Essel Mining and Industries Limited, a unit of Aditya Birla Group, has identified 500 acres in West Singhbhum district for setting up a 1.02million tonne per year capacity integrated steel plant.

KORAPUT: People and the villages in the periphery of NALCO at Damanjodi in Koraput district could enjoy the benefits of real development to a greater extent if the village leaders, district administration and NALCO authorities who are the three key players responsible for the growth to happen could bring better collaboration among themselves, said Chitta Ranjan Pradhan, the Chief Managing Director

Goa

The hassles in the land acquisition process may delay production from the Utkal-E coal block, allotted to Tata Sponge Iron Ltd, near here. Coal production from this block is now likely to resume only in early 2011 instead of the current year.

Sept. 13: The Kakatiya (Bhupalapalli) thermal station in the Telangana region is facing rough weather as the coal linkage given to the project is yet to be developed.

20-Yr Extension If States Don

NEW DELHI: Even as India on Wednesday said that it was scouting for acquiring coal blocks in partnership with Australian companies to meet the increasing domestic demand for the product, the Coal Ministry said it favoured market-linked prices for coal.

Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 09, 2009, 0:22 IST

Fourteen of the 103 operating leased mines in Goa have been closed in the last one month and another 78 are facing threats of closure due to alleged violation of environmental norms.

The fortunes of Arki limestone mines in Himachal Pradesh are set to take a turn after 19 long years in limbo

Impressing upon the government to take steps to save the burgeoning industry based on gypsum, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged it not to stop the mining of gypsum in the Uri sector.