The Supreme Court on Friday refused to lift its ban order on iron ore mining in Bellary district of Karnataka by the private companies but permitted the central PSU, National Mineral Development Corporation to resuming it from Saturday under strict conditions for maintaining the supply to the domestic steel industry.

Steelmakers and mine owners, reeling under a ban on mining in Karnataka, are keeping their fingers crossed about the Supreme Court hearing scheduled on Friday.

BellaryThe Bellary district administration, which had intermittently gone to sleep in the last few days despite the Supreme Court ban on mining, seems to be awake and alert now. The officials have now taken some concrete steps to check illegal transportation of iron ore, after huge quantities of it continued to leak through the borders of the dusty, mineral-rich district.

Bangalore : While economical losses due to illegal mining in Bellary is pegged at around Rs 16,000 crore, what is more shocking is the ecological shock that the district has been subjected to.

Ministry expects a demand for ban on iron ore exports following the SC ban on mining in Bellary

Bellary : Three workers, including an assistant manager, died on the spot after inhaling carbon monoxide at the Jindal (JSW) steel factory at Toranagal in Bellary district early Tuesday morning.

Days after the Supreme Court temporarily banned mining in Bellary, the suspended miners want the state’s forest department to share responsibility for the environmental degradation.

India's largest iron ore miner NMDC feels that the Supreme Court ban on iron ore mining in the Bellary-Hospet region will not have an immediate impact on ore availability for the domestic steel and

India’s wave of corruption scandals has hit yet another industry, iron ore mining, implicating companies that include the flagship of one of this nation’s richest men.