The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is inquiring into cases pertaining to illegal mining in the State, will submit its report in two important cases on April 19.

The CEC, which recommended investigation “in public interest” of a case involving two real estates firms owned by the former Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa's kin that allegedly received money for the grant of a mining lease, will be making its recommendations on the cases.

In fresh proposal, co asks for 2,210 acres at Bijulia, Tughri, Gopidih & Chackmohanpur in Bokaro

NEW DELHI: Environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan nixed yet another attempt by Vedanta to get Niyamgiri bauxite mines in Odisha that Rahul Gandhi had stood up against, saving the Congr

Under pressure to boost production: Coal secy convenes meeting of CIL, Pvt mining cos & law ministry officials

Leaseholders to submit papers on lease, fencing of lease areas, daily reports on transportation

In a bid to regulate iron ore extraction and transportation by the private sector in Goa, the Directorate of Mines and Geology on Monday issued two orders, directing all leaseholders to submit daily reports on transportation and askingd them to submit documents concerning the lease and fencing of the lease areas.

JAIPUR: To curb illegal mining in the state, the Rajasthan government will start a campaign from April 16th to June 15th. The two-month drive will be carried out in all the districts of the state, with a special focus on regions where the illegal activities are rampant.

Task forces at district and at sub-divisional levels have been formed. Focus will be in areas like Bharatpur, Alwar, Karauli and Bhilwara.
"All the districts in the state have been informed to carry out the inspections at mining sites. Authorities will take strict and effective action against the culprits," said Sudhanshu Pant, secretary, mines and petroleum.

Central Audit Body Pulls Up State Govt & Departments For Huge Losses Incurred

Jaipur: Rajasthan State Mines and Minerals Limited (RSMML), a public sector undertaking of the state government, has incurred a loss of Rs 1.10 crore for non-compliance of legal requirements which led to unproductive expenditure towards land tax and dead rent. It also incurred loss of Rs. 1.92 core for keeping 12 areas without any plan to undertake mining having paid premium charges on it.

It will help get an idea of the extent of illegal mining

The 3-D laser survey of the mines belonging to the Associated Mining Company (AMC) - owned by former minister Janardhana Reddy - at the Ramgad forest area of Sandur taluk in Bellary district could not be undertaken on Sunday and had to be postponed to Monday, due to the scorching sun which has left the personnel fatigued.

Coal ministry will have powers to overrule the proposed independent coal regulator that will decide price of the fuel, allot mining licences, monitor quality and adherence of rules by mining compan

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the State Government is yet to recover from the multi-crore linkage-coal scam, the Directorate of Industries has recommended allocation of two lakh tonne subsidised coal in fav