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 …
No problems with Goa project, Environment Appellate Authority says THE National Environment Appellate Authority last month dismissed an appeal that had challenged environmental clearance to a high-grade iron ore plant in Sanguem taluka in Goa. In September 2008, Sushant Naik, a Sanguem resident, had filed the appeal and alleged discrepancies …
New Delhi: Persistent delays in promised greenfield expansion totalling Rs 11 lakh crore by both domestic and foreign steel majors have prompted the steel ministry to suggest to the government the setting up of a high-level empowered body. This may comprise officials from the Planning Commission, railway, road transport and …
U.S. steel companies are not too happy with President Barack Obama these days. Industry executives say that in the last 15 years, they have cut their carbon dioxide emissions by one-third. But now, they think the president's cap-and-trade rules, currently in Congress, would punish them for doing what they feel …
Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday vowed to push for major changes to a climate change bill that could move through a key committee next week, including a proposal to count nuclear power as a clean energy alternative. The House Energy and Commerce Committee will try by …
The US steel industry, hard hit by the global recession, urged Washington Monday to enforce trade laws against foreign dumping and warned THAT climate change legislation will further hurt domestic steelmakers. "We need to make Washington stand tough on trade laws," said James Wainscott, chairman, president and chief executive of …
The Federal Minister for Industries and Production, Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo, has said that Pakistan Steel will enhance its production from 1.1 million tons to 15 million tons, for which tenders will be called from international market, while six countries have already have shown interest in this regard. Talking to newsmen …
How Jharkhand misled the Supreme Court into allotting a mine reserved for PSUs to private firms The Ghatkuri mine in West Singhbhum district, containing high grade iron ore worth crores of rupees, has always tempted private mining companies. But they could not lay their hands on it because it is …
Anti-mining stir leads to a row, death and persecution ON THE morning of March 19, people of Kalane village in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra were roused by the sound of heavy machinery. Workers hired by mining company Minerals and Metals were building a road at 4 am leading up to …
Where is the will to find out what is best for the people and the economy? MINING in India is frequently in the news these days. There has hardly been an issue of this magazine lately where an article on mining was not printed. The headlines are predictable by now: …
-ArcelorMittal pays up to ensure 1,000 acre govt land in Kamdhara Ranchi: ArcelorMittal has deposited Rs 12 crore to the state in lieu of government land for its ambitious greenfield project, indicating it wasn
How green is my water bottle? By Daniel Goleman and Gregory Norris, The New York Times So, is stainless steel really better than plastic? How environmentally friendly are
RABINDRA NATH CHOUDHURY KALINGA NAGAR, ORISSA The ghost of Kalinga Nagar has returned to haunt the ruling Biju Janata Dal as the party is trying hard to retain the mineral-rich Sukinda Assembly constituency in coastal Orissa in the April 23 polls. At least 14 tribals were killed in police firing …
Ishita Ayan Dutt / New Delhi/ Kolkata April 20, 2009, 0:01 IST Bhushan Steel has informally approached the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) for an additional 1,000 acres in West Bengal, in the wake of negotiations with Sumitomo Metal Industries (SMI) for participation in its steel project. Sources close …
Hundreds of steelworkers in Illinois, the home state of US President Barack Obama, have protested against the use of India-made steel in an oil pipeline project connecting the US region with Canada. The workers were demanding adoption of
