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 …
Bhubaneswar: Optimistic of establishing Posco’s proposed mega steel project near Paradip in Odisha, South Korea on Wednesday said the company could revise its plan and go for a smaller capacity plant instead of its original design of setting up a 12mtpa steel mill. “We are eager to complete whole size …
Bhubaneswar: Optimistic of establishing Posco's proposed mega steel project near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district, South Korea on Wednesday said that the company could revise its plan and go for a small capacity plant instead of its original design of setting up a 12mtpa steel mill. We are eager to complete …
Alstom Projects India Ltd has bagged two contracts for over Rs 84 crore. While one order is from Nalco to supply a fume treatment plant for its Angul plant, the other is from RINL to supply a stock house dust extraction system for its Vizag steel plant.
New Delhi: Reflecting a slowdown in the economy, the growth rate of eight core infrastructure sectors dipped to 2% in March and 4.3% during 2011-12 on account of poor performance in crude oil and natural gas. The growth rate of eight industries — crude oil, petroleum refinery products, natural gas, …
Mumbai: South Korean steel major Posco has sounded out unlisted Essar Steel for an alliance to build the planned $12 billion (12 million tonnes) steel plant in Orissa, which has run into repeated hurdles since the world’s fifth largest steel maker signed the construction agreement with the state government in …
Move to ease pricing pressure on ferrochrome and stainless steel players. Beginning second quarter, Odisha's state-owned mining firm will e-auction chrome, an ore essential to make stainless steel. By resorting to auctions, Orissa Mining Corporation is preempting a similar move for iron ore linkages, but more immediately addressing a long …
Jaipur: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has criticized the state government for its underassessment and non-recovery of revenue worth Rs 588.18 crore in the financial year 2010-11. The report, placed on the floor of the assembly on Thursday, finds several lacunae like the absence of input check controls and …
A consortium of four state-owned Indian companies - SAIL, Nalco, Hindustan Copper and Mineral Exploration Corp - has been shortlisted to invest in new gold and copper deposits in Afghanistan. Two private players - Monnet Ispat & Energy and Jindal Steel & Power - have also made the cut, opening …
Vedanta group firm Sesa Goa today said it expects mining operations in Karnataka to begin "soon" as it has submitted reclamation and resettlement plan for its mine in Chitradurga district to an apex court appointed panel that is looking into the illegal mining issues in the state. Closure of operations …
Bangalore Uncertain times await investors planning to start iron-ore mining in Karnataka, as the state government has made it clear that fresh leases will be given only after the Supreme Court clears all legal cases concerning the sector. The state's controversy-ridden industry has come under the purview of the central …
The National Green Tribunal may not even be a year old but it has already come up with some landmark judgments, says Prasun Chaudhuri ON GUARD: A protest held earlier this month against Posco’s project in Odisha Until recently, the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the autonomous body to redress environmental …
Twenty-one iron and steel plants, having capacity of 0.5 million tonnes a year and above, are up for an independent “green” rating. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based NGO, has completed a survey of the country's top steel-sector players for the environmental ratings. The results of …
Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) had granted environmental clearance on 19.7.2007 to an integrated iron and steel plant by M/s POSCO - India Pvt. Ltd. in Orissa subject to various environmental safeguards. Based on the reports submitted by a four member Committee, additional conditions were stipulated on 31st January, …
JSW Steel on Monday clarified that the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) reports against the company are yet to be considered by the Supreme Court. Reportedly, the Supreme Court appointed-CEC had submitted its report dated April 20, recommending extension of scope of CBI investigation against JSW Group. “JSW Steel (with no …
India's environmental and tribal activists have scored another victory over companies looking to start mining and related projects in the mineral-rich and densely forested regions of the country. Late Friday, a green tribunal has struck down an environmental clearance granted to Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. to mine coal at …
In a significant decision, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday set aside the Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to the 4 MTPA Coal Mining Project of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd and 4 MTPA Coal Washery at Gare in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh on grounds of faulty public hearing. The …
With barely eight million tonnes (mt) of iron ore left for auction in Karnataka, sufficient to fire the steel mills’ furnaces for two months, iron and steel companies in and around the state, including JSW Steel and Kalyani Steel, are in dire need of the key raw material. In the …
In what belies the popular notion of a depressed investment environment in the country, the government’s spending on central sector projects commissioned in the first half of the previous financial year had risen exponentially, according to data obtained from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). In the central …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Adivasi Majdoor Kisan Ekta Sangthan & Others Vs Ministry of Environment and Forests & Others regarding Environmental Clearance granted to Gare – IV/6 Coal Mining Project (4 MTPA) and a Pithead Coal Washery (4 MTPA) of M/s Jindal Steel & …
State govt mulls cancelling contracts with JSW Ispat and Bhushan Steel Worried over the tardy progress made by the steel makers, the Jharkhand government is considering to cancel the MoUs it entered with Ispat (now JSW Ispat) and Bhushan Steel for setting up steel projects in the state. In the …
