Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/s Electrotherm (India) Ltd. Versus Patel Vipulkumar Ramjibhai & Others dated 02/08/2016 regarding environment clearance to M/s Electrotherm (India) Ltd proposed expansion of Pig Iron Plant (150 to 350 TPD) with Captive Lignite/Coal char based Power Plant (24 MW) …
The Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) has decided to carry out third party ‘Environment Compliance Audit’ of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP). In this regard, a contract agreement was signed between SAIL/BSP and M/s Bhagvatihi Anna Lab private Limited(Hyderabad) on July 22, 2016 in the presence of R C Kulkarni, …
The Supreme Court has pulled up the Karnataka government for conducting a fresh survey disregarding its 2013 order for shifting the boundary of a private lessee of iron ore mining. A three-judge bench presided over by Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Monday reprimanded the Essar Steel (Hazira) and the Karnataka government …
China has ordered special teams to begin inspecting steel mills across the country to see how well they are complying with tough new pollution rules, its environment ministry said on Monday. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said on its website (www.mep.gov.cn) that dedicated inspection teams would probe major steel enterprises …
The amount of primary materials extracted from the earth will almost triple by the middle of this century if action is not taken, as emerging economies develop and consume more, a U.N.-backed report said on Wednesday. The use of fossil fuels, metal ores and non-metallic minerals has accelerated rapidly since …
The firm also has an objective of achieving a capacity of 40 MTPA in the next decade In a bid to ensure raw material self-sufficiency, Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel is planning to participate in the upcoming auction of iron ore mines in Karnataka and other states. "JSW Steel currently does …
Northern China's Hebei, home to seven of the country's 10 smoggiest cities, has pledged to double up its efforts to tackle hazardous pollution following an environment ministry report accusing the province of failing to rein in law-breaking industries. Hebei, which surrounds the capital Beijing and is responsible for about a …
Investments to the tune of more than Rs 10 lakh crore would be required in coal mining and allied sectors like power, steel and cement to achieve the target of 1.5 billion tonnes of coal production by 2019-20, according to a report. India has set an ambitious target of 1.5 …
Worsening air pollution has reduced the average life expectancy in China by over two years, said a report released here this week. The report, launched by the International Energy Agency, also stated that outdoor pollution could be the cause of as many as one million premature deaths while air pollution …
Introduction to Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage summarises 17 CCS projects across sectors including natural gas processing, fertiliser manufacturing and hydrogen production. The report highlights that one quarter (25 percent) of the world’s CO2 emissions, or 8.5 gigatonnes, result from these, and other industrial sectors such as iron and steel, …
However, it is subject to some conditions based on the recommendations of the government's experts' committee. JSW Steel has received the environmental clearance for setting up an integrated steel unit and captive power plant in Jharkhand with an investment of Rs 35,000 crore. The project would create up to 30,000 …
An environment ministry panel has accorded clearance to a captive iron ore mine project of state-run NMDC in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. The iron ore mine (Deposit 4) would cater to the requirement of NMDC's upcoming integrated steel plant in Chhattisgarh. According to the minutes of the Expert Appraisal Committee …
A recent report by the National Council of Applied Economic Research comparing benefits and costs of mining and forest services finds that mining benefits outweigh the costs they impose. A scrutiny of the methodology of the report suggests an overvaluation of social benefits and undervaluation of social costs. The report …
The report on mining in Goa by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER 2010b) was criticised by Pranab Mukhopadhyay and Gopal K Kadekodi (hereafter MG) in EPW (12 November 2011). This author also commented on the conclusions of the report and raised several ethical issues (EPW, 21 January …
This comment on “Missing the Woods for the Ore: Goa’s Development Myopia” by Pranab Mukhopadhyay and Gopal K Kadekodi further criticises “A Study on Goan Iron Ore Mining Industry”, the 2010 report of the National Council of Applied Economic Research.
Cuncolim locals have demanded that the government carry out an inspection of the hazardous waste dumped at Cuncolim industrial estate, waste from steel factory and pollution caused by the fish meal plants. They have demanded that the authorities take care of the hazardous waste left behind in a plot by …
Bhubaneswar: As uncertainty prevails over South Korean steel giant Posco's proposed plant near Paradip, the state government on Tuesday informed the assembly that around three lakh trees were felled during the process of land acquisition for the project. "According to sources available with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (the state's …
Hundreds of people have held a rare protest in Vietnam against the unexplained mass death of fish on the country's central coast. Vast numbers of dead fish have appeared across some 200km (125 miles) of coastline since early April. A government investigation has so far found no links to a …
Sustainability reporting is one of the key elements of sustainability management for Essar Steel India and plays an important role in its mission to create value for the stakeholders and resolve risks and threats to the business in the terms of long-term economic growth, environment and ecological conservation and societal …
Jindal Steel & Power Limited (JSPL) is an Indian business conglomerate with operations spread across India, the Middle East, Africa, and Australia. Its core areas are steel, power infrastructure and mining. It has also a specialized machinery division for manufacturing equipment, steel foundry and pressure vessels. This is JSPL’s second …
