Mining

Steel Not Enough?

Orissa is going through a "steel revolution". In the past three years, the state government has signed more than 40 MoUs with companies, both domestic and foreign, signing off 20 billion tonnes of iron ore that it is supposed to be sitting on. But it has also meant destruction of the natural habitats of people, flora and fauna.

Publication Date: 
18/02/2006
Manshi Asher
Economic and Political Weekly
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Environment, Mining, Iron And Steel Industry, POSCO, Displacement, Tribals, Conflicts, Orissa (Odisha), Jagatsinghpur (D), Keonjhar (D), Land Acquisition
Mining

Marine environmental impact assessment (EIA) of POSCO

POSCO intends to set up a coast-based integrated steel plant of capacity 12 million tons per year (MTPY) along with a captive minor port near Paradeep in the State of Orissa. POSCO - India, a private limited company registered in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, as a subsidiary of POSCO - Korea will implement the project. The minor port requires waterfront facilities along the Jatadharmohan

Publication Date: 
01/01/2006
POSCO
Tags:
Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Mining, POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Orissa (Odisha)
Mining

Mines of conflict

The Orissa government has handed over to private companies virtually all the iron ore mines, which are in some of the most underdeveloped districts of the State, leading to protests by tribal peopl

Publication Date: 
02/12/2005
Prafulla Das
Frontline (Chennai)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Mining, POSCO, Tribals, Rayagada (D), Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), UNDP
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16 Jun 2011
POSCO: One More Case of Forest Land Grab
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14 Apr 2011
Go, No Go and All Go

If you believe the financial press, one of the biggest environmental stories this past year has been the question of "go" and "no go" areas for coal mining.

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Shankar Gopalakrishnan
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Posco ball in Ramesh court after panels split verdict

THE Posco review panel on Monday submitted a "split verdict" on the South Korean steel maker's Orissa project. Although the dominant view was for revoking of environmental and coastal regulation zone clearances, government sources said that a reworking of the proposal could clear the way for the project.

Publication Date: 
19/10/2010
Urmi A. Goswami
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Pollution, Environment, Jagatsinghpur (D)
Industry

SAIL in talks with Posco, Kobe for possible JV: MoS Steel

State-owned Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) is in talks with South Korean steel major Posco and Japan's Kobe Steel for technology tie-ups to jointly set up steel plants, Parliament was informed today.

Publication Date: 
16/04/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
POSCO, SAIL Power, Industry, Iron And Steel Industry
Industry

Govt for SAIL-Posco deal by May-end

SAIL and South Korea

Publication Date: 
12/04/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
POSCO, SAIL Power, Industry, Iron And Steel Industry, Jharkhand
Energy

India, South Korea to discuss nuclear pact, push Posco deal

SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT ON FOUR-DAY VISIT TO INDIA
IANS NEW DELHI/CHENNAI

INDIA and South Korea will explore the possibilities of a civil nuclear pact and sign a clutch of accords in diverse areas, including IT and civilian space, when the leaders of the two countries meet here for talks Monday.

Publication Date: 
25/01/2010
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
POSCO, Nuclear Power, Energy, Nuclear Trade, Parliament, South Korea, India

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