With misclassification of different grades of minerals by mining leaseholders found to be at the root of illegal mining, the Union mines ministry has tightened the procedure to be followed by states for grading and determining the average sale price (ASP) of iron ore and other major minerals. Pointing out …
NEW DELHI: Less than a week after Vedanta University's environmental clearance was put on hold, the Centre has suspended the environmental clearance issued to another Vedanta group company for an iron ore mine in North Goa. The Pirna iron ore mine project, to be established by Sesa Goa at Pirna …
BHUBANESWAR: The long absence of a national policy framework on iron ore has hurt the sector as technology has become the casualty and scientific mining does not virtually exist in India, CMD of NMDC Ltd Rana Som said here on Friday. Barely 15 percent mines are mechanised, fully or partially, …
In a move aimed at dissuading the mining community from profiteering and virtually regulating the royalty system on iron ore, the Centre is likely to seek the Parliament
Bowing to intense pressure from the Centre, the Karnataka government seems to have finally woken up to the menace of illegal mining as its officials recently raided and seized huge amounts of unaccounted iron ore from the Bellikere and Karwar ports.
In this latest report CGWB summarizes various aspects of ground water quality in shallow aquifers in the country with special reference to six parameters viz. salinity, chloride, arsenic, fluoride, iron and nitrate. Maps demarcating water quality
Growth also needs resources Resources requirement for projected production levels, bau and lc, will be many times the current. coal In bau, coal requirement for the six sectors will almost quadruple, to about 1.9 billion metric tonnes (MT), by 2030-31. This will be a formidable challenge, with vast environmental and …
Asaniye is a small village on the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, surrounded by thick forests of the Western Ghats. Residents here fear lifestyle change and loss of green cover once iron ore mining operations begin. In 2007, the Maharashtra government leased 437 hectares in the village in Sawantwadi tehsil to …
Police in front of the office of the Deputy Director of Mines and Geology at Hospet that was raided on Wednesday. BELLARY: A team of officials from the Lokayukta, headed by U.V. Singh, Chief Conservator of Forests, and Pranav Mohanty, Deputy Inspector-General, on Wednesday raided the office of the Deputy …
Dilip Kumar Jha & Abhineet Kumar / Mumbai April 28, 2010, 0:46 IST The ferrous metal industry is divided over the likely impact of a steep increase in export duty on iron ore proposed by the government. The Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (Fimi) says this will make Indian ore …
Anti-mining groups in Goa on Friday alleged that iron ore worth Rs 5 crore has been transported from illegal mines in the last five days from Netraveli wildlife sanctuary and accused a Congress minister and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator of sheltering illegal mining operations in South Goa. Addressing …
Asaniye is a small village on the Konkan coast in Maharashtra, surrounded by thick forests of the Western Ghats. Residents here fear lifestyle change and loss of green cover once iron ore mining operations begin. Villagers, led by Vaishali Patil of non-profit Ankur Trust, said the rapid eia did not …
State, Rlys reach interim arrangement. The essence of the interim arrangement is this: the forwarding note submitted by the consignor of the ore for placing indents for rakes will be verified and signed jointly by the State Mining Department and the authorities concerned in the Railways. The mining, dumping, loading …
Karwar: The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has passed an order asking the government to regulate the movement of iron ore lories in Uttara Kannada district. A copy of the order was released to the press here on Tuesday by petitioner Kishore Desai. In its order, the SHRC has …
KOLKATA: Steel demand will grow by around 12 per cent if the economy grows by 8 per cent, Tata Steel Managing Director H. M. Nerurkar said, even as he admitted that prices of raw materials were posing a challenge. Addressing a pressmeet here on Monday, he said
The Department of Ports has taken measures to check illegal export of iron ore from Karwar and Belekeri ports in Karnataka. The department has made it clear that stock will not be cleared for export unless valid licences are produced and clearances are obtained from competent authorities. The department, in …
