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 …
SHAHNAWAZ AKHTAR Giridih, June 8: This is probably a first in the history of Giridih. Giving into public protests, the local administration today stalled the construction of a sponge iron unit by Shivam Group in Udnabad on pollution grounds. It also promised the villagers that no clearance would be given …
Bhubaneswar, June 7: London-based Vedanta Resources will start its controversial Niyamgiri (bauxite) mining project in Kalahandi soon. Chairman of the Vedanta Resources Anil Agrawal, who met chief minister Naveen Patnaik last night, told reporters:
Armed with 'Stage I' clearance, mining major Vedanta has announced its plan to start bauxite mining project in Orissa's Niyamgiri Hills within a month and to invest Rs 25,000 crore more for its aluminium units in the state in next two years. "We are going to start our bauxite mining …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Posted: Friday , Jun 05, 2009 at 0117 hrs IST New Delhi: The NDA-ruled states of Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh are unlikely to gain any respite on their power production front with the Centre making it clear that the demand by these states for additional coal linkage cannot …
Hyderabad, June 3 The Andhra Pradesh Government has projected revenues of Rs 2,300 crore from mining operations in the State during the year, up from Rs 1,755 crore registered in 2008-09. Addressing a press conference here today, the State Minister for Mines and Geology, Mr B. Srinivasa Reddy, said of …
AMIT GUPTA Ranchi, May 31: The sleepy towns of Ghatshila and Mosabani in East Singhbhum will soon be abuzz with industrial activities. The state has decided to lease out two copper mines
Companies from the emerging economies are a growing feature of the global mining industry. This document looks at who these companies are and the factors behind their growth. Discusses few challenges the emerging players will face as a result of the global economic crisis and also focuses on the development …
Prasanjeet Sarkar ROURKELA: The mining authorities recently seized huge amount of illegally mined iron ore from Koira mining sector of Bonai sub-division and recovered a fine of around Rs 18 lakh. Mining industry sources, however, describe the disclosures as just the tip of the iceberg as rampant illegal mining of …
LONDON: Members of the rights group, Survival International, held a protest outside the Indian High Commission here on Wednesday to seek Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
May 27: APGenco, the state-owned power generation utility, saved nearly Rs 1,000 crore by persuading the Singareni Collieries, another public limited company, to provide it with more coal. Earlier, APGenco, the third biggest power producer in the country, used to buy imported coal from private companies at huge prices.
SHANGHAI - Chinese steelmakers, led by national champion Baosteel, will reject a 33 percent cut in iron ore prices agreed by mining company Rio Tinto. The China Iron and Steel Association (CISA), the industry group that represents the country
The recent spurt in iron ore prices are unlikely to sustain for long from estim-ates of the decline in global steel production and consumption, said Seshagiri Rao, joint managing director and group chief financial officer of India
BHUBANESWAR: Accusing Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik of violating model code of conduct to favour Korean steel major Posco for granting mining lease, the BJP on Monday petitioned the Election Commission demanding penal action against him. The BJP alleged that the Chief Minister cleared the Steel and Mines Department proposal for …
Australia's government shook off on Friday coal industry warnings that 10,000 jobs would be lost and 16 coal mines forced to close unless a planned national carbon emissions trading scheme was dramatically overhauled. The centre-left government's exclusion of coal mining from compensation measures promised to the biggest polluting firms exposed …
Raghvendra Rao Posted: Friday , May 08, 2009 at 0109 hrs IST New Delhi: Battalions of Armed Forces may no longer be required to prevent Naxals from attacking mining sites. Clearing the sites of explosives, the Union Ministry of Mines believes, will do the trick. The ministry has asked all …
