ArcelorMittal, Tata Group & JSW Group Among 1,000 Applicants
P P Thimmaya BANGALORE
The Karnataka government, which recently took steps to restrict the export of iron ore, has received over 1,000 applications including from top steelmakers such as ArcelorMittal India, the Tata Group and the JSW Group, to mine for iron ore in the one of the state's largest resource blocks.
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) to conduct a field inspection and verify if six mining leases, half of which belong to the Reddy brothers, have encroached into the Bellary reserved forest areas in Andhra Pradesh.
The green bench led by Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia stressed that any trace of illegal mining within the forest area would lead to a shu
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has asked all sponge iron industries in the State to follow pollution control measures as per the norms set by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.
Hopes of reviving the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) population in the State have suffered a set back, as an egg that was found abandoned in one of the remote villages near Bellary was destroyed by a village hen, when it was included among its eggs for incubation.
Endangered: The Great Indian Bustard near Bellary. (Inset) Bustard
In the 28-month existence of the BJP government, it is the mining lobby that has been seen as a potential danger its stability, but virtually out of nowhere it is the real estate in the Bangalore that has proved to be containing mines for the regime.
Strangely, Yeddyurappa has successfully defended the Bellary Reddys who have faced serious charges of illegal mining from both the opposition part
Chief economic advisor in the finance ministry Kaushik Basu sees the need for a national super-regulator for natural resources like coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper ore and other minerals.
National Human Rights Commission has taken strong exception to ''faulty investigation'' vis-a-vis violation of child labour laws in mines in Karnataka's Bellary district leading to large-scale acquittals.
At a two-day regional meeting with the southern states of Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu -- which concluded here today -- the NHRC rejected the state's claim that there is no
