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 …
Mining pit 50 m from the Rs 500 crore Tillari Irrigation Canal Passage was operating without renewal or environmental clearance. The canal is expected to provide water for irrigating large parts of North Goa district. Six mines were operating close to the Selaulim dam, which provides water to South Goa. …
State government report stops short of taking action a government inspection of 48 mines in Goa found 35 of them operating without a lease. Some of them did not have mandatory clearances. A committee chaired by the state
Company increases effluent outlets instead of plugging them THE Orissa state pollution control board has issued notice to the Jharsuguda unit of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (val), a subsidiary of the mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc, after inspections revealed the company
A government inspection of 48 mines in Goa found 35 of them operating without a lease. Some of them did not have mandatory clearances. A committee chaired by the state
Bhubaneswar: The South Korean steel major POSCO has changed its strategy in implementing the 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa. The company has delinked the mines from the project and decided to go ahead with the project construction instead of waiting for the mines to start the work.
Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar August 28, 2009, 0:33 IST Over 100 global mining companies from countries like Australia, US, Indonesia and South Africa have evinced interest in entering into a strategic partnership with the state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world
Akshaya Kumar Sahoo Aug. 26: South Korean steel major Pohang Steel Company (Posco) on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of shifting its 12-million-tonne integrated steel plant site from Kujang area near Paradip in Orissa to some other locations in the country. The company clarified that all obstacles facing the project …
Aug. 24: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central and state governments to ask the Survey of India to conduct a new survey of boundaries at five existing leased mine companies including Obulapuram mines within six weeks. The petitioner, Mr S.K. Modi of Bellary Iron Ore Company Private Limited, …
Aug. 19: The Orissa government has started taking renewed interest in expediting the land acquisition work for the proposed Posco steel project after the company agreed to begin peri-pheral work such as the construction of a 10-km-long marine line road. The road was considered important to transport raw materials to …
greenhouse gas emissions UK plans to go low-carbon The UK government unveiled a plan to make the country a low carbon emitter. The plan, announced by energy and climate change secretary Ed Miliband, details how the country will meet its domestic climate targets, set out under the climate change act, …
KOLKATA: The government is planning to incorporate a provision in the proposal for auction of coal blocks, under which preference would be given to companies, which were willing to set up end-use industries in the State in which they would mine coal. This was decided at a meeting in New …
Tata Steel is scouting for coking coal and iron ore mines abroad, including in Brazil and Australia, to ensure raw material security for its European operations. "We are actively pursuing raw material interests in coking coal and iron ore either in terms of virgin sites with significant resource potential or …
Bowing to intense pressure from the states, the Coal Ministry is understood to have endorsed their demand for value-addition of captive coal blocks falling within their respective boundaries. In its proposed process of auctioning blocks through competitive bidding, the ministry has proposed to insert a provision in the modalities of …
Aug. 6: A record 77 MLAs from the Telugu Desam, TRS and Left parties were suspended from the Assembly for a day on Thursday. They were suspended for disrupting the proceedings and insisting on a House Committee on the Obulapuram mines. The entire Opposition barring the Lok Satta demanded a …
HYDERABAD: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly was rocked on Thursday over the alleged irregularities in the Obulapuram Mining Corporation (OMC) owned by Karnataka Minister Gali Janardhan Reddy when the government turned down the Opposition
Taking a tough stand in the face of many issues of illegal mining highlighted in the House Minister for Environment Aleixo Sequeira today declared that air and water consents of illegal mines would be withdrawn within seven days. He made the statement during Question Hour on Thursday as Curtorim MLA …
