Mineral-Based Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding an illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

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 …

Anti-Posco agitators move SHRC

BHUBANESWAR: A day after the police lathicharged hundreds of villagers opposing establishment of the proposed steel plant of Posco India Private Limited in the Jagatsinghpur district for the second time in less than a month, a group of social activists on Thursday approached the State Human Rights Commission and sought …

ArcelorMittal gives Karnataka project top priority

Bangalore: Global steel baron Laksmi Mittal has said the steel manufacturing facility in Karnataka may become a reality much ahead of the proposed projects in Jharkhand and Orissa.

Mittal signs MoU for 30,000-crore plant

Global steel giant ArcelorMittal on Thursday entered into pact with the Karnataka government to set up a Rs 30,000-crore plant and hoped that the project would come up faster compared to its plans in Jharkhand and Orissa. ArcelorMittal CEO L N Mittal delivering his speech during the inauguration of the …

Mining site could be the key, says Lakshmi Mittal

ArcelorMittal chief Lakshmi Mittal on Thursday said he would accord the topmost priority to the company

Mining bill to establish govt as natural owner

THE government plans to update the draft legislation on mining to unequivocally establish it as the owner of all natural resources, incorporating the substance of a Supreme Court verdict last month in the dispute between the Ambani brothers over the price of gas from the KG basin. The move is …

ArcelorMittal offers stake to farmers in Karnataka project

Overwhelming response to Global Investors Meet, says State Govt. The Karnataka Government has said that ArcelorMittal is willing to offer stake in its Rs 30,000-crore steel project to farmers whose land will be acquired for the project. The State Large and Medium Industry Minister, Mr Murugesh Nirani, said that the …

Posco plant unlikely in Karnataka

Bangalore: The Karnataka government is unlikely to clear any proposal from Korean steel major Posco for a steel plant in the State, even if the company decides to locate the plant in the State, Minister for Large and Medium Industries told The Hindu on Tuesday. Speaking to journalists of The …

Orissa officials, Centre suppressed documents

NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India leader D. Raja has accused the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests, Orissa Government officials and the Korean steel giant Posco of

Posco survey gets underway

PARADIP: The much-awaited Posco survey, stalled for two years, got underway at Nuagaon and Gadkujang panchayats after obtaining clearance from the United Action Committee, a pro-Posco outfit. After a series of discussions among the district administration, the affected villagers and UAC members failed to elicit good response, MLA Prasant Muduli …

Posco project: Survey work starts despite protests

Debabrata mohanty Despite people from six villages opposing the land survey work by government officials for the 12 million tonne Posco steel plant at Jagatsinghpur district, on Tuesday the local administration started the survey work in a village in the area. After a clash between the agitating villagers and the …

Crucial survey work begins at Posco site

AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO Finally South Korean Steel major Posco on Tuesday made tryst with destiny. Nearly five years after signing a memorandum of understanding with he Orissa government and battling serious anti-displacement protests by the ocals, the company officials along with the government authorities entered the project site at Kujang …

Indian miners join Rio, BHP in slamming Australia super mining tax plan

Indronil Roychowdhury Kolkata: Indian miners in Australia have joined mining majors Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Peabody Energy in opposing Australia government

Posco survey from tomorrow

PARADIP: The last-phase survey for crisis-ridden Posco project will get underway from Tuesday. This was decided at a meeting among district administration, United Action Committee (UAC), a purportedly pro-Posco outfit, and villagers likely to be affected by the project yesterday. It was also decided to finalise the compensation package after …

Jagatsinghpur MP wants survey deferred

BHUBANESWAR: CPI MP from Jagatsinghpur Bibhu Prasad Tarai has demanded that the final phase of survey for the Posco steel plant project should be deferred till as negotiation process with the local affected is slated to start. In a letter to the Chief Minister today, Tarai praised him for the …

Orissa govt asks Posco to give up private land

In a major development pertaining to the Rs 51,000-crore greenfield project proposed by Posco in Jagatsinghpur district, the Orissa government today asked the South Korean company not to insist on 300 acres of private land in Dhinkia village. This was decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik …

ArcelorMittal pays up to acquire land in Bellary

Steel giant ArcelorMittal has deposited Rs 268 crore with the State Government to acquire land for its proposed steel plant in Bellary district, Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani said on Wednesday. ArcelorMittal, which has come up with a project to invest Rs 32,000 crore for setting up a six million tonne …

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