Orissa Mines

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  Orissa High Court Frees Up Iron Ore For Use At JSPL Plant

  A JSPL spokesperson said the court's order would allow the company to transport iron ore fines, lying at the dispatch point of Sarda mines, to their pellet plant at Barbil.

• Tata Steel Allowed to Operate 4 Odisha Mines Till January 28

  The Odisha government has allowed Tata Steel to operate its four iron ore mines in the state till January 28 as per an interim order of the Orissa High Court.

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  Why JSPL Fell 15% in Last Three Days

  JSPL is largely dependent on iron ore supplies from Sarda mines in Orissa, whose environmental clearance expired in March 2014. The Orissa government has directed production from the mines to be stopped. Production from these mines will be stopped if the Supreme Court bans iron ore mining in Orissa.

• Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's bauxite mine request

  Vedanta Aluminium's 1 million tonne-a-year alumina refinery in the eastern state has been struggling to source key raw material bauxite since its commissioning in August 2007. The company has been forced to import bauxite as a result.

• Vedanta bauxite project faces resistance from Odisha tribal community: report

  Vedanta Resources Plc's plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha have suffered a blow after a majority of local residents voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• Government to decide on giving iron ore license to POSCO: Supreme Court

  The Supreme Court has set aside Orissa High Court order which had cancelled the state government's recommendation for mining lease in the state to be given to Posco India. The Odisha government wanted Posco to mine there. However this decision was challenged in the Orissa High Court after which the court cancelled the state's recommendation for P...

• Government chalks out plan for exploration of 37 coal blocks by 2017

  The government has chalked out a plan for the exploration of 37 coal blocks by 2017, including three forest covered mines, to be put on offer for competitive bidding, it said on Tuesday.

• Coal Ministry directs Nalco to furnish Rs 18 crore bank guarantee

  The Coal Ministry has directed Nalco to furnish a bank guarantee of about Rs 18 crore for not developing its coal mine in Orissa and a failure to deposit the sum within 3 months may result in the block being taken back.

• NALCO halts operations at bauxite mine

  State-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) has suspended operations at its only bauxite mine in Orissa as its mining lease has expired, Ansuman Das, chairman and managing director said on Monday.

• Cancel mines allotted to Chhattisgarh, Odisha govt cos: IMG

  The Inter-Ministerial Group on coal has recommended de-allocation of two mines allotted to government firms -- Chhattisgarh Mineral Development Corporation (CMDC) and Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) -- for their failure to develop blocks within stipulated timelines.

• Timeline: India's moves to curb iron ore exports, mining

  Here is a timeline of key developments in India's iron ore sector since Karnataka introduced its shipments ban.

• Panel for green nod to NTPC's coal project in Orissa

  "The Committee (Expert Appraisal) recommended the project for environmental clearance subject to ... conditions and subject to grant of Stage-I FC (Forestry Clearance) for the forestland found within the ML (Mining Licence)," sources said.

• Australia's Rio Tinto to invest $2 billion in Orissa iron ore project

  The investment will be the largest by any Australian company in India. Total foreign direct investment (FDI) from Australia from April 2000 till December 2011 stood at $486.5 million, just 0.3 per cent of the country's total FDI flows, according to trade ministry data.

• Strike hits Coal India mines in Orissa

  The operations of state-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) in Orissa were hit on Monday by a one-day strike called by its major workers unions, an official said. There was no mining or transportation of coal from the two fields run by Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a CIL subsidiary. Workers skipped work at all the mines in the Talcher coalfi...

• SC sends notices to MoEF, Orissa, Sterlite on Niyamgiri mining

  The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Orissa government, the Environment Ministry and Sterlite Industries on a petition challenging the cancellation of environmental clearance to Niyamgiri Bauxite Mining Project in the state. A bench of Justices R V Raveendran and A K Patnaik issued notices to the parties involved in the issue and di...