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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding stone crushing units in village Karota District Mahendergarh, Haryana, 20/09/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahendra Singh Vs. State of Haryana & Others dated 20/09/2018 regarding stone crushing units in village Karota District Mahendergarh, Haryana and consequential degradation of environment. It is stated that the site of the stone crushers is within 400 mts. from Aravali plantation and reserve forest of village Mukandpura and 70 mts. from an educational institutional i.e. Aravali College for Education for B.Ed., in violation of siting criteria for establishment of stone crusher.

Judgement Date: 
20/09/2018
Tags:
Stone Industry, Mining, Mahendragarh (D), Aravalli Range, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Haryana, Court
Forests

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding diversion of forest land for construction of East West Rail Corridor, Chhattisgarh, 20/09/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sudiep Shrivastava Vs. Union of India & Others dated 20/09/2018. This appeal is against the order passed by the State Government allowing diversion of forest land in favour of Chhattisgarh East West Rail Corridor Ltd., for construction of East West Rail Corridor from Marwahi Forest Division (77.178 ha.) and Katghora Forest Division (382.344 ha.) under Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 in Bilaspur and Korba District in the State of Chhattisgarh, subject to conditions.

Judgement Date: 
20/09/2018
Tags:
Rail Transport, Forest Clearance, Bilaspur (D), Korba (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Chhattisgarh, Mining, Coal
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal sand mining in rivers of India, 19/09/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. Dr. Sarvabhoum Bagali (State of Maharashtra) dated 19/09/2018 regarding illegal sand mining in rivers of India. Proceedings in the present commenced on the basis of an application seeking legal action against illegal sand mining in Yamuna River bed.

Judgement Date: 
19/09/2018
Tags:
Mining, Sand, Yamuna, Rivers, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Maharashtra, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Supreme Court, Uttar Pradesh
Health

Tuberculosis must fall!: a multisector partnership to address TB in Southern Africa’s mining sector

This book presents key activities, promising practices, and lessons learned to date from the World Bank’s Tuberculosis (TB) in the Mining Sector Initiative--an innovative multisectoral, multicountry, public-private regional initiative.

Publication Date: 
18/09/2018
Patrick L. Osewe, Barry Kistnasamy
The World Bank
Tags:
Tuberculosis (TB), Mining, Health Effects, South Africa, Epidemics
Mining

Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding illegal mining in the forests of District North Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh, 14/09/2018

Judgement Date: 
14/09/2018
Tags:
Mining, Forests, Chhattisgarh, Supreme Court, Bastar, Central Empowered Committee (CEC), Iron
Mining

KCM agrees to resettle 86 families affected by mining activities

Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) has finally agreed to resettle 86 families of Nyanji area in Chingola whose houses have been cracking for over 20 years due to mining activities at Nchanga Mine.

Publication Date: 
11/09/2018
Lusaka Times (Zambia)
Tags:
Mining, Compensation, Zambia, Relocation, Environment, Africa
Environment

State of sustainability initiatives review: standards and the extractive economy

In the last decade, the international community has increasingly recognized the central role of sustainable consumption and production in the implementation of sustainable development. As a result, the mining sector, like other primary commodity sectors, has seen a wide variety of multistakeholder, market-based supply chain initiatives arise.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2018
Jason Potts, Matthew Wenban-Smith, Laura Turley, Matthew Lynch
International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Tags:
Environment Economics, Mineral-Based Industry, Mining, Economy, India, Global, Sustainable Development
Mining

NGT directs Bihar govt to constitute team to check illegal sand mining in Son, Ganga

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Bihar government to constitute a team to check illegal sand mining being carried out during the Monsoon season in Son and Ganga rivers at Koilwar and Pa

Publication Date: 
30/08/2018
Times Of India (Patna)
Tags:
Bihar, Sand, Mining, Ganga, National Green Trbunal (NGT), Minor Minerals
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka, 28/08/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Himmat Singh Shekhawat Vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 28/08/2018 regarding illegal mining in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka.

National Green Tribunal directs the State of Madhya Pradesh to work out the damages to the environment and the cost of restitution of the illegally mined area in the State. To enable the State of Madhya Pradesh a commitee will be constituted comprising of nominee of

i. Indian Council for Forest Research and Education, Dehradun

Judgement Date: 
28/08/2018
Tags:
Mining, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Minor Minerals, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Mining

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding quashing of notification issued by MoEF dated 24/12/2013

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satendra Pandey Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 27/08/2018.

Judgement Date: 
27/08/2018
Tags:
Mining, Minor Minerals, Rivers, Supreme Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

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