The fate of 19 mines, located near wildlife sanctuaries, would be decided on Monday, when the state government will make its stand clear on the issue of the buffer zone.
P ANJIM: Scores of enquiries into illegal mining activities have put a temporary halt to the high level monitoring committee to oversee the safety at the extraction sites.
PANJIM: After a long wait, Corporation of the City of Panjim has secured a Rs 168 crore grant from the Centre under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to augment its 24-hour p
PANJIM: The BJP delegation led by National President Nitin Gadkari called on President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum to direct the union government to take stringent action
PANJIM: Shah Commission has asked Director of Mines and Geology to identify and take action against 101 mines traders, who are non-traceable even after police launched a massive operation to search their addresses.
New Delhi The ongoing mining mess in Goa has started hitting the margins of mining companies.
Sesa Goa, the country’s largest producer of iron ore, has already reported 14% drop in its net sales to R790 crore in the second quarter this financial year from R1,125 crore in the same quarter in the last financial year.
PANJIM: Shah Commission is expected to arrive back in Goa this week to begin their third and crucial phase of investigations into illegal mining.
The commission headed by Justice M B Shah, which had begun its probe into illegal mining scenario in Goa in mid-September has already completed two phases of investigation.
Panaji: Indian Bureau of Mines has initiated action against 25 mines in Goa which had “exceeded” the limit of extraction, a mines ministry official said.
PANJIM: The Union Ministry of Mines has observed that approximately 10.89 million tons of iron ore lying in dumps have been removed and dispatched in last four years with increasing demand for low
