Mining

SC panel plans auction of 4 mt of iron ore in Goa

In Nov 2013, SC allowed auction of 11.4 mn tonnes of iron ore lying idle at various mine heads and jetties

A Supreme Court-appointed committee has decided to put on auction about four million tonnes (mt) of iron ore stock at various mine heads in Goa. To begin, the ore lying at various jetties and Mormugao port will be auctioned some time in February, industry sources said.

Publication Date: 
16/01/2014
Mahesh R Kulkarni
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Goa, Mining, Supreme Court, Iron, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Indian Bureau Of Mines, Exports, Karnataka
Mining

Memorandum of Action Taken on the Justice M B Shah Commission Of Inquiry on illegal mining in the state of Odisha

Memorandum of Action Taken for consideration of the cabinet regarding illegal mining of iron and manganese ores in the state of Odisha, submitted by Justice M. B. Shah Commission of Inquiry. Read text of the Action taken report.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2014
Ministry of Mines
Tags:
Mining, Orissa, Iron, Ministry of Mines, Parliament, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Corruption, Trade, Exports, Forest Act 1927, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Forest Act 1980
Health

Seventy-ninth report on the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2013

This is the Seventy-ninth Report of the Committee on the Drugs and Cosmetics(Amendment) Bill, 2013 presented by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare.

Publication Date: 
18/12/2013
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Drugs, Cosmetics, India, Drug Industry, Health, Exports, Imports, Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare
Energy

Iran backs deep-sea gas pipeline to India

Feasibility studies for the multi-billion-dollar conducted

Iran is focusing on exporting natural gas to India along a deep-sea route — the move coinciding with the cancellation of a loan to Islamabad to build the Pakistani section of the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline and the signing of the Geneva nuclear accord that could help relax sanctions against Tehran.

Publication Date: 
17/12/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Iran, Natural Gas, Exports, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Persian Gulf, Qatar, Energy
Mining

Illegally mined iron ore was exported to China

Investigations into Jabalpur iron ore mining case in which top officials of city-based Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) have been booked have revealed that huge quantities of the mineral allegedly to b

Publication Date: 
16/12/2013
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Mining, Illegal Trade, Exports, China, Indian Bureau Of Mines, Jabalpur (D), Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
Hazardous Waste

Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations

Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items

Publication Date: 
16/12/2013
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Hazardous Waste, Electronic Waste, Developing Countries, Exports, Environment, Land Pollution, Water Pollution, Air Pollution, Mercury, Arsenic, Landfill, United States Of America (US), Europe, Norway, Germany, Asia, Africa, Health Effects
Fisheries

Western Ghats endemic ornamental fish has multiple lineage.

MANGALORE: A study done by researchers has revealed that there is morphological and genetic evidence to show the presence of multiple evolutionary distinct lineages in the endangered and commercial

Publication Date: 
11/12/2013
Stanley Pinto
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Western Ghats, Fish Biodiversity, Biodiversity Hotspots, Endangered Species, Trade, Exports, Fisheries
Food Policy

WTO meet: India rules out any compromise on food security

Bali : Ahead of the WTO ministerial conference, commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma is trying to drum up support for India’s position on public stockholding and food security.

Publication Date: 
03/12/2013
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
India, Food Security, WTO, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Subsidies, Exports, Trade, Brazil, South Africa, Food Policy
Food Policy

From food insufficiency towards trade dependency: A historical analysis of global food availability

Achieving global food security is one of the major challenges of the coming decades. In order to tackle future food security challenges we must understand the past. This study presents a historical analysis of global food availability, one of the key elements of food security. By calculating national level dietary energy supply and production for nine time steps during 1965–2005 we classify countries based on their food availability, food self-sufficiency and food trade. We also look at how diets have changed during this period with regard to supply of animal based calories.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
Miina Porkka, Matti Kummu, Stefan Siebert & et al
PLoS ONE
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Tags:
Food Security, Trade, Food Supply, Nutrition, India, China, United States Of America (US), Brazil, Developing Countries, History, Population, Imports, Exports, Land Resources, Water Resources, Irrigation, Agriculture
animal c

Overview of the indian buffalo meat value chain

The livestock wealth of India is one of the highest in world. India is the world’s largest exporter of buffalo meat and accounts for 58 per cent of the world's buffalo population. Buffalo in India contributes about 30% of total meat production in the country. However despite this potential and growth, the sector is not well integrated.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2013
FICCI
Tags:
Buffalo, Animal Products, Exports, India, Livestock, Trade, Slaughter House, Legislation

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