Says committee of experts must decide capping

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Goa government on what basis it had placed the mining cap on leases at 45 MT in its draft mining report even as it did not accept the contention of the State government advocate that the case filed by the Goa Foundation should be dismissed.

Vests all mines with Mysore Minerals to conduct the auction

The Karnataka government has started the process to auction iron-ore mines under Category C by a Supreme Court direction. The combined capacity of all these mines is five million tonnes a year.

Supreme Court ban on mining in Goa has had a domino effect on multiple trading activities, and the economic crisis gripping the state could turn for the worse, say Govind Kamat Maad and Murari Shetye

While the mining ban in Goa has helped change the red-belt into a green-belt, its impact on the socio-economic structure of the state has left a deep scar. Worst hit economically by the no-go is eastern Goa region. All the mines are concentrated in the hills of Sahyadri in Bicholim, Satari, Quepem, Sanguem and Dharbandora.

The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Wednesday in its preliminary arguments told the Supreme Court that no mining operations can resume in Goa unless irregularities are rectified.

Amicus curie ADN Rao told a bench headed by Justice AK Patnaik that mining companies in Goa have violated rules and regulations in their operations and extraction of ores and they should not be permitted till an environmental impact assessment is done.

Text of the order by National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Chadda Vs State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 18/09/2013 regarding mining lease granted for extraction of iron ore, laterite, and ochre in an area of 7.310 hectares in Khasra No. 1547 of Village Gandhigram, Tehsil Sihora, District Jabalpur, MP

All mine owners not complying with the safety norms for their workers are likely to face ban of their activities.

Bangalore: Call it an irony or simply the absurd ways of our political system.

Apart from that firms in dock are Tata Steel, Essel Mining, MCL, OMC

At a time when the mine owners in Odisha are already burdened with a hefty penalty of Rs 65,000 crore imposed by the mines department for excess ore extraction, there is no let up from the environment department as well.

Mining dept had imposed Rs 65,493 cr penalty

Moving ahead with its crackdown on mine owners found guilty of extracting ore beyond the approved limits, the state steel and mines department is likely to finalise demand notices to recover cost of this excess production by the end of September.

The Supreme Court's special green bench on Monday said it would hear various pleas seeking resumption of iron ore mining operations in Goa from September 17.

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