The Orissa High Court on Wednesday directed the State Government to submit a status report on the health condition of the victims of Bhushan Steel plant mishap in Dhenkanal district. A bench of Chief
A presentation by Priya Dutta, IIPHG, Ahmedabad at the Fourth National Research Conference on Climate Change held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras from October 26-27, 2013.
Water pollution being caused by some steel industrial units in the town is playing havoc with the health of people here. Though industrial units claimed to adhere to the pollution control norms and deny
Indian steel firms such as JSW Steel, JSPL, Essar Steel, Kalyani Steel have queued up to bid for Goa’s iron ore under the e-auction route as per a Supreme Court order on November 11. Around 11.5 million
Asking the Odisha government to submit a report on the fire and explosion at Bhushan Steel Limited’s (BSL) plant at Meramundali in Dhenkanal district, the Centre on Tuesday sent officials to inquire into
The Prime Minister’s Project Monitoring Group will now start supervising the implementation of as many as 99 infrastructure projects, with investments worth Rs 3.6-lakh crore, already cleared by it.
Decks have been cleared for India’s first 12-million tonne ultra mega steel plant (UMSP). State-run mining major NMDC, which has been named the nodal agency for the project by the Prime Minister-led National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council (NMCC), has started the process of acquiring land for the steel plant in Karnataka and plans to invite bids from companies wanting to set up the UMSP.
Essar Steel was on Monday permitted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to start construction for laying a portion of its 253-km long slurry pipeline to transport iron ore from its steel beneficiation
Meanwhile, a consensus has been reached among the two parties over swapping of iron ore within or outside the country The state government will sign a tripartite agreement with Posco and its Indian subsidiary Posco-India in late October or first week of November this year, which will replace the lapsed memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with the company in June 2005.
Joon-gyu Lee, South Korea’s ambassador to India, on Monday said the foundation stone for Posco India’s 12-million-tonne steel project in Orissa is likely to be laid early next year. He added that the president of South Korea might do the honours. “The state government has successfully completed land acquisition for the project. I hope everything will be ready for construction to begin,” he said.
