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 …
CSM technology is the IT arm of the steel and mines department and helps maintaining daily mineral transaction data on website orissaminerals.gov.in The state steel and mines department has decided to send its officials to Karnataka to study modalities of iron ore e-auction there, as it is gearing up to …
The vigilance wing of state police today initiated investigation into the Uliburu mining scam, estimated to be worth more than Rs 1,800 crore, by raiding five government and private offices at Keonjhar and Bhubanswar. A team of 25 vigilance officers, who reached Keonjhar today, split into three groups to verify …
A study group of the mines ministry has recommended significant increases in royalties on production of key minerals, which if approved can lead to 50% increase in royalty collections for mineral rich states such as Odisha. However Odisha is unhappy, as is the mineral industry. Reviewing royalty on major minerals …
Govt to take reallot them as directed by the court later The Karnataka government has cancelled 51 iron ore mining leases in Category C as per the order of the Supreme Court. The government will take further actions to reallot them as directed by the court and the Central Empowered …
Mine owner accused of illegal mining worth Rs 1,800 cr The Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Koenjhar has filed a case against B K Mohanty mines for illegally excavating and raising iron ore in the forest land adjacent to his mines boundary. Mohanty, who has 56 hactare (ha) iron ore …
There's good news in store for Karnataka's ore-starved steel industry. The Supreme Court-appointed Cental Monitoring Committee (CEC) is set to e-auction low-grade iron ore dumps. On June 26 or 27, the panel is likely to auction about 6,00,000 tonnes. The move would provide relief to the steel industry, operating at …
PANJIM: Eighty percent of mining lease holders have completed the digital global positioning survey (DGPS) of the lease boundaries, as the deadline to conduct of the survey ended June 15. The mines department official confirmed that the remaining 20 percent lease holders would completed these surveys by July end. The …
Iron ore mining in Goa is expected to begin by August this year, an industry body said today. "We feel that mining will begin by August this year. The Supreme Court has given indications in that direction," Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) President Manguirish Pai Raikar told reporters …
Says membership at stake if found guilty PANJIM: Goa’s apex industrial body Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has declared that ‘all those involved in illegal mining should be brought to book’ and if any member of the chamber is found to be involved in illegal mining his membership will …
SC had allowed these mines to resume operations subject to statutory conditions in order dated April 18 In what could be considered as fresh trouble brewing for the iron and steel sector in Karnataka, the mines and geology department, government of Karnataka, has recommended premature termination of 14 iron ore …
Consistently clocking negative growth for the past two years, the mining industry now has some good news: this has been the safest period with the number of fatal accidents hitting an all-time low of 112 in 2011 and rising marginally to 116 in 2012. “Mining accidents and fatalities have gone …
All 336 mining lease holders in Goa had been asked to file their monthly returns, using the e-filing system according to a circular issued by the Directorate of Mines and Geology. The Mines and Minerals Development Regulation Act (MMRD) makes filing of monthly e-returns by mining firms compulsory. Director of …
R-Power, Essar could be hit as state mulls benefit-sharing levy for ecology loss In yet another case of a state government asserting its right on natural resources, Madhya Pradesh is set to issue notices imposing a new environmental benefit-sharing levy on mining companies operating in the state. This could spell …
Forest diversion cases apply to 55 out of 59 working mines in state; these 55 lessees have achieved only partial diversion of their leasehold area Renewal of mining leases in Odisha is now fraught with a tough challenge following issue of new guidelines by Union ministry of environment & forests …
On the day when Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered two new FIRs in the Coalgate scam, the Coal Ministry on Tuesday slapped show cause notices on 12 firms including state-owned NTPC, SAIL and Damodar Valley Corporation along with Bhushan Steel and Power, West Bengal Power Development Corporation threatening to …
Minerals are valuable natural resource being the vital raw material for infrastructure, capital goods and basic industries. The endowment is finite and non-renewable. Hence, the exploitation of minerals has to be guided by long term National Goals and Perspectives. The State Mineral Policy is an integration of National Mineral policy. …
These rules may be called the Punjab Minor Mineral (Amendment) Rules, 2013. They shall come into force on and with effect from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
The environment ministry is likely to decide on a second set of key changes in green norms meant for SEZs, roads and the real estate sector, especially multi-storey buildings, next week. The committee it had formed on easing green regulations for clearances impacting these specific industries and sectors has submitted …
