CEOs need to accelerate their action plans to safeguard the production of commodities critical to the global population and economy as heat stress and drought risk rise around the world, according to PwC's report, Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities: Protecting People and Prosperity, published. The report, which analysed nine …
Bhubaneswar, March 14: The defeat of top Congress and BJP leaders in the last Assembly elections has apparently made it easy for the ruling BJD in Orissa to have smooth sails in each session of the Orissa Legislative Assembly. The
P B Jayakumar / Mumbai March 15, 2010, 0:23 IST Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's current visit to India would give birth to a slew of Indo-Russian business collaborations. But, two major joint venture (JV) projects planned by Russian companies in India's rich mineral sector still remain just on paper, …
Will reworking the wagon investment scheme and converting goods sheds to common user facilities help remove malpractices, is the key question. For the Railways, there is no mechanism to ascertain the source of the cargo. Santanu Sanyal On March 5, the South Eastern Railway (SER), the major iron ore-loading zonal …
PARADIP: The task force probing the much talked- about mining scam in the State visited iron ore plots of various iron ore exporters in Paradip port area recently. Local police with the help of CISF personnel recently busted an iron ore smuggling racket and arrested five mafiosi. The task force, …
By M N Patil, Belgaum, Mar 14, DHNS: Due to heavy plying of lorries carrying ore the National Highway 4A, a connecting road between North Karnataka and Goa, has been completely destroyed. The stretch of the highway especially between Tinai Ghat and Anamod Ghat region has been thoroughly damaged. Eventhough, …
Santanu Sanyal The iron ore transportation issue in Orissa has taken a new turn with the district administration prohibiting the road movement of the ore along National Highway 215 that connects the iron ore-rich Keonjhar district with Paradip port and the rest of the country. The order issued by the …
Following continuous criticism from Opposition parties, the Orissa Government has said that all efforts are being made to book those engaged in illegal mining and theft of various minerals, including iron ore and manganese. Although the Biju Janata Dal Government was against the Opposition demand that the cases relating to …
Bhubaneswar, March 9: Orissa mines and industry minister Raghunath Mohanty on Tuesday admitted lifting of minerals worth Rs 150 crores from different railway sidings in the Keonjhar and Sundergarh districts and assured the members of the Orissa Legislative Assembly of stringent actions against culprits involved in the act. Replying to …
BHUBANESWAR: The Opposition mounted a scathing attack on the State Government in the Assembly on Tuesday for its inaction against the culprits involved in the multi-crore mining scam and reiterated the demand for a CBI probe to unearth the truth. However, the Government rejected the demand for the CBI probe …
R Krishna Das / Kolkata/ Raipur March 06, 2010, 0:15 IST The Global Positioning System (GPS) would track the movement and location of rich minerals in Chhattisgarh. The move is aimed to check the illegal transportation of minerals in the state that has been endowed with valuable and rich commodities, …
State to get revised industrial policy by April-end: Governor Government identifies three early bird projects Nuclear power project to begin during 11th Plan CHANDIGARH: The Haryana Government has decided to impose a complete ban on mining of major minerals in Faridabad, Gurgaon and Mewat districts for 10 years and has …
Says provided it allowed legal mining activities Supporting Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on the new State mining policy, Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane said it is in the right direction provided it allowed legal mining activities in the State. Speaking to Herald on Tuesday, Rane said he strongly supports chief minister
Mining of minor minerals, though individually, because of smaller size of mine leases is perceived to have lesser impact as compared to mining of major minerals. However, the activity as a whole is seen to have significant adverse impacts on environment. It is, therefore, necessary that the mining of minor …
Mining giant Vedanta’s proposed university in Orissa will not only be one of the few in the world with an outlay of Rs 15,000 crore and spread across 2,400 hectares, it will also sit on land rich in thorium deposits. Politicians and activists have been questioning the need for so …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today made it clear to the sponge iron manufacturers that grant of mining lease to their units is not permissible under present policy but it will consider their demand if they come through the cluster development programme of the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). …
