Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi December 19, 2009, 1:17 IST

The government

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today ordered closure of five mines in Keonjhar district for violation of forest laws.

The mines which have been asked to be closed are the Katasahi Tata mines, BC Deb iron ore and manganese mines, Thakurani iron ore and manganese mines, the OMDC mines at Belagunthi and HG Pandya mines at Jajanga.

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Anglo-Australian mining major Rio Tinto today said it would make its first-ever sale of iron ore in India, to Essar Steel.

CBI officials today questioned Karnataka ministers Janardhana Reddy and Sreeramulu over alleged illegal mining activities by a company owned by them in the state and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

Villagers of the four villages of Balli, Fatorpa, Morpilla and Barcem blew the war bugle on Sunday against the grant of mining lease in the villages.
While Quepem MLA Babu Kavlekar on Sunday called for a massive public meeting at Balli on December 12 to oppose the mining proposal, villages of Barcem and Morpilla adopted resolutions at the gram sabha meeting to oppose the grant of mining leases.

Dec. 4: The Vedanta Group chairman, Mr Anil Agarwal, has been awarded `Lifetime Achievement Award -2009' by a a leading weekly magazine Mining Journal for his contribution to the global mining industry in London.