Bhubaneswar: In a bid to curb illegal mining and export of minerals, the state government has decided to take over excess land from the lessees, if their mining leases are found to be in excess of
Within weeks after framing guidelines for renewal of mining leases and reserving all unleased mines to the state-run PSU, Orissa Mining Corporation, the Naveen Patnaik government on Tuesday formed
New Delhi: After ordering cancellation of mining lease in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh, tribal affairs minister Kishore Chandra Deo is set to raise hackles by writing to governors to invoke speci
The State Government has set up an inter-departmental committee to consider cases for renewal of mining leases, a large number which had been pending for the last 10 years.
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to prevent illegal mining, Odisha government has decided to cancel the lease of certain mines, whose renewal was due between February 1987 and September 1994 by changing some
Bhubaneswar: Reckoning the significant role of coal, the State Task Force Committee has included coal along with other minerals in its purview of curbing illegal mining in the state.
The steel ministry’s strategic advisory body has said that export levels of iron ore need to be lowered to 15-20 per cent from the current 50-55 per cent, in order to safeguard the competitiveness
After a ban of more than a year, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed iron ore extraction on 18 leases in Karnataka but warned that any violation of norms could result in a revocation of the permiss
Terming the Comptroller and Auditor General’s findings on coal block allocations as “clearly disputable” and “flawed on multiple counts”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday strongly defended the
