Fearing tribals’ ire, a high-power committee, appointed by the MoEF, conducted aerial survey of Jerella and Sapparla divisions in Chintapalli, where large scale bauxite reserves are available, in a

The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has urged the State and Central governments to drop proposals for mining bauxite in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam.

There was widespread opposition from people belonging to the plains and tribes who had not given their consent for bauxite mining.

When the Union environment ministry gave the GMR Group its go-ahead to the Alaknanda hydroelectric project in Uttarakhand three weeks ago, it invited suspicion from non-profit organisations about a

A parliamentary panel has expressed displeasure over delays in Nalco’s expansion plans mainly due to failure to get leases for bauxite and coal mining in Odisha, and has asked the Mines Ministry to

Hyderabad In a fresh setback to Vedanta Aluminium (VAL), an associate company of the globally-diversified mining group Vedanta Resources, the environment ministry has put off the issue of terms of

Ministry puts on hold the terms of reference for refinery expansion till HC passes verdict

The Home Ministry has given its approval to London-listed miner Vedanta Resources' buying majority stake in Cairn India for $8.7 billion.

The Home Ministry, while giving the security no-objection certificate (NOC), highlighted eight areas of concern, including 64 legal proceedings against Vedanta and its subsidiaries in various courts, sources privy to the development said.

The Union Home Ministry has given its “security no-objection certificate” to the $8.71 billion share sale by Cairn India (CIL) to Vedanta on the national security angle but highlighted eight areas

National Aluminium Company (Nalco), the Orissa-headquartered and central government-owned company, has turned out to be the sole final bidder for Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation’s (GMDC) Rs

Profit-sharing with tribal people and auctioning of mineral concessions are not the only landmark changes proposed in the new mining Bill.

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