Orissa Mining

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

"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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

"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.

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.

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...

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...