SC holds Guj decision to sell 36 acre to pvt refinery ‘bad in law’
In a setback to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court on Thursday held its decision to sell 36 acre of land to a private refinery in Gujarat “bad in law and arbitrary”. Setting aside the...
View ArticleVillagers appeal for closure of polluting aluminium factory
Thanneerpandhal residents’ earlier petitions remain unattended The public of Thanneerpandhal village in Gudiyatham taluk met the Vellore Collector R. Nanthagopal during the weekly public grievances...
View ArticleAluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) Standard Draft
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative has released the first draft global standard for sustainable aluminium production focusing on environmental, social and governance aspects for public consultation. It...
View ArticleNew Industry Policy by yr-end in State
11 new industrial estates planned The new Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) 2014, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) (IPR, 2014, CSR and State’s own SEZ) policies
View ArticleCabinet to take up mines ordinance in next few days
Reforms in the mining sector is set to get a boost as the Union Cabinet is likely to decide on approving an ordinance to auction mines in the non-coal sector including iron ore, bauxite and other major
View ArticleMining Ordinance Set to Change Rules of the Game
CHANGE ON CARDS It will decide the fate of mines by defining whose leases will get extension and whose will be cancelled, paving way to put them up for auction Developments during the past week has kept
View ArticleNow, KSPCB to monitor pollution online
Pollution data of 271 industries covering pesticides, pharma produces, pulp and paper, zinc, copper, aluminium, tie-dye, chloride, sugar, distillery, tannery, power, cement, fertilizer, iron and steel,
View ArticleJudgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding Memorandum of Understanding...
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Ashapura Mine-Chem Ltd. Vs Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation dated 16/04/2015 regarding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for for setting
View ArticleOdisha proposes bauxite mines lease for L&T
Kutrumali, Sijimali mines can supply bauxite to Vedanta refinery Ending years of uncertainty, the Odisha government has recommended to the Centre for allotment of two bauxite deposits, Kutrumali and
View ArticlePolluting industries get time till Sept to install devices to monitor...
Industrial units in three critically polluting sectors — petrochemicals, oil refining and thermal power — have been given time till September, to install 24x7 real time pollution monitoring devices at
View ArticleIndustrial effluents set to make city a 'hell on earth'?
Guwahati, it seems, is stepping off on the wrong foot, in so far as industrialization is concerned. Captains of industries may fed those at the helm of affairs on environment with some predigested...
View ArticleJudgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Madras...
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of T.S. Sekar On behalf of the general public of Thippampatti Kattuvalavu Konnur Post, Mettur Taluk, Salem District Vs
View ArticleNalco's Panchapatmali mine lease extended
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has extended the lease period of Panchapatmali bauxite reserve (South Block) in Koraput district till March 31, 2020. The reserve, which has a capacity of 310 MT (spread
View ArticleNalco finally gets Potangi bauxite mine
The central-sector National Aluminium Company (Nalco) had a sigh of relief as the Odisha government finally allocated the Potangi bauxite mines in its favour. Nalco had been struggling to get the approval
View ArticleVedanta exports first shipment of ore after mining resumes in state
Company looks forward to govt support to navigate freefall of iron ore prices; Chief Minister Parsekar flags off first shipment of iron ore PANJIM: Vedanta’s iron ore division shipped its first cargo
View ArticleExpert reports on Korba pollution under scanner
Report facilitate permission for more plants in state's power hub The prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur report for the Chhattisgarh government on pollution in Korba had come
View ArticleJavadekar Announces Formation of Indian Resource Panel
Javadekar Announces Formation of Indian Resource Panel Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar has announced the formation of Indian Resource Panel (InRP) on
View ArticleMining, the aluminium industry and indigenous peoples: enhancing corporate...
The report, Mining, the Aluminium Industry and Indigenous Peoples: Enhancing Corporate Respect for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, provides a global overview of the challenges facing indigenous peoples, and
View ArticleNALCO registers highest-ever bauxite, alumina production
Overcoming the sluggish market sentiment, National Aluminium Company Limited, a central public sector unit, has performed outstandingly by registering the highest-ever production in bauxite and alumina.
View ArticleNalco gets India Pride Award for CSR, environment
Navratna CPSU National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has bagged the prestigious India Pride Award for the year 2015-16 for CSR, Environment Protection and Conservation, instituted by the Dainik...
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