Air bubbles in the solesof jogging shoes may become a relic if an ambitious regulation unveiled yesterday by the European Commission to reduce greenhouse gases is pushed through.Plans by indsutry to produce a self-cooling drink can in preparation for more heat-waves might also have to be ditched, as it is …
PANJIM: The contentious cessation of mining operations in Goa will figure at the National Development Council (NDC) meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on December 27, wherein Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar would bat for an early decision on environment clearances (ECs) to mining leases, currently suspended …
PANJIM: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Monday said that the party always supported and would continue to support legal mining in Goa, even in future. Speaking on behalf of the party Monday, PWD minister Sudin Dhavalikar shied away from queries on mining, on a day when the party opened its …
PPT and Bhushan Steel among offenders, closure direction on Hindalco CPP The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has issued showcause notices on eight industries in 2012-13 for causing pollution and violating the norms of the board. Three other industries- Hindalco Industries' captive power plant at Hirakud (Sambalpur), Singhal Enterprises Pvt …
SHILLONG: The Civil Society Women’s Organisation (CSWO) has slammed the new Industrial Policy of State Government which paves way for leasing out land to mining companies and the likes saying that it was in gross violation of the Land Transfer Act. “The Government is clearly trying to sell off our …
PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board has rejected the renewal of ‘Consent to Operate’ applications of 107 mining leases, and returned them to the respective firms stating that the Board cannot proceed in view of Supreme Court ban on mining operations in Goa. The mining lease operators had applied for …
As many as 54 mining leases in Odisha are operating under deemed extension following the expiry of their leases. The expiry period of the leases ranges from five to 25 years. According to information given by minister for steel & mines Rajani Kant Singh in the state assembly, mine owners …
Rejecting charges of wrongdoing in coal block allocations, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said the government has already initiated the process of cancelling mines to companies which failed to develop them and action would be taken against 'wrongdoers' if any. "We have initiated action to cancel the allocations of …
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.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) special court in Hyderabad on Monday arrested former Karnataka infrastructure minister Gali Janardhan Reddy and his cousin, Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) managing director Srinivas Reddy, opening a new chapter in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh’s mining politics. The duo were arrested by CBI officials in …
Indian Metals & Ferro Alloys Ltd (IMFA) is planning to spend Rs 6,600 crore over the next five years to set up a 1,320-Mw power plant in Orissa. With this, IMFA, which currently produces power for its own captive use as a part of its backward integration strategy, will become …
Indonesian police carrying out an environmental crackdown in the main tin producing region of Bangka island, should stop targeting small-scale miners as it is hindering domestic smelters' supplies, the Indonesian Tin Industry Association said. Small-scale traditional tin miners in Indonesia, the world's top tin exporter, have slowed mining activity because …
Detection of illegal iron-ore mining in Karnataka has led to developments that impinge on the sustained supply of the critical input to the steel-making industry. Industry sources in the Bellary-Hospet region told Business Line here that Karnataka supplies iron ore to several large-scale steel plants in the State and in …
Britain has been urged by a major business organisation to exempt high energy users such as Tata Steel from a carbon levy, which, it is argued, could cripple many industries and lead to carbon leakage. “The carbon floor tax is making it increasingly uncompetitive for the most energy-intensive users to …
Karnataka-based iron and steel makers say that it might prove difficult for NMDC to fulfil Supreme Court's order of one million tonnes per month supply to the industry. The Supreme Court order states that the company should implement the order from tomorrow. NMDC is currently operating at 4.5 million tonnes …
The signing of a $1.5bn agreement between African Minerals and China’s state-owned Shandong Iron & Steel Group should end some of the scepticism about the deal and broader reservations over the Aim market’s biggest company by market capitalisation. The long-awaited deal would see Shandong acquire a 25 per cent stake …
The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a blow to illegal mining by ordering suspension of all mining activities in Karnataka’s Bellary district with immediate effect. The order will affect about 100 iron ore mining leases covering 10,686 hectares. It follows a ban on mining iron ore a few months ago …
The Supreme Court order to suspend iron ore mining with immediate effect in north Karnataka’s Bellary district has come as a rude shock to the mining and steel industries. Iron and steel manufacturers in South India, who are facing severe shortage of raw materials, will be ‘totally devastated’ with a …
New Delhi/Bangalore The Supreme Court on Friday suspended all mining operations in the Bellary district of Karnataka with immediate effect, a day after state Lokayukta Santosh Hegde submitted a damning report that has forced the state chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to resign. The court also directed the environment ministry to …
After Bellary, Tumkur district has emerged as a hotbed of rampant illegal mining activities in the State. Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde, in his final report on illegal mining in Karnataka, illustrates how Tumkur had been plundered of its iron and manganese ore reserves by illegal miners in the last few …
The landscape of illegal mining in Karnataka that emerges from the final report on illegal mining submitted by Lokayukta N. Santosh Hegde is vast and murky. The 465-page core report, in 33 chapters, reveals the many facets and dimensions of illegal mining in the State between 2006 and 2010. It …
