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 …
This study reviews international experience with managing resource revenues in both developed and developing countries. The intent is to assess the scope for using benefit-sharing instruments to spread the benefits of mineral extraction across the economy and catalyze broader-based growth. Of particular interest are policy mechanisms that could be implemented …
This study was initiated in response to a recognition by Go0 and other stakeholders that environmental and social risks o f mineral-intensive growth are closely interlinked, and therefore, developing strategies to carefully manage and mitigate the harmful environmental effects is critical for enabling rapid, sustainable and inclusive growth in Orissa. …
While mining continues to exploit mineral-rich areas and impoverish their people, a government panel ignores these costs to focus on fast-tracking private investment in the sector. By Chandra BhushanI learnt an important lesson on my travels in Orissa's Sundergarh and Keonjhar districts. One, the people of one of the most …
In its mid-term appraisal of the 10th Five-Year Plan, the Planning Commission realised that the National Mineral Policy (nmp) adopted in 1993 "for encouraging the flow of private investment in exploration and mining', in the words of a panel it later set up, had not lived up to its billing. …
Historically, Tata Steel has been exploiting exhaustible mineral resources of Orissa without contributing to the local value-added activities. Other Indian states like Bihar/Jharkhand, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh, in the name of national properties, silently encouraged Tata Steel to continue its exploitation so that they get advantage of high-value added …
This book by an experienced activist and researcher depicts the changing world of international mining. Mineral consumption is outstripping the capacities of both communities and fragile ecosystems to cope with bigger and bigger mines. This book identifies mining's key players. It shows where the key minerals are mined, who processes …
Sustainable iron ore mining: a continuous journey is a presentation done by P K Mukherjee, MD, Sesa Goa Ltd, in the Sustainability summit: Asia-2006, New Delhi
This report deal with the seven terms of reference of the Committee respectively. In each case, the issues are spelt out, the arguments of the concerned interest groups examined, and the recommendations are laid out. It includes important issues raised in the Committee that are not covered by the first …
This study aims to provide a clearer picture of gender roles, issues and concerns in the artisanal and small mines1 (ASM) sector in India. Women constitute a large segment of workers in the informal2 mines all over the world. In India, however, the patriarchal social structure tends to obscure the …
on june 30, the Planning Commission's committee on mineral policy, popularly known as the Hoda committee, submitted its draft report to the prime minister's office. The committee, headed by commission's member Anwarul Hoda, recommended some amendments after reviewing the National Mineral Policy and the Mines and Minerals (development and regulation) …
This study aims to estimate the extent of and value the depletion of mineral resources and environmental costs of mining in two states of India - Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. The study was commissioned by the Central Statistical Organization with the objective of developing a methodology and data framework …
In the mineral map of India, Orissa occupied an important position both in terms of deposit and production. The mineral deposit of the state is not only vast but also equally diverse. It is one of the largest minerals bearing states in India, having 16.92% of the total reserves of …
Considering the multitude of pollution problems at Chandrapur, MPCB took a review of the current status of the pollution from various sources in December 2005. It was noticed during the review that the industrial and other activities at Chandrapur have extensively contributed to pollution and there is a considerable rise …
The purpose of this report is to identify, based on economic principles, the parameters required for NPV calculation for diversion of forest land for mining purposes, while taking due consideration of cost and benefit factors, the methodological foundations, differences between mining and other nonforest uses of forest land, the prevailing …
the controversial sand mining project on the 17 km-long coast passing through Arattupuzha and Thrikkunnapuzha panchayats in the Alappuzha district of Kerala has been shelved. The state government failed to reach a consensus on the issue in a recent meeting presided over by the chief minister Oommen Chandy. The cabinet …
states of eastern India are locked in a tussle over private investment in steel plants. Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda recently avowed to not allow private investors access to his state's iron-ore reserves unless they set up plants in the state. In an impassioned speech before fellow chief ministers at …
Orissa's minerals will now cost more for industries wanting to mine them. Growing discontent in mineral-rich regions due to loss of livelihoods caused by mining operations recently pushed the Orissa government to notify the Orissa Rural Infrastructure and Socio-Economic Development Bill, 2004. A cess of five to 20 per cent …
In the Kashipur block of district Rayagadh, Orissa, a 12-year-old conflict between villagers and a mining consortium shows no signs of abating. Utkal Alumina International Limited (uail) was formed in 1992. Initially comprising of partners indal, Tata, Norway-based Norsk Hydro and Canada-based Aluminium Company of Canada (alcan), the consortium today …
Sidelining widespread complaints, Russia's natural resources minister Yurii Trutnev has supported his government's move to ban the access of foreign companies to the country's mineral resources. Trutnev's ministry had recently proposed a draft amendment to the natural resources law. It included a ban on foreign companies from participating in tenders …
The formulation of a practical conservation policy will involve a fuller consideration of human needs also. Conservation plans need to be so developed that they minimize restriction on the people of area. The disturbance map and biological richness map may help to plan and better manage possible nature reserves, to …
