The estimated cost for the proposed mining project including utilities, offsite and auxiliary services, is about Rs 95 crore.

The Centre has so far transferred the environment clearance (EC) of 19 coal blocks out of approved 29 mines from the earlier allottees to the new successful bidders including JSW Steel, GMR Chhatti

Ambuja Cements and Jaypee Cement emerged winners in the ongoing coal block auctions for the ready-to-produce blocks on Sunday.

With the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) stipulating all projects falling within the purview of 10 km radius of a sanctuary or a national park to seek clearance from the National Wildlif

New Delhi After penalising 11 cement companies last month for violating the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Monday found Shree Cement also guilty of cartelisation. As a result, CCI has imposed a penalty of R397.51 crore penalty on Shree Cements, fixed at 0.5 times of the company's net profit for the year 2009-10 and 2010-11.

CCI had not found Shree Cement guilty in its June 21 order in which it had imposed a financial penalty of about R6,200 crore on 11 cement companies and their trade association — Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA).

10-MT GUJARAT, ANDHRA UNITS ON THE BLOCK; COULD FETCH . 9,000 CRORE
SABARINATH M, RAVI TEJA SHARMA & MAULIK VYAS

Three leading cement companies — Gujarat Ambuja, ACC and Jaypee company — owning mega cement manufacturing plants in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday slashed their prices by half.

Anti-land protest flared in Jharkhand ARMED with spears, swords and torches, about hundred tribals of Bandih village in Bokaro marched to the camp office of Jaypee Cement at midnight on October 22 and set it on fire after roughing up the guards. They were angry that the company was not giving them enough jobs after taking away their land. In Chakulia block of Jharkhand