PANJIM: The Shah Commission has observed gross violations outside lease areas in their initial investigation into illegal mining in Goa.

Failure to inaugurate Rs 1 crore garbage treatment plant at Dumane has resulted in CMC not servicing certain areas and dumping collected garbage behind its own building.

Political parties requested Vedanta Resources-owned mining firm Sesa Goa for donations as part of “common practice”, the multinational group said on Friday as the spectre of the massive illegal min

The Goa Government has asked all the mining firms to compulsorily install Radio Frequency Identifications (RFIDs) on all the trucks ferrying ore and weighing bridges to tally the production and exp

The exposure of illegal mining scams in Karnataka and Goa and Karnataka’s ban on transportation of iron ore has had a huge impact on the railways.

The Ministry of Mines has asked the Goa Government to provide details on low-grade ore dumps that have piled up alongside extraction sites in the coastal state by October 18, sources said today.

Armed with a report prepared by the former Karnataka Lokayukta on illegal mining, the Union Ministry of Mines has asked the Goa Government to furnish data on the allegations that the Mormugao Port

Around 15,000 people from the state’s ore-rich belt took to the streets of Panjim demanding assurance from Chief Minister Digambar Kamat that there would not be a ban on mining in the state

PANJIM: State Mines and Geology department Tuesday began an inspection of various plots in the state which are being used to dump iron ore.

The officials swung into action after it was revealed that only 15 plots are registered with them while several hundred plots are increasingly used to stack ore, throwing environmental norms to the wind.

PANJIM: After being exposed through Karnataka Lokayukta report, Goa government has been ordered by Union Ministry of Mines to give details of the Karnataka ore used in Goa for blending local ore an

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