Jaishankar Jayaramiah

KIOCL Ltd (formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd), a wholly state-owned miniratna enterprise under the Union steel ministry, is in the process of strengthening its balance sheet by fine-tuning its production line and implementing new programmes.

Priscilla Jebaraj

NEW DELHI: The Attorney-General has given the government a free rein to refuse forest clearance for Vedanta Aluminium's bauxite mining proposal in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa.

New Delhi: The Union environment and forests ministry has armed itself to tighten the noose against the Vedanta project in Orissa. It has sought and received an opinion from the Attorney General that the ministry, despite a Supreme Court order, still holds the legal mandate to refuse forest clearance to the company.

Ranchi, July 21: Protecting the rich bio-diversity of Saranda, Asia

Jaishankar Jayaramiah

Bangalore: Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL), a wholly state-owned enterprise mini-ratna under the steel ministry, will join hands with Bangalore-based United Telecom to set up an integrated steel plant in Karnataka at an investment of Rs 9,000 crore.

CAPITAL allocation, finding skilled manpower and managing costs are some of the key challenges facing Indian metals and mining companies due to the volatility in the global economy, says an Ernst & Young report.

The mines ministry has turned down a suggestion by environment minister Jairam Ramesh that only those companies be allowed to bid for mining leases in a state which would agree to set up the end-use industry there.

The mines ministry has said forcing an entrepreneur to do so

Dilip Bisoi

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa High Court

BHUBANESWAR: Orissa