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 …
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO BHUBANESWAR The victory of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), the anti-displacement forum which has been spearheading the movement against Rs 52,000-crore Posco steel project, in the just-concluded Dhinkia gram panchayat polls is unlikely to create any further problem to the country
The AP High Court on Friday issued notices to the Central ministry of environment, Obulapuram Mining Company, Ananthapuram Mining Corporation, Y. Mahbaleswar Rao and Sons and Bellary Iron Ore Company. The court was dealing with a petition filed by one Mr T. Ekambaram, mining engineer of Anantapur seeking a direction …
How Jharkhand misled the Supreme Court into allotting a mine reserved for PSUs to private firms The Ghatkuri mine in West Singhbhum district, containing high grade iron ore worth crores of rupees, has always tempted private mining companies. But they could not lay their hands on it because it is …
Where is the will to find out what is best for the people and the economy? MINING in India is frequently in the news these days. There has hardly been an issue of this magazine lately where an article on mining was not printed. The headlines are predictable by now: …
How green is my water bottle? By Daniel Goleman and Gregory Norris, The New York Times So, is stainless steel really better than plastic? How environmentally friendly are
India's 36 per cent thermal power stations are facing acute fuel problem and are operating on coal stocks of less than a week, coinciding with approaching summer. Nearly 28 thermal power stations out of the total 78 have coal stocks of less than seven days, which is deemed critical in …
CISF personnel attack trade unionists CUDDALORE: A scuffle ensued between the trade unionists and the Central Industrial Security Forces personnel at Neyveli Lignite Corporation following an accident at Mine-I that claimed the life of an employee on Thursday. While Sakthivel (41), employed in the gravel yard of Mine-I, was returning …
The government chooses economic growth over xenophobia and greenery AP General Giap fights another battle IN A one-party state where people are routinely jailed for criticising government policy, it is rare for all but the most brave or foolhardy to speak out. But a government plan to allow a Chinese …
MUMBAI, April 21 (Reuters) - India's state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) (NALU.BO) is in talks with mine workers to have them return to work after a shutdown, which could take up to a week, the company's top official said on Tuesday. NALCO's bauxite mine in eastern Orissa state has …
Land, livelihood and environment are concerns that will play a role in this coastal region of Maharashtra This beautiful village near the Goa- Maharashtra border has become the flashpoint of a prolonged anti-mining struggle, which locals say will have a major impact on the Lok Sabha election. In the coastal …
Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar April 21, 2009, 1:25 IST The bauxite mines of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) at the Panchpatmali hills in Koraput district of Orissa are yet to restart operations after last week
PUBLIC sector mining company National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) may stop exports of high-grade iron ore if international ore prices, contracted under long-term agreements (LTA) with other countries, continue to fall sharply. The move is expected to hit steel companies in Japan and Korea that source a large part of …
The Obama administration wants to ensure that legislation being crafted by Congress to fight global climate change does not violate international trade rules and backfire on US exports, the top US trade official said in a letter to a Republican lawmaker. The letter from US Trade Representative Ron Kirk, released …
Around fifty percent of glass industry has suspended its activities while the remaining units on the verge of closure due to gas and power loadshedding, the industry
SEBASTIAN RODRIGUES laments the fact that the political class has failed to act against mining, thus betraying the people of Goa One cannot but express utter disgust at the stance of all political parties in Goa
An eight-hour gun-battle between security forces and Naxalites at the Panchapatmali bauxite mines of the National Aluminium Company Ltd in Koraput district of Orissa ended early morning today, leaving 10 jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and four Naxalites dead. Meanwhile, the operation of Nalco
