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The public hearing for the expansion of Bhatin mines of Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) was held on May 26, 2011. The public hearing was a clear violation the EIA notification and did not allow stakeholders to participate in the process.
The proposed uranium mining and processing plant at Gogi in Shahapur Taluk of Yadgir District, 75 km from here, is expected to extract 150 tonnes of uranium a year in the form of sodium diuranate (SDU) salt for about 15 years, giving impetus for atomic energy generation in the country. …
Even as Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) generated a record 40.8 per cent more electricity in 2010-11, the State-owned body said that the government is looking at creating a joint venture which will consider holding stakes in uranium mines in foreign countries in a bid to get assured and …
Potentiality of the area is huge; it will be one of the top 20 of the world's reserves: Atomic Minerals Directorate Tummalapalle discovery is very large, though it is not a rich ore: AEC UCIL is pressing ahead with commissioning of a mine CHENNAI: Huge deposits of natural uranium, which …
Jamshedpur, March 7: The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) is treading with caution to ensure that its public hearing for the expansion of Turamdih mines in Sundernagar gets over smoothly. The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has fixed March 10 as the new date of the hearing after …
Shillong: The state government has apparently shelved the uranium mining project in Meghalaya for the time being. No decision has been taken regarding the matter after chief minister Mukul Sangma assumed power in April last year replacing D.D. Lapang.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report is intended to renew the mining lease of Bhatin Mine. The lease area of Bhatin Mine is 142.98 ha under village of Bhatin which is part of contiguous lease of Jaduguda & Bhatin complex of 531.21 ha (1312.62 acres). However these mines are being separated …
Shillong: NGOs opposing the proposed uranium-mining project in the State have told DAE and UCIL officials, in no uncertain terms, to tell the Centre to abandon its idea of mining uranium here. "We told them to forget uranium from Meghalaya. We also told them not to return since we are …
Energy-starved India is desperately looking for Uranium discovered in Meghalaya and wants to mine it despite protests. The Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), the public sector company which wants to mine the ore, said that there is no plan to abandon the Rs 1,100 crore uranium mining project in …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai October 6, 2010, 0:10 IST Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) would soon sign an agreement with Uranium Corporation of India (UCI), both state-run companies, for a joint venture to acquire mining assets abroad to procure uranium. They're looking at mining assets in Nigeria, Namibia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan. …
THE DEPARTMENT of atomic energy will have to shelve its plans to augment the domestic supply of uranium from Meghalaya. The standing committee of the National Board on Wildlife has rejected the department
Srinivas Sirnoorkar, Gulbarga, May 13, DHNS: The Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL), a Government of India enterprise under the Department of Atomic Energy is all set to start the long-awaited uranium mining at Gogi in Shahapur taluk of Yadgir district. After having successfully carried out a series of field …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh has said both the Centre and the State governments are trying their best to go ahead with the uranium mining in Meghalaya for the purpose of meeting the country's energy need. The Prime Minister was talking to The Shillong Times on board the …
SHILLONG: The ten-member committee on Welfare of ST, SC and OBC of Meghalaya headed by HDR Lyngdoh, which went on a fact finding mission visiting nuclear processing units and to Jagduguda uranium mines in Jharkhand, has favoured uranium mining in the State. The Committee, headed by the Congress legislator has …
