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 …
A Bill to provide for the scientific development of mines and minerals under the control of the Union and the regulation of activities connected therewith. This Act may be called the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 2009. It extends to the whole of India. It shall come into …
Akshay Rout | Jajpur Sukinda, said to have the richest mineral deposit in the country, is faced with a steady depletion of its chromite resources, thanks to the wanton mining. Though the State Government is aware of the problem, but the environmentalists have expressed fear on the unrestricted mining of …
Time to implement the Hoda report Whether or not you believe the numbers put out by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda
HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K. Rosaiah on Sunday asserted that his government would not succumb to any kind of pressure in protecting the interests of the State in resolving the raging controversy over iron ore mining in the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) in Anantapur district. In a statement issued after a …
BHUBANESWAR: The State-level task force monitoring illegal mining decided to enhance enforcement at the district level. The existing State-level and district-level enforcement squads are too inadequate to meet the increasing demand for vigilance in view of the rampant illegal mining, large scale theft, smuggling and transpiration of minerals. In its …
Whether forest department officials and others concerned were winking at the trucks transporting ore in the past in Bellary district? The answer appears to be yes, if the Forest Development Tax collection in the last fortnight in the district is any indication. In an attempt to bring Bellary Reddy brothers …
The Orissa government on Wednesday intensified crackdown on illegal mining in the state by suspending licences of at least 482 mines traders. The moves comes close on the heels of its order to stop work in 69 mines, including some major ones, following reported detection of illegal mining, violation of …
SHILLONG, Nov 10: The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) has invited the Khlieh Nongsynshar Shnong (traditional heads) for a discussion on the State draft mining policy with an aim to arrive at formulating suggestions to the State Government
Bhubaneswar: Exerting pressure on illegal mines owners, the state government has stopped mining activites at 69 iron ore and manganese mines following detection of illegal mining by the task force constituted under the chairmanship of chief secretary, TK Mishra. The mines are located in Joda, Koida, Rourkela and Keonjhar areas …
Hyderabad, Nov. 10 The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation and the National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) are all set to enter into an MoU by this month-end for exploration of iron ore in Kadapa, Kurnool, Chittoor and Karimnagar districts in the State for setting up of benefication plants. The Department …
HYDERABAD: Communist Party of India general secretary A. B. Bardhan on Monday said a nation-wide joint campaign would be launched soon by like-minded parties including Telugu Desam against the
SHILLONG: The Congress-led MUA Government got a boost on Friday when Opposition NCP appreciated its move to introduce scientific mining in the State but it warned that the government should be careful while implementing the proposed mining policy, saying the policy might have serious repercussions on the land owners. Addressing …
SHILLONG, Nov 6: The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has asked the Government to consider formulating the mining policy of Meghalaya with the seriousness that it deserves since it is directly concerned with the future of the State and its people. Expressing concern over the casual manner in which the draft …
Anantapur, Nov. 6: Controversies relating to the Obulapuram mines have rocked the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Assemblies several times in the past few years. Mining business was in crisis till 2000. It was in 2003 that Mr Janardhan Reddy took over the lease of Obulapuram from Mr G. Rammohan Reddy …
Union Minister for Mines and DoNER, BK Handique today underscored the need for harnessing the untapped mineral resources of the North-east in a sustainable manner with due emphasis on ecological concerns. Speaking as chief guest at the two-day
Global steel major ArcelorMittal, which has lined up Rs 1 lakh crore investments for India, said today it is in the race for a chunk of the mineral-rich Chiria mines in Jharkhand.
Vibhutigudda Mines Private Limited (VMPL) has filed a complaint to the Ministry of Environment and Forest alleging that Obalapuram Mining Company (OMC), owned by the Bellary Reddys, had trespassed and encroached upon their mining lease area in Bellary reserve forests. Complaint was filed before Chief Conservator of Forest (Central) in …
