Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ranu Bala Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 05/05/2025. The applicant has alleged illegal felling of trees by the project proponent, a real estate developer company. The allegation of the applicant was that the project proponent has violated the norms by …
The state government paid over Rs 69.36 lakh from the state exchequer to lawyers in the last four years to fight cases of steel and mines department pending in courts. Minister of state for steel and mines Rajanikanta Singh disclosed this while replying to a question during the just concluded …
Meet this week to discuss proposal to increase 2013-14 wheat MSP by Rs 100 Riding high on NMDC stake sale garnering Rs 6,000 crore, the Cabinet is expected to discuss on Saturday a proposal to sell 12.5 per cent of its 92.5-per cent stake in state-run Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers …
State initiates process to lease out Pattangi mine to the company National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has resumed bauxite excavation at its Panchpatmali (North-Central block) mines nearly a month after it shut down operation at the site following expiry of lease deed on November 16. The company has obtained a temporary …
Having received only limited success in their global quest for natural resources, public sector metal and mining companies might turn their focus now on just a handful of mineral-rich countries where the chances of striking deals are much higher. The government has identified four countries — Brazil, South Africa, Canada …
New Delhi The inter-ministerial group (IMG) has recommended deallocation of three coal mines, and deduction and imposition of bank guarantee (BG) of PSU firms, including MMTC and Nalco. “The IMG has recommended deallocation of three coal mines — two mines of Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corp (JSMDCL) and one mine …
The lease for its Panchpatmali bauxite mines having expired three days ago, the National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is pinning hopes on the November 26 Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) meeting to give a go-ahead for its temporary work permit (TWP). Though the forest clearance for the TWP reportedly does not figure …
Bhubaneswa rEven as the National Aluminium Company refinery is facing closure due to want of bauxite, the company chairman-cum-managing director, Ansuman Das, on Monday assured that there would be no problem in meeting the export commitments besides the demand of the smelter. Stating that the company has commitments for dispatch …
Even as National Aluminium Company (Nalco) awaits anxiously for the nod of the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for grant of temporary work permit (TWP) to reopen its lapsed bauxite mine, the non-inclusion of the matter in the agenda of the next …
Company hopes to get permit to re-operate mine by December National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has stopped production at its Panchpatmali North-Central block bauxite mines after its lease deed for the area expired on Saturday. The company, which is awaiting renewal of the lease, said it is expecting a temporary working …
Bhubaneswar In a major relief for the National Aluminium Company (Nalco), the Orissa government on Thursday assured the company that there would be no restriction on mining bauxite from the Panchapatmali mines in Koraput district. As the lease tenure of the Nalco’s captive bauxite mines comes to an end on …
New Delhi After recommending cancellations of coal block allocations made to private players, the inter-ministerial group (IMG) on Wednesday recommended action against erring PSUs. The IMG on coal blocks recommended de-allocation of eight such blocks after scrutiny of 19 cases. According to sources, IMG has recommended de-allocation of eight mines, …
Mumbai Govt looks to sell 12.15% through OFS route to raise about R1,400 crore The government has, on several occasions, indicated that it plans to embark upon its FY13 divestment plan by selling 10-12% stakes in natural resources giants National Aluminium company (Nalco) and National Mineral Development corporation (NMDC). While …
After the lime procurement scam and lean slurry scam, Nalco is once again in the spotlight, this time over misuse of peripheral development (PD) fund and CSR fund. The company’s in-house vigilance department is probing a case of how officials favoured a particular private university against prevailimg norms over expenditure …
Public Sector National Aluminium Company seems to be heading for major crisis this month as the 30-year-old mining lease of company’s only bauxite mine in Koraput district is about to expire on November 16 with no signs of the lease getting renewed in the next couple of weeks. The central …
Bhubaneswar It is like carrying coal to Newcastle. Orissa, which already has a huge reserve of iron ore and bauxite, is, of late, importing the two raw materials. Realising this, the state government has now decided to put in place a mechanism to ensure raw material supply from the state …
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the mines ministry had moved a note for the sale of the government’s residual stake in Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) and Bharat Aluminium (Balco). The matter would go to the Cabinet and the finance ministry would give its views in due course, he …
Union tribal affairs and panchayati raj minister V Kishore Chandra Deo says his ministry will take a closer look at mineral resource projects, bauxite, iron ore or any other mineral, in areas where the rights of tribals are protected by the Constitution. The minister said he would write to governors …
Jharsuguda facility may shut down in a month A day after shutting down its bauxite refining unit at Lanjigarh temporarily citing unavailability of bauxite ore, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), has said it can hardly run its smelter facility at Jharsuguda for a month in the absence of enough alumina to …
State-run caustic soda major Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL) has joined hands with National Aluminium Company (Nalco) for setting up 200,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) caustic soda project at Dahej in Gujarat. "The feasibility report for the proposed project is currently on and is likely to be completed by …
Bhubaneswar: Taking forward its plans to industrialise the state, the Odisha government today approved investments worth Rs 26,076 crore in different sectors including that of aluminium major Nalco to set up a smelter plant and a captive power unit. The High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA) chaired by chief minister Naveen …
