Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding non compliance of CSR activities by the Project Proponent (Hirmi Cement Works), Paraswani, Chhattisgarh, 14/07/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Bhagat Ram Sahu & Ors. Vs. Union of India & Ors. dated 14/07/2015 regarding non compliance and observance of the conditions of the Environment Clearance particularly with reference to the CSR activities as well as carrying out plantation and other
schemes envisaged under the terms of the EC by the project proponent (Hirmi Cement Works, Ultratech Cement Limited) particularly in village Paraswani, Chhattisgarh.

Judgement Date: 
14/07/2015
Tags:
Mining, Chhattisgarh, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Drinking Water, Rural Roads, Education, Limestone, Cement Industry
Industry

Draft notification on the various standards for cement plant with co-processing of wastes

The following draft notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), is hereby published for the information of public likely to be affected thereby; and the notice is hereby given that the said draft notification shall be taken into consideration on or after the expiry of a

Publication Date: 
06/07/2015
Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change
Tags:
Cement Industry, India, Environment Act 1986, Wastewater, Wastewater Treatment
Mining

Govt transfers environment clearance of 19 coal blocks to new allottees

The Centre has so far transferred the environment clearance (EC) of 19 coal blocks out of approved 29 mines from the earlier allottees to the new successful bidders including JSW Steel, GMR Chhatti

Publication Date: 
23/06/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Government Of India (GOI), Environment Clearance (EC), Coal, Cement Industry, Jaypee Cement, Gujarat Ambuja, JSW Steel Ltd, Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Environment

Industrial units show little interest in online monitoring

In a bid to ensure compliance of mandatory online monitoring of pollution norms by June 30 from 17 categories of hazardous waste-emitting industries, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Publication Date: 
19/06/2015
Ambika Sharma
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Industrial Pollution, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Cement Industry, Drug Industry, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Chemical Industry, Environment
Industry

Maggi could give us energy after all

The ACC Cement Factory at Wadi in Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district — which is incinerating banned stocks of Maggi noodles seized from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and G

Publication Date: 
17/06/2015
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Karnataka, Cement Industry, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Goa, Fast Foods, Energy, Energy Technology
Climate Change

Scientists raise permafrost alarm at UN climate talks

Scientists issued a dire warning Tuesday to UN climate negotiators in Bonn of a vicious global warming cycle that will be unlocked with the thawing of carbon-bearing permafrost.

Publication Date: 
10/06/2015
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Scientists, Global Warming, IPCC, Fossil Fuels, Cement Industry, Green House Gases
Environment

Over 500 applications for environmental clearances approved: Javadekar

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said over 500 of the 3,200 online applications received for environmental clearances were approved last year.

Publication Date: 
09/06/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Regulations, Cement Industry, Chemical Industry, Fertiliser Industry, Paper and Pulp Industry, Wildlife Management, Pollution, Environment
Air Pollution

China's Hebei to force firms to buy emission permits from 2016

China's biggest steelmaking province, Hebei, will order its big industrial emitters to pay for the pollution they discharge via a regional trading scheme beginning next year, the official Hebei Dai

Publication Date: 
02/06/2015
Reuters
Tags:
Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, Air Pollution Control, China, Iron And Steel Industry, Cement Industry, Nitrogen Dioxide, Coal, PM 2.5
Energy

SC upholds Rajasthan order on green power

In a setback to a clutch of firms, including DCM Shriram, Binani Cements, JK Lakshmi Cement, Ultra Tech Cement and Hindustan Zinc, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Rajasthan Electricity Re

Publication Date: 
14/05/2015
Indu Bhan, Sumit Jha
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Renewable Energy, Supreme Court, Cement Industry, Hindustan Zinc, Solar Energy, Energy
Mining

HC dismisses PIL on allotment of mines

The Rajasthan high court has on Tuesday dismissed a PIL alleging that the state exchequer had suffered a loss of Rs 2,000 crore in the allotment of cement-grade limestone mines to four cement compa

Publication Date: 
13/05/2015
PJ Joychen
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Mining, Cement Industry, Mines Act 1957, Limestone, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), High Court

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