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 …
Mumbai Sesa Goa, owned by miner Vedanta Resources, must shut its 280,000 tonnes per year metallurgical coke unit in Goa after complaints about pollution, a State Pollution Board official said. Shares of Sesa Goa extended losses by 3.73% at R180.45 per share on the news. “We have issued directions for …
New Delhi Coal minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Monday said that no coal block was given away to companies during his tenure and only a few allotment letters were issued in respect of blocks that were awarded during the first term of the UPA government. In reply to allegations levelled by …
Despite the Rs 52,000-crore Posco project, the largest single FDI of the country, being a non-starter even after seven years, Odisha still continues to be a favoured destination among overseas investors. It has cornered 27 per cent share in the total FDI, proposed for India in 2011-12, the industry body …
Shaken by the adverse comments made by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on the government’s captive coal blocks allocation policy, the coal ministry is planning to conduct a fresh audit of all cement, steel and power companies that have been allocated such blocks. The aim is to ensure the …
Land acquisition delay holding up mega projects, admits minister Projects proposed by steel players who have signed MoUs (memorandum of understanding) with the Odisha government are set to go under the scanner soon. The state steel & mines department intends to conduct a comprehensive review of such projects after the …
Faced with stiff margins pressure in iron ore fines exports due to poor demand and higher transportation cost and taxes, most of the miners of the state are now planning to foray into pellet production to cater to the rising demand of the domestic steel industry for the commodity. “Iron …
Battalions of para-military forces will stand guard around the naxal-affected mines of India’s iconic Bhilai steel plant as government workers slog it out in the pits. Twelve battalions of BSF, anti-naxalite Cobra force beside Chhattisgarh policemen will straddle the Rowghat iron ore mines in the state to ensure Steel Authority …
Document contains Judgement of National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 24/8/12; Apeal No. 32/2011. The parties are Rana Sengupta, Kolkata verses Union of India & Ors.
A four-member expert team of the Union ministry of environment & forests (MoEF), which visited the Posco project site near Paradip on Tuesday, will submit its report to the ministry on environmental implications of the $12 billion steel plant by October. “We have collected information on the Posco project after …
Mumbai In what will be the largest fund-raising exercise by an Indian corporate in a long time, Tata Steel plans to hit the loan market for close to R18,000 crore. The steel maker will mop up money, via the project finance route, to fund its 6-million-tonne (mt) greenfield steel plant …
While the BJP disrupted the functioning of Parliament for the second consecutive day on Wednesday demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s resignation for alleged failure to go for auctioning of coal blocks, at least four states that were ruled by the Opposition at the time had raised the red flag when …
In what will be the largest fund-raising exercise by an Indian corporate in a long time, Tata Steel plans to hit the loan market for close to Rs 18,000 crore. The steel maker will mop up money, via the project finance route, to fund its six million tonne greenfield steel …
The four-member expert team, studying the impact of the proposed mega steel plant by Posco on the coastal ecology, is likely to submit its report to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) by October this year. Leader of the team K Ray Paul announced this here on Wednesday …
MoEF team skips meeting people at project site The Odisha government has decided to review the status of the Posco steel project towards the end of this week, even as an expert team of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) visited the proposed plant site on Tuesday. “We …
New Delhi This is for the second consecutive quarter NMDC has raised prices Iron ore miner NMDC has increased the contract price of the key steel-making raw material by 8-13% for the July-September period to cash in on the current demand-supply mismatch scenario in the market. “The NMDC Board, which …
South Korean steel manufacturer Posco faces a critical moment as India’s apex court takes up for hearing the grant of a captive iron ore mine in Odisha. Posco hopes, once some of the country’s leading lawyers have delivered their final arguments, the Supreme Court will clear the grant of a …
The expert committee’s visit to Odisha on Tuesday to reassess the ecological impact of the Posco steel project lasted only for one hour and covered only selective sites, green activists have alleged. The review team, set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), did not visit the key …
A four-member expert team constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is scheduled to visit the proposed Posco steel plant site near Paradip on Tuesday. The team was formed by MoEF in line with the order of the National Green Tribunal which had suspended the environmental clearance of …
A panel of the Union environment ministry has recommended re-validation of the green clearance accorded to South Korean steel giant Posco by five more years till 2017. In its meeting on June 14, the expert appraisal committee (EAC) of the Union ministry of environment and forests discussed at length Posco’s …
The Southern Ispat steel re-rolling company was closed down on Friday following an order of the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) for not complying with rules on pollution control. The company’s licence had expired on June 30, PCB officials said. The company was served notice earlier after local people complained …
