From the production guidance of about 15 MT for 2012-13, it has produced 3.7 MT iron ore in the first half of the fiscal

Vedanta group firm Sesa Goa is likely to miss the production target of about 15 million tonne for the current fiscal due to mining ban in Goa, a senior company official said today. "Obviously not. We can not give you any number at this time," Sesa Goa's Managing Director P K Mukherjee said when asked whether the company will be able to achieve its guidance after the imposition of ban.

Affected people plead ‘restart to legal mining’

PANJIM: No stone was left unturned to ensure the Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee, which arrived in the state on Sunday, understands the gravity of the plight of the mining affected people. Be it handing over newspaper clippings of the suicide of Uguem sarpanch, whom the mining affected claimed as the first casualty of stopping the industry, narrating their plight before the CEC, the first day of the Committee’s visit to the state was a pitch by the mining affected to ‘restart legal mining’.

In a blow to Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL), the Odisha government has refused allotment of iron ore mines in favour of the navratna PSU.

The state government has communicated its decision to the steel maker, citing its inability to allot iron ore mines since it has already decided to reserve all the balance mineral bearing areas in favour of its own PSU- Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC). “Your request for allotment/reservation of good iron ore blocks in Odisha in favour of RINL may not be considered as the state government through a resolution dated September 18, 2012 has decided to reserve the remaining area bearing iron ore for undertaking prospecting or mining operation through OMC”, B Behera, under secretary (steel & mines) wrote to RINL's chairman and managing director.

The Joda mining circle has sent notices to 10 mines under its jurisdiction to restrict their productions as per their captive needs until the renewal of their mining leases.

The order, issued in line with a recent resolution of the government, is likely affect productions of five mines which do not have any user industry to consume the mineral.

Panaji Goa’s mining lease owners and exporters on Saturday claimed that the Shah Commission report estimating a loss of R35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the last 12 years was a “notional” figure.

Justice MB Shah Commission has stated that "the actual loss to the state from each mine and other illegal mining should be calculated based on ground realities by a team of experts," said Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association (GMOEA) president Shivanand Salgaoncar.

As many as 42 companies have been issued show cause notices for mining ores beyond permissible limits and without clearance from the Environment and Forest Department in the Joda mining circle on W

To compensate the damage caused by illegal mining activities in Karnataka, the environment panel of the Supreme Court has recommended setting up of super specialty hospitals, technical and vocation

PONDA: People in and around Dharbandora have formed the Mining Bachao Samiti (MBS) to demand the resumption of legal mining activity in the State.

At a meeting convened by the Dharbandora Truck Owners Association at Dharbandora recently, the MBS was formed with the involvement of various associations connected to the mining business in the State.

Expansion of existing blocks was held up for environmental clearance, new blocks were either unexplored or partially explored

The commission during its recent visit to the state from October 3-11 scrutinised records of 81 mines out of a total of 186 mining leases

The Justice M B Shah Commission of enquiry which is set to visit Odisha for the third time from October 31 will take up field verification of select mines in Koira sector in Sundergarh district. “During its last visit, the Shah Commission had confined its probe to checking file records of all iron ore and manganese ore lessees. This time, they have communicated to us regarding their plan to visit a few mines in Koira circle. The probe panel will take up field verification during October 31-November 3,” said a senior steel & mines department official.