Mining

Executive summary of rapid EIA & environmental management plan of expansion proposal of Unchabali iron & manganes ore mines

The Unchabali Iron & Manganese Ore Mines of Srimati Indrani Patanaik is situated in Mahaparbat Pahad in Unchabali & Balda villages under Champua sub division in Keonkhar district of Orissa state.. An area covering 106.4728 hectors was granted for P.L in favour of Smt. Indrani Patnaik on 5.3.98 for a period of two years. Subsequently, the mining lease over an extent of

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
ERS (I) Pvt. Ltd
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, Manganese Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Keonjhar (D), Environment Management
People

New mega projects in Orissa: Protests by potential displaced persons

In the era of liberalization and privatization, a sizeable number of mineral processing industries are coming to invest in the mineral rich state of Orissa. As a result, there is large involuntary population displacement of the marginalized sections including tribal.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Kartik C. Dash, Kishor C. Samal
Social Change
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Tags:
Land Acquisition, Mining, Utkal Alumina International (UAIL), Iron And Steel Industry, Displacement, People, Tribals, Conflicts, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Supreme Court, Orissa (Odisha), Jajapur, Rayagada (D), Vedanta Aluminium
People

The Kalinganagar tragedy: Development goal or development malaise

On 2 January 2006, the police in Kalinganagar, Orissa opened fire against a group of tribal people protesting against Tatas constructing a steel plant on their lands and not paying them adequate compensation. This tragedy killing 12 persons on the spot shocked the whole nation.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2008
Balaji Pandey
Social Change
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Tags:
Land Acquisition, Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, Development, Displacement, People, Tribals, Conflicts, Compensation, Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), Orissa (Odisha)
People

Arcelor-Mittal in Jharkhand

For the tribals of villages in the Gumla and Khunti districts of Jharkhand, where the Arcelor-Mittal steel plant is to be situated, the company does not spell employment opportunities as much as an annihilation of their way of life, their culture and the environment.

Publication Date: 
29/11/2008
Moushumi Basu
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Land Resources, Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, Displacement, People, Tribals, Conflicts, Jharkhand, Gumla (D), ArcelorMittal
Mining

Call for export duty removal as slowdown hits mining sector

ECONOMIC slowdown has gripped the mining sector with iron ore mining firms closing down operations in 20 mines and scaling down production in 50 mines by reducing the number of shifts. Most of the mine closures

Publication Date: 
21/11/2008
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, India, Karnataka
Industry

Posco to scale down Orissa operations

Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar November 21, 2008, 0:00 IST

May cut staff by 40-50% as delay in approvals takes its toll on the steel maker

Publication Date: 
21/11/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Iron And Steel Industry, POSCO, Industry, Orissa (Odisha)
Land

 Honey, I shrunk the land

Orissa holds back excess land allotted to industry arcelor Mittal, Jindal Steel and Power and Bhushan Steel may lose some of the land allotted for their proposed plants in Orissa, with the state government deciding to reassess the land requirement of industries. The focus is on the steel industry, which accounts for the bulk of investments in Orissa. Until now the government had no

Publication Date: 
14/11/2008
Ashutosh Mishra
Down to Earth
Tags:
Land, Land Resources, Iron And Steel Industry, Orissa (Odisha)
Mining

Green sense in a land run red

Throughout Sweet Land of Mine, the destructive role of the MoEF is reprised. This ministry has aided and abetted the overturning of every single piece of legislation designed to protect ecological systems and the communities of Goa. It has done so consistently from the mid-1980s when the Portuguese mining

Publication Date: 
08/11/2008
Rahul Goswami
Economic and Political Weekly
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Tags:
Pollution, Water Pollution, Land Pollution, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Farmers, Conflicts, Compensation, Supreme Court, High Court, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), NGO, India, Goa
Forests

Jindal power plant hearing peaceful

A public hearing for environmental clearance of Jeraldaburu iron ore mines allotted to Jindal Steel and Power Limited (JSPL) went off peacefully in West Singbhum amid presence of over 500 villagers.

The hearing was organised jointly by the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) and West Singhbhum district administration.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2008
Telegraph (Ranchi)
Tags:
Forests, Land, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Paschim Singhbhum
Industry

Posco given 'green' light, with riders

BS Reporter / Bhubaneswar November 04, 2008, 0:12 IST

South Korean steel major Posco has overcome the first hurdle in getting the forest diversion proposal (FDP) approved from the central government for its proposed 12-million tonne mega steel project near Paradeep in Orissa.

Publication Date: 
04/11/2008
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Forests, Iron And Steel Industry, POSCO, Industry, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha), Jagatsinghpur (D)

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