-The Indian Express The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has recommended diverting over 500 hectares of forest land for an Iron Ore mining project in the Saranda forest division of Jharkhand, part of the core area of the Singhbhum Elephant Reserve, India's first reserve for elephants. The FAC is a statutory body that advises the environment ministry on diverting forest land. Its recommendations are not binding. The Singhbhum reserve, created in 2001, is spread...
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Delays in green clearance to mines in Jharkhand, Orissa may stoke Naxalism, Beni tells Jayanthi -Priyadarshi Siddhanta
-The Indian Express Steel minister Beni Prasad Verma has cautioned environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan against holding up clearances for SAIL’s Iron Ore mines in Orissa and Jharkhand, saying this would force the state-owned steel giant to scale down operations and could stoke Naxal activity in the tribal region. Verma’s November 30 missive to Natarajan comes close on the heels of SAIL’s top brass sounding the alarm on the delays in environmental clearance...
More »India’s crackdown on illegal mining is a huge bonus for big miners
-Reuters India’s efforts to clamp down on illegal mining have handed a $15 billion lifeline to global Iron Ore giants, and there could be more to come. Steps taken by central and state authorities to clean up the mining and export of Iron Ore have shut down output in two key producing states, slashing shipments and forcing steel mills to import a raw material the country has in abundance. Now the Shah Commission,...
More »Chhattisgarh Among Fastest Growing States: President -Ashwini Shrivastava
-Outlook In his maiden visit to Naxal-hit Chhattisgarh, President Pranab Mukherjee today praised the "young state" for its all-round development. Asserting that Chhattisgarh has a rich legacy of one of the oldest panchayati raj systems, he said it has emerged as one of the fastest developing states in the country. "This young state has registered all round development on many fronts and made its presence felt at the national level," he said in...
More »Orissa forms panel for Iron Ore distribution policy-Ruchira Singh
-Live Mint The ministerial committee will formulate policy on the distribution of Iron Ore and other minerals Orissa is forming a ministerial committee to formulate a policy on the distribution of Iron Ore and other minerals, suggesting supplies might get tightened further after a mining ban in Goa and negligible availability in Karnataka. A notification on this was issued late on Tuesday. The committee has to “suggest measures of making Iron Ore, manganese ore,...
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