The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court (SC) has recommended a time-bound completion of the re-allotment of 51 cancelled mines in Category C.

A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the extent and value of illegal mining in Karnataka, has hit a roadblock in its investigations into over 60 'B' category mining leases, officials told this newspaper.

A Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is looking into the extent and value of illegal mining in Karnataka, has hit a roadblock in its investigations into over 60 ‘B’ category mining leases, officials told this newspaper.

The Central Government has been asked by the Supreme Court to submit the Justice Shah Commission report on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand to it by January 27.

The government has marked the report as ‘secret’

The Supreme Court has ordered the Centre to file copies of the Justice Shah Commission report on illegal iron ore mining in Odisha. The government had marked the report as ‘secret’ and decided not to put it in public domain until it was tabled in Parliament.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to place the Justice Shah Commission’s report on illegal mining in Odisha and Jharkhand before it by January 27.

The Supreme Court has refused to entertain steel ministry’s plea seeking relaxation of the limits of permissible production of mines currently functional in Karnataka.

As only 19 mines have started iron ore production, supply still not sufficient to meet raw material requirement of steel industry

The year 2014 is set to herald better days for the ore-starved steel industry in Karnataka. The Supreme Court appointed Monitoring Committee to oversee E-auction of iron ore in the state is readying to put on auction additional 4-5 million tonnes of iron ore dumps, which contain mostly sub-grade iron ore (with Fe content of 45-50%), for auction as the demand and supply gap still remains wide.

The Union Power and Coal Ministries have opposed a move by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to increase the compensation given for forest land diverted for construction and mining by

Sesa Sterlite resumed iron ore mining at Chitradurg in Karnataka on Monday, eight months after the Supreme Court cleared mining operations for ‘A’ and ‘B’ category mines in the southern state.