Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during the process of land acquisition for the project. "According to sources available with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (the state's …
Dilip Satapathy & Bishnu Dash / Bhubaneswar January 27, 2010, 0:23 IST Laxmi Mittal pulling out his 12-million tonne steel plant from Orissa will be a big blow to the state. Ditto, if it happens, for the 12-million tonne plant from Korean giant Posco that was to cost Rs 54,000 …
BHUBANESWAR: Activists opposing Posco's steel mill project in Orissa have intensified their stir and decided to go on an indefinite strike after Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik assured work on the South Korean giant's proposed $12 billion mega steel plant near Paradip would be stepped up. The Posco Pratirodha Sangram …
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT ON FOUR-DAY VISIT TO INDIA IANS NEW DELHI/CHENNAI INDIA and South Korea will explore the possibilities of a civil nuclear pact and sign a clutch of accords in diverse areas, including IT and civilian space, when the leaders of the two countries meet here for talks Monday. …
Anti-Posco activists today abducted four Posco officials engaged in the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities at Patana village under Dhinkia village panchayat in Jagatsinghpur district. Four Posco officials- Nihar Das Pattnaik, manager, CSR and three others- Arun Mohapatra, Debasish Swain and Prasant Rout had gone to Patana village to …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has set 15 conditions for Posco-India before going ahead with its steel project near Paradip. The conditions are mainly general in nature imposed on any transfer of land for such a mega project, but there are some that pertain specifically to the …
PTI NEW DELHI SOUTH Korean steel giant Posco has been asked by the environment ministry to take the consent of local tribals as required under the Forest Rights Act before commencing its proposed steel project in Orissa. Posco had received clearance from the ministry last month for acquiring forest land …
PARADIP: The rehabilitation and periphery development advisory committee (RPDAC) meeting for the Rs 54,000 crore Posco steel plant will be organised in the last week of this month. This was decided at a meeting held earlier this week between the district administration and Posco officials. It was presided over by …
BHUBANESWAR: As the State Government and Posco officials contemplate land acquisition following forest clearance given by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, the latter has made it clear that the project can go ahead only after meeting forest-dwellers rights. The Ministry gave clearance for diversion of 1,253.2 hectare forest land …
The inordinate delay in land acquisition and tardy progress in clearing files at bureaucratic level has upset the chairman of Arcelor-Mittal Lakshmi Niwas Mittal. Talking to a private news channel, Mittal hinted that he was up upset over the inordinate delay in the progress of his proposed project in Odisha. …
Two steel giants, ArcelorMittal and POSCO, were granted the green signal on Tuesday, with the High Level Clearance Committee headed by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa according an in-principle approval for implementing their mega steel manufacturing projects. Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa with ministers Umesh Katti, Murgesh Nirani, Katta Subramanya …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO A recent survey by South Korean company Posco in its proposed mega steel project site in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district has brought to fore some interesting facts on the socioeconomic conditions of the local people. The survey conducted in the villages of Nuagaon, Dhinkia, Govindpur, Noliasahi, Bayanalakanda and …
South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Company (Posco) has received the much-awaited Stage II forest diversion clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for its Rs 54,000-crore, 12-million tonne integrated steel project in Orissa. In a communication earlier this week, the Ministry permitted diversion of 1,253.225 hectares of …
South Korean steel major Posco has got the clearance from the ministry of environment and forests for acquiring forest land in Orissa for its $12 billion steel plant project, a company official said on Friday. "We have received final forest clearance from the ministry," the Posco-India general manager (external relation), …
Secretary Says Move To Help Fast-Track POSCO, ArcelorMittal & Other Projects Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE steel ministry has sought powers to grant iron ore mining lease to companies in a bid to fast-track steel projects, including those of steel giants POSCO and Arcelor Mittal, stuck for want of assured …
