Dillip Satapathy / Bhubaneswar September 4, 2009, 1:31 IST

Compensation to squatters would push up land acquisition cost.

Mining pit 50 m from the Rs 500 crore Tillari Irrigation Canal Passage was operating without renewal or environmental clearance. The canal is expected to provide water for irrigating large parts of North Goa district. Six mines were operating close to the Selaulim dam, which provides water to South Goa. The mining lease of one of the six companies expired in November 2007. The operator

Company increases effluent outlets instead of plugging them THE Orissa state pollution control board has issued notice to the Jharsuguda unit of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (val), a subsidiary of the mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc, after inspections revealed the company

Bhubaneswar: The South Korean steel major POSCO has changed its strategy in implementing the 12 million tonne steel project in Orissa. The company has delinked the mines from the project and decided to go ahead with the project construction instead of waiting for the mines to start the work.

Jayajit Dash / Bhubaneswar August 28, 2009, 0:33 IST

Over 100 global mining companies from countries like Australia, US, Indonesia and South Africa have evinced interest in entering into a strategic partnership with the state-run Coal India Ltd (CIL), the world

Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Aug. 26: South Korean steel major Pohang Steel Company (Posco) on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of shifting its 12-million-tonne integrated steel plant site from Kujang area near Paradip in Orissa to some other locations in the country.

Aug. 24: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central and state governments to ask the Survey of India to conduct a new survey of boundaries at five existing leased mine companies including Obulapuram mines within six weeks.

Lead pollution from a newly opened and unlicensed manganese smelter has poisoned more than 1,300 children in southeastern China

Aug. 19: The Orissa government has started taking renewed interest in expediting the land acquisition work for the proposed Posco steel project after the company agreed to begin peri-pheral work such as the construction of a 10-km-long marine line road.

The road was considered important to transport raw materials to the proposed steel plant.

India aims to cut permit delays and attract overseas capital through