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 …
JOWAI: Detection and subsequent deportation of illegal migrants in the State by various NGOs has been widely appreciated even as an unhappy lot of coal traders and mine owners called for immediate implementation of Inner Line Permit to solve manpower shortage, which has threaten the survival of coal industry here. …
BS Reporter / Kolkata November 11, 2008, 0:29 IST The government today replaced the specific duty on iron ore fines, imposed 10 days back, with an ad-valorem duty of 8 per cent, which is expected to benefit the low-grade iron ore producers. Iron ore industry sources said that the move …
Throughout Sweet Land of Mine, the destructive role of the MoEF is reprised. This ministry has aided and abetted the overturning of every single piece of legislation designed to protect ecological systems and the communities of Goa. It has done so consistently from the mid-1980s when the Portuguese mining
Trimex Inds to invest Rs 2,250 cr in ilmenite mining BS Reporter / Kolkata November 05, 2008, 0:20 IST Trimex Industries, part of the metals and minerals conglomerate Trimex group, today announced that it will commence ilmenite mining operations in the next two months at Srikurmam in Andhra Pradesh, where …
A public hearing for environmental clearance of Jeraldaburu iron ore mines allotted to Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) went off peacefully in West Singbhum amid presence of over 500 villagers. The hearing was organised jointly by the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) and West Singhbhum district administration. Chairperson …
From P M Raghunandan, DH News Service, Bellary: All good things come to an end. It is same for Bellary mining too. As long as China imported iron ore, Bellary mining lords became richer and richer. In fact, many became super rich overnight. Now it is slump time. With the …
BS Reporter / Mumbai October 30, 2008, 0:51 IST Vedanta Resources, London-based energy company Aldwych International and infrastructure firm Nava Bharat Ventures have been shortlisted by Zambia Consolidated Copper Mine Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) to develop and operate a coal mine and build a 400 mega watt thermal power plant in …
From Ramesh Jahgirdar,DH News Service,Bellary: Sluggish demand for ores in the international market has cast its spell on the thriving ore industry in the district. Even as mining companies are contemplating retrenchment of labourers, the luxurious life style of mining millionaires, concomitantly, has took a beating. Companies have started to …
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 18, 2008, 0:58 IST Ending monopoly of state-run mapping and exploration agencies, the government has permitted companies in possession of captive coal blocks to get further examination of the asset done by private firms.
Bangalore, DHNS: The Ganigarike Rashtriya Horata Samiti (GRHS) on Thursday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged illegal mining activities in Karnataka by Andhra Pradesh-based Obalapuram Mining Company (OMC) owned by G Janardhan Reddy, Minister for Tourism and Infrastructure Development. The GRHS, along with a group of NGOs, demanded the …
DH News Service, Bangalore: Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has said the government is exploring the possibility of entering into agreement with private mining companies to mine gold, iron and manganese in the State. He said that through Hatti Gold Mines such agreements could be drawn with foreign firms as …
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 15, 2008, 0:40 IST To introduce a Bill in the coming session. The Centre plans to introduce competitive bidding for allocation of coal blocks, a move that will benefit consuming industries like power and steel.
Editor: Bruce Meng NEW DELHI, Oct 14 - India's new mining policy, moving with glacial speed towards implementation, may be too little too late to attract much foreign investment as the commodities boom fades and interest in minerals wanes. The turmoil in world financial markets and the consequent reduction in …
Ruhi Kandhari NEW DELHI TO INDUCT modern methodology to establish an equitable and transparent regulatory framework in the mining sector, the government has started the spadework to develop a
Sreelatha Menon India is yet to devise a government mechanism to compensate those who live atop mineral-rich areas in Orissa, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand. If you have gold under your feet, consider yourself accursed. For there is something called the resource curse which many in this country
Karnataka mineral policy 2008 approved by the state cabinet recently.This new policy has 13 major objectives, including progressive features such as adoption of modern techniques in mining, transparency in granting mineral licences and emphasis on value addition. Karnataka state has the distinction of being one among very few states in …
Barely two weeks after announcing what it called a mega-restructuring plan, London-listed Vedanta Resources, India's largest diversified mining group, has scrapped the proposal. The company cited the global financial turmoil and shareholders' objections as reasons for the sudden change of plan. On September 9, Vedanta had said it wanted to …
Visakhapatnam, Sept. 22: More than 30 years after they were first discovered, the rich bauxite deposits in Vizag Agency tracts continue to cause controversy. Though the previous Telugu Desam government signed two MoUs for mining bauxite, they did not take off. However, the Congress government is going ahead with its …
