Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
In India, steelmakers had to follow their global peers and cut steel prices by up to Rs 3,000 a tonne, or four to five per cent For the steel industry, the near term looks uncertain. Though prices of raw materials such as iron ore and coking coal are rising, demand …
Tata Steel on Tuesday said it will contest the . 6,000 crore fine imposed on the company by Odisha government over alleged violation of mining norms in the state. The company, which has captive iron ore and manganese mines and dolomite quarries in Odisha, was slapped a fine of about …
The Odisha government has asked leading steel and iron ore companies to pay over . 50,000 crore for alleged illegal and excess mining in a move that could lead to a lengthy standoff between the private sector, the Centre and the resource-rich state that produces a third of the country’s …
Iron ore mining operations have been restarted in Karnataka's Bellary and Chitradurga districts, a year after these were suspended, following a Supreme Court directive. After securing all statutory approvals, two Category A mines have resumed mining, offering hope of regular iron ore supply to the ore-starved steel industry. According to …
SALTORA, 2 NOV: Braving Chief Minister Miss Mamata Banerjee’s strictures, Bankura again has flagged off illegal coal mining and trafficking from different places in the northern part of the district. Trafficking of illegally extracted coal from the Bakulia pits in Saltora Block has restarted and the organised mafiosi have started …
The Supreme Court today said it was worried about the “underlying dynamics”, with steel manufacturers pitching for resumption of mining operations in Karnataka instead of lease holders of iron ore mines. A special Forest Bench, headed by Justice Aftab Alam, said despite the lease holders of iron ore mines having …
The state is the highest producer of high-quality sized iron ore and fines, with annual output surpassing 75 mn tonnes Odisha, the largest producer of iron ore in the country, is mulling canalisation of iron ore trade by appointing a designated agency in order to bring in transparency and generate …
A day after it posted its first ever quarterly net loss due to slowdown in China and aweak market in Europe, ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel producer has some reason to cheer. ArcelorMittal has received allotment of 2,569 acres in Bellary, Karnataka, where it proposes to set up a six-million …
New Delhi State-owned steelmaker SAIL on Thursday said it will expand its production capacity to 18 million tonne (mt) from existing 14 mt by the end of current financial year. "Our Phase-I capacity expansion target is 24 mt. Of that, this year we will be starting two new blast furnaces, …
Carbon dioxide emissions from the steel sector are significant and growing: global emissions of carbon dioxide from fuel combustion in the sector increased by 61 per cent between 2000 and 2009, an annual average growth rate of 5.4 per cent. Emissions are projected to increase in future years driven by …
What is the new normal for the Indian steel industry? As is the experience of China and India, the demand for metals, particularly steel, finding large application in construction, automobile and machinery building, gets guidance from the progress of gross domestic product (GDP). The fateful 2008-09 recession that originated in …
The recent order of the Joda mining circle office to 10 miners, who are waiting for renewal of their mining leases, to restrict iron ore output only to the extent of their captive plant need until the completion of the lease renewal process, is likely to result in 27 million …
For mining company Sesa Goa, it is Cairn India which has again helped prop it up. Revenues of the country’s second largest iron ore miner more than halved during the September 2012 quarter due to the mining ban in Karnataka and transportation problems in Goa. But net profit rose from …
The Joda mining circle has sent notices to 10 mines under its jurisdiction to restrict their productions as per their captive needs until the renewal of their mining leases. The order, issued in line with a recent resolution of the government, is likely affect productions of five mines which do …
The public accounts committee (PAC) of the Parliament led by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi will visit Odisha soon to scrutinize alleged irregularities in coal block allotments in the state between 2005 and 2009. The nine-member panel will also examine the procedure followed by the state government in recommending …
Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Posco India has sought more time from the Centre for implementing Rs 54,000 crore SEZ project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, as the South Korean steel giant could not get land due to protests by tribals. Due to certain issues in the acquisition of large land for a …
Dip could flatten firm?s cushion against stagnation in productivity In a distress signal for the world’s largest coal miner, Coal India Ltd’s (CIL’s) spot sales dipped for the first time in the five years since the e-auction, or spot sales, scheme was launched in 2007. Revenue from e-auction is expected …
Says it has made significant progress in securing the minimum required land for the project Steel maker Posco India has sought an extension of the in-principle approval for its multi-product special economic zone (SEZ), proposed to be set up near Paradeep in coastal Odisha. The approval for the project expires …
Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma today pulled up SAIL and RINL over their "unsatisfactory" performances and said the two public sector firms could have fared better if their expansion and modernisation programmes were completed on time. "I am not satisfied with the performances of SAIL and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd …
Co to restart process as most approvals have expired the five-year time limit The Odisha government would provide the required land to Posco India for its proposed 12-million-tonne integrated steel plant project near Paradip only after the project gets environment clearance from the Union ministry for forest and environment. The …
