vice president of Federation of India Mineral Industries (FIMI), said.

As per the SC order, Rehabilitation and Reclamation (R&R) plans have to be approved by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) for resumption of mining. But even in mines where R&R plan has been implemented, things are not moving.

State Forest department had pointed to violations by firm

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has paved the way for Sesa Goa, an arm of the Vedanta Group, to resume mining in 164 hectares (ha) of land in the Nirthady forest of Chitradurga.

The measures will be implemented at a cost of Rs 44 cr

The Jagatsinghpur district administration is all set to implement cyclone mitigation measures (CMM) at the site of the Posco project for protection against natural disasters and saline inundation. These measures will be implemented at a cost of Rs 44 crore.

Relaxing the two-year freeze, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has decided to resume considering mining proposals from Bellary, Tumkur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka.

CSM technology is the IT arm of the steel and mines department and helps maintaining daily mineral transaction data on website orissaminerals.gov.in

The state steel and mines department has decided to send its officials to Karnataka to study modalities of iron ore e-auction there, as it is gearing up to start selling minerals thorough a single electronic platform here.

Govt to take reallot them as directed by the court later

The Karnataka government has cancelled 51 iron ore mining leases in Category C as per the order of the Supreme Court. The government will take further actions to reallot them as directed by the court and the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), chief minister Siddaramaiah said.

There's good news in store for Karnataka's ore-starved steel industry. The Supreme Court-appointed Cental Monitoring Committee (CEC) is set to e-auction low-grade iron ore dumps.

Says membership at stake if found guilty

PANJIM: Goa’s apex industrial body Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry has declared that ‘all those involved in illegal mining should be brought to book’ and if any member of the chamber is found to be involved in illegal mining his membership will automatically cease to exist, as per the constitution of the body.’

Iron ore mining in Goa is expected to begin by August this year, an industry body said today. "We feel that mining will begin by August this year.

Even as the Karnataka government is readying to send lease termination notices to Category C mine owners following the Supreme Court (SC) order of last month, some of the leaseholders are planning