Visakhapatnam, Nov. 25: The government need not probe all the mining leases following cancellation of operations in six mines in Ananthapur district on Tuesday, said the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah facing a volley of questions on the suspected loopholes in bauxite mining lease given to two multinational companies-Jindal and Anrak in Visakhapatnam district.
AFTER reserving the mining of limestone and bauxite for stateowned GMDC, the state government on Friday decided to reserve the lignite mines too for the PSU.
The latest move is expected to expedite underground coal gassification projects in JV with Reliance Industries and ONGC as well as other long-term supply contracts inked by GMDC.
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today defended proposed mining at Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district saying that not a single tribal family would be displaced due to this project.
The low, flat-topped hills of south Orissa have been home to the Dongria Kondh long before there was a country called India or a state called Orissa. The hills watched over the Kondh. The Kondh watched over the hills and worshipped them as living deities. Now these hills have been sold for the bauxite they contain. For the Kondh it
KORAPUT: Hundreds of people from four panchayats of Semliguda block in Koraput district under the banner of Maliparbat Surakshya Samiti (MSS) protested Hindalco
Dubai-based minerals trading company Trimex International EZE Ltd today moved the Supreme Court claiming $600,000 as damages from Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources.
Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) has condemned the findings of the UK National Contact Point, a UK-based government agency, which accused London-based Vedanta Resources, the parent company of VAL of overlooking the interests of the local communities in Orissa.
