an official Friday said. The mines located in three districts of Keonjhar, Sundergarh and Mayurbhanj have been closed mostly after state authorities launched a crack down against illegal mining …
GUWAHATI, July 16: The State Government has written to the Centre seeking withdrawal of the transport subsidy for the coke industries in the State and their inclusion in the negative list. In response to CPM MLA Ananta Kalita
