In 2019, the illegal wildlife trade reached staggering levels. Pangolin scales and ivory were being trafficked in massive quantities from Africa to Asia, exposing a network of crime syndicates operating at an industrial scale. The sheer volume of these shipments marked a disturbing milestone, one that revealed the global reach …
PANJIM: In a major fallout of a Herald investigation, one of the state’s oldest mines owned by Damodar Mangalji and Company Limited (DMC) was asked to shut down its operations and vacate the lease, after the paper exposed major illegalities, including working on dumps illegally after the state government banned …
Brazil's Vale, the world's largest iron ore miner, said on Thursday it had suspended its business with an Amazon-based pig-iron producer accused by the government of illegal deforestation. Brazil's environment agency said in a report that pig-iron maker Sidepar was using charcoal made from illegally cleared trees in Para state …
Eight South American countries pledged Tuesday to boost cooperation to protect one of the planet’s largest natural reserves from deforestation and illegal trafficking in timber and minerals. Representatives of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela gathered in Manaus, northern Brazil, also vowed to speak with one voice …
Fears of a possible ban on exports of iron ore from Goa has divided the mining industry in the state with the larger, organised players blaming the unorganised companies for the mess. The ministry of mines appointed the Shah Commission to investigate allegations of rampant illegal mining in Goa, after …
More than 2,500 raids by the forest department and over 100 FIRs have failed to dampen the spirits of the unauthorised saw mills, which mushrooming virtually in every nook and corner of the state. As per the official assessment for the year 2011-12, till October 2011, forest department had conducted …
Several months into the Goa mining scam, miners and ore exporters here have admitted to illegal mining and exports, but have said that a ‘possible ban’ on exports can never be a solution. The Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association (GMOEA), which is an industry body of most Goa’s big mining …
The Supreme Court on Friday asked its expert panel, the Central Empowered Committee, to look into allegations of illegalities -- including bribing Government officials -- levelled against Adani Enterprises Ltd and O P Jindal Group’s JSW Steel Ltd in the iron ore business. JSW and Adani Enterprises had denied these …
PANJIM: Goa mine owners on Thursday said that the delay in renewal process of mining leases is helping large scale illegalities in the state. Goa Mineral Ore exports Association (GMOEA) secretary Glen Kalavampara said that delays on part of state government to approve licenses and environmental clearances have created uncertainty …
PANJIM: The Justice M B Shah Commission will submit its first report into the Illegal Iron Ore trade in Goa to the Union Mines Ministry on December 1. A senior member of the commission said that two reports would be submitted to the union government and the first one would …
Human-orangutan conflict and hunting are thought to pose a serious threat to orangutan existence in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. No data existed prior to the present study to substantiate these threats. We investigated the rates, spatial distribution and causes of conflict and hunting through an interview-based survey in …
JAIPUR: After the Jan Lokpal Bill and the Public Grievance Redressal Bill it is the national mining policy that is most discussed. This is true for this state too. At a recent public hearing, a group of like-minded people prepared a charter of demands to be incorporated in the mining …
Facing a separate investigation by the CBI for allegedly amassing illegal wealth, YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy may also be made a co-accused in the illegal mining case against former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy. The CBI is relying on four main witnesses to nail Jaganmohan in the …
PANAJI: Supreme Court has issued notices to State Government over illegal mining case related to Jitendra Deshprabhu and others in a petition filed by social activists Kashinath Shetye and others. Shetye, Ketan Govekar and Pradip Kakodkar had filed special leave petition before Supreme Court challenging High Court’s order, which had …
BHUBANESWAR: In a significant breakthrough in elephant poaching case, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) joint team on Monday arrested four persons, including the kingpin, for their involvement in the jumbo killings. The team arrested the kingpin, Mohan Majhi, his two associates and Sarfaraz, who …
BURDWAN, 6 NOV: Thirty lorries, loaded with illegally-extracted sand from the Ajoy riverbed, were seized by the Durgapur SDO yesterday evening. The illegal consignment were meant to be transported to Dankuni, Rajarhat and Salt Lake. The sand, worth at least Rs 2 lakh, was being sold without required permit and …
CBI officials probing into the illegal iron ore mining case say that officials had violated norms while leasing out two other mines apart from Anthar-gangammakonda (AGK) to Obulapuram Mining Company. CBI sources said that they have collected evidence which proved that OMC had been preferred over other applicants while granting …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan High Court has taken a serious note of illegal mining taking place in the state on a large scale, especially in the green belts. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Arun Kumar Mishra and Justice N K Jain-I has asked advocate general G S Bapna as well …
P ANJIM: Scores of enquiries into illegal mining activities have put a temporary halt to the high level monitoring committee to oversee the safety at the extraction sites. The state government appointed committee, which was constituted following two mining accidents, was supposed to undertake the process of visiting all the …
PANJIM: Shah Commission has asked Director of Mines and Geology to identify and take action against 101 mines traders, who are non-traceable even after police launched a massive operation to search their addresses. Officials stated that of the 400-odd traders, State Home ministry had submitted a list of 101 traders, …
PANJIM: The BJP delegation led by National President Nitin Gadkari called on President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum to direct the union government to take stringent action against illegal mining in Goa. BJP Chief Spokesperson Rajendra Arlekar told a press conference here, that BJP delegation met with …
