BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty today said more than 1.42 crore tonne iron ore was exported during 200910 from the State. In a written reply to a question from Santosh Singh Saluja (Cong), Mohanty said besides the exported quantity, over 4.8 crore tonne iron ore was dispatched from different mines to some parts of the State as well as outside.
BHAWANIPATNA: To study the impact of proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta Aluminium Limited at Niyamgiri, an expert committee led by MC Saxena toured some of the Kutia Kondh and Dongria Kondh inhabited villages. The study, being undertaken at the direction of the Ministry of Forest and Environment, is expected to decide the fate of Vedanta.
BHUBANESWAR: Senior Congress leader Umesh Swain today alleged that the State Government had given a benefit of Rs 25,000 crore to the mine owners of State by not pursuing the case relating to Orissa Rural Infrastructure and Socio-Economic Development (ORISED) Act, 2004 in the Supreme Court.
VISAKHAPATNAM: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has announced a probe into all kinds of permission given so far for bauxite mining, setting up of alumina factory and allocation of wetlands in Srikakulam for setting up three thermal power projects.
NEW DELHI: Dongria Kondhs of Lanjigarh in Orissa may have received some respite, with the government setting up yet another committee to reconsider how a proposed Vedanta mine in the area could affect the tribe.
BHUBANESWAR: The Union Environment Ministry has formed a fresh panel to look into the alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Niyamgiri hills, where it has held up clearance to the bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources.
New Delhi, June 29 (PTI) The Environment Ministry has formed a new panel to look into issues related to alleged violation of forest rights of tribals in Orissa's Niyamgiri, where it has held up clearance to a bauxite mining project of Vedanta Resources.
NEW DELHI: India's maverick environment minister is resisting pressure from some Cabinet colleagues to clear forests for mining and roads in a tussle that underlines the country's struggle for sustainable growth.
Nearly 8,000 of the Dongria Kondh Adivasis, who revere the Niyamgiri mountain as their king and god, fear displacement and disruption of their centuries-old culture once the company gets the cleara
