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 …
AFTER reserving the mining of limestone and bauxite for stateowned GMDC, the state government on Friday decided to reserve the lignite mines too for the PSU. The latest move is expected to expedite underground coal gassification projects in JV with Reliance Industries and ONGC as well as other long-term supply …
The steel and mines ministries are locked in a bitter turf war on amending the existing Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act. The mines ministry has proposed giving states full powers to allocate mining leases by removing the clause that requires them to seek Centre
ROURKELA: The Sundargargh district officials recently ordered closure of 41 mines for lacking statutory clearance. The affected mines owners have protested the decision on the ground that hundreds of workers will be rendered jobless. Sources said as many as 16 iron-ore and manganese mines under the jurisdiction of Deputy Director …
BHUBANESWAR: With the multi-crore mining scam likely to raise storm in the Assembly tomorrow, the State Government has suspended operation in 128 mines located in the districts. Official sources said suspension of mining activities in 128 mines has been ordered mostly for violation of laws under forest and environment clearance …
AFTER the UPA government announced its plan for big-ticket disinvestment in 60 central PSUs last Friday, the Union steel ministry is humming with activity. Two of the ministry
BHUBANESWAR: The State-level task force monitoring illegal mining decided to enhance enforcement at the district level. The existing State-level and district-level enforcement squads are too inadequate to meet the increasing demand for vigilance in view of the rampant illegal mining, large scale theft, smuggling and transpiration of minerals. In its …
Debabrata Mohanty Probing allegations of a multi-crore mining scandal, the Orissa government has ordered suspension of work at 64 iron ore, manganese ore and limestone mines whose operators have failed to provide proof of legal mining activity. It is learnt that leases of all these mines ran out long ago …
Illegal Miners With Prospective Licences Paid Money To Hawala Operators MR Madhu Koda never claimed to be a dynamic leader. But as a minister for mines and later as chief minister of Jharkhand, he set new benchmarks in administrative dynamism. Sample this: In one instance, Mr Koda cleared 48 mining …
BHUBANESWAR: Vigilance sleuths on Tuesday raided the mines and offices of Sirajuddin and Co in connection with the multi-crore mining scam and are said to have unearthed illegal extraction and transportation of minerals on a massive scale.The Vigilance pressed into service 16 teams, which raided the offices of the company …
JOWAI: The Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board has given a green signal to Amrit Cement Industries Limited to set up cement plant at Umlaper in Jaintia Hills district. Decision to this effect was taken after a public hearing on the issue held here on Monday. The Amrit Cement Industries has …
Anantapur, Nov. 6: Controversies relating to the Obulapuram mines have rocked the Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka Assemblies several times in the past few years. Mining business was in crisis till 2000. It was in 2003 that Mr Janardhan Reddy took over the lease of Obulapuram from Mr G. Rammohan Reddy …
Union Minister for Mines and DoNER, BK Handique today underscored the need for harnessing the untapped mineral resources of the North-east in a sustainable manner with due emphasis on ecological concerns. Speaking as chief guest at the two-day
Nov. 3: The Rayadurgam Congress MLA, Mr Ramachandra Reddy, who is also joint managing director of Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC), met the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, on Tuesday evening and complained against the Anantapur divisional forest officer, Mr Kallol Biswas for acting in a
New Delhi: ArcelorMittal said on Wednesday that options are open before it on shifting its Rs 1 lakh-crore steel projects from proposed sites in Orissa and Jharkhand. "At this time, we are focusing on Jharkhand and Orissa. We are looking at different sites because existing sites are not making progress. …
PARADIP: With the Central Government virtually breathing down its neck to expedite work on the much delayed Posco project, the State Government has asked the district administration to convene a meeting of the Rehabilitation and Periphery Development Advisory Committee next month. President of South Korea Lee Myung Bak, is said …
Dubai-based minerals trading company Trimex International EZE Ltd today moved the Supreme Court claiming $600,000 as damages from Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources. In its petition, Trimex sought appointment of the second arbitrator and the presiding arbitrator as per the clause in a contract …
New Delhi, Oct. 25 The Vice-President, Mr M. Hamid Ansari, has said that while the Indian mining industry has achieved phenomenal progress in production and productivity, accidents are also occurring. Addressing a function organised by the Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS), Mr Ansari pointed out the death rate and …
