Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Bhavesh Arun Karekar & Others Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 15/04/2024. The matter related to non-compliance of the terms and conditions of Consent to Operate and Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to M/s. Ashapur Meinchem Ltd., village …
Amnesty International (AI) has urged the Indian authorities to order the immediate clean-up of an alumina refinery in Orissa, following a high court decision to reject plans for its expansion by a subsidiary of the UK-based Vedanta Resources. The High Court of Orissa upheld the Indian government’s decision made in …
The venue where metal and minerals major Vedanta Resources held its 2010-11 shareholders’ meet in London is an earshot from Westminster, the seat of the UK’s government. It was here at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in January this year former Prime Minister Tony Blair had faced the Iraq …
BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has sanctioned stage-II and final level clearance to National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) for diversion of 110.3 hectares of forest land for bauxite mining lease in Koraput. The forest diversion was required for the renewal of its mining lease for 20 years in …
Controversy over the issue of environmental clearance to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Niyamgari hills in Odisha has deepened further. Maintaining its stand on the rejection of Environmental clearance to the company the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has filed an affidavit before the National Green Tribunal on Thursday. …
Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL) is open to make a fresh proposal to obtain environmental clearance for the expansion plans at its aluminum unit in Lanjigarh, Orissa. However, the company said it wanted the government to consider its application on par with other companies like Lavasa, Posco, SAIL and Jindal Power …
Bhubaneswar: Observing that environment must be protected by all means, new Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Sunday said that she would ensure speedy decisions on major projects like Posco and Vedanta. In an interview to a national news channel, she said that there should be clarity on …
This report highlights deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) undertaken by Vedanta Resources Plc for its proposed bauxite mine in Niyamgiri, Orissa, its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa, and the proposed expansion of this refinery. Vedanta Resources Plc is a UK-registered mining company with strong Indian connections. It owns …
Bhubaneswar: The international rights group Amnesty International on Thursday said that the red mud pond, containing toxic residue, at Vedanta's aluminium refinery in Odisha poses serious health risks to local people, a contention denied by the mining major. However, refuting Amnesty
The new mining law being framed by the government is a hotbed of controversy in more ways than one. While the unrest over a profit-sharing regime and bidding of mining rights proposed under the new law continues, the government has now indicated lifting the Centre
For the last few decades and more particularly since 1990’s the issue of human rights-violation of rights to life and livelihood of tribal peoples’ is a central concern. Therefore, the discourse on tribal movements and issues of tribal livelihood revolved around securing their well-defined rights on land and forest resources. …
BHUBANESWAR: Union Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers Srikant Kumar Jena has suggested that the State Government should take control over all the chromite and iron ore mines in Orissa. In a letter to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Union minister said the mineral wealth of Sukinda valley itself …
15 mines running sans permits, 8 exceeding limits In what appears to be a massive scam in the mining sector, the public accounts committee (PAC) on Monday, pointed out that 15 mines were operating without valid forest clearances and eight mines, were extracting ore much beyond their permitted capacity. PAC …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that it would study the notice served to it by the Supreme Court on the case relating to bauxite mining proposal at Niyamgiri in Kalahandi district. We have not seen the Supreme Court direction yet. We will study the order before replying to …
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on the plea of Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) challenging the cancellation of the environmental clearance to the Niyamgiri Bauxite Mining Project in the state. A bench comprising Justice RV Raveendran and Justice AK Patnaik also …
The Orissa government today approached the Supreme Court challenging the Centre's decision to reject environmental clearance to Vedanta bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills. Challenging the Environment Ministry's order of August 24, 2010, the state government filed an application through Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC), contending that the Centre's decision was …
