Global steel major ArcelorMittal, which has lined up Rs 1 lakh crore investments for India, said today it is in the race for a chunk of the mineral-rich Chiria mines in Jharkhand.

New Delhi: ArcelorMittal said on Wednesday that options are open before it on shifting its Rs 1 lakh-crore steel projects from proposed sites in Orissa and Jharkhand.

Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar October 20, 2009, 0:17 IST

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Jamshedpur: At a public hearing to assess the environmental impact of Tata Steel's 5.5 million tonne per annum (mtpa) integrated greenfield steel plant in the Lohsinghgunda block of Chhattisgarh's Bastar region on Monday, residents of the 10 villages where the project is to come up conveyed their

Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata October 9, 2009, 0:54 IST

Land, and not mines, has emerged as the biggest stumbling block for steel projects, threatening to derail the government

The Divisional Forest Officer here has served a show-cause notice on Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), which is setting up a six-million tonne steel plant here, for alleged violation of central guidelines on initiating construction activities on non-forest land.

Issued on October 5, it directed the company to stop work on the land, according to the conservator of forests, Angul circle.

Ishita Ayan Dutt / Kolkata October 08, 2009, 0:59 IST

In the settlement between the Union and Jharkhand governments on the Chiria iron ore belt, Asia

Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar October 6, 2009, 0:47 IST

Land buy delays prompt steel-maker to search for other sites

L Mittal After a long wait of four years for land in Jharkhand and Orissa, the world