Posco Orissa Project

• Stop maligning India, Steel Minister asks LN Mittal

  "He should stop maligning India and the Indian government. Why is he not beginning work on his projects?" Mr Verma said.

• Green Tribunal suspends enviromental clearance to Posco

  The environment clearance granted to Posco's mega steel project in Orissa in January 2011 will remain suspended till the environment ministry reviews it afresh, the National Green Tribunal held.

• Prime Minister's address to the Korean CEOs

  Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, adding that the government was taking "proactive" steps to improve the business climate and move forward with the POSCO mega steel plant project in Orissa that has been plagued by farmer protests.

• Posco seeks more time for Orissa SEZ project

    South Korean steel major Posco has sought more time from the Centre for its over Rs 53,000 crore multi-product SEZ in Orissa, as it is yet to get adequate land from the State Government. An inter-ministerial Board of Approval (BoA), chaired by the Commerce Secretary, Dr Rahul Khullar, will consider the request from Posco's subsidi...

• Orissa stalls land acquisition for Posco's steel project

  The Orissa government has stopped the land acquisition process for Posco's proposed $12-billion steel plant after opposition from locals. The decision comes after thousands of villagers protested against the land acquisition, with women and children forming human rings at Govindpur this month. They were opposing the final clearances, the env...

• Six years on, POSCO's Orissa steel project remains on paper

  Exactly six years after Korean steel giant POSCO signed an MoU with the Orissa government for a Rs 52,000 crore, 12 million tonnes per annum project, the mega venture remains mired in uncertainty.      As the anti-steel plant agitation gains momentum, both Posco and Orissa government have vowed to push ahead with the...

• Jairam grants final approval to Orissa for Posco project

  Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has granted final approval to Orissa for diversion of 1,253 hectares of forest land for Posco's steel project but said the South Korean steel major should not export raw material from the proposed project. "In view of the state government's latest communication of April 29, final approval is accorded to th...

• Orissa hopeful of Centre's nod to Posco project

  Orissa Chief Minister, Naveen Patnaik, is racing against time to ensure mega projects in his state get cleared on time. Whether it is $12 billion Posco project or the Vedanta alumina project, nothing has moved so far. The Ministry of Environment and Forests had given conditional clearance to the 12-mtpa steel project of Posco in Orissa on J...

• POSCO faces new hurdles at project site

  In fresh trouble for South Korean steel giant Pohang Steel Corporation (POSCO), the construction and tree-felling operation near Paradeep has been stalled for the third day following massive opposition from people who were earlier staunch supporters of the steel project.

• Posco project: Work halted, villagers claim police excess

  Work at the proposed Posco steel project site in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district could not be taken up today due to protest by locals who chased the police leading to a brief scuffle between them.

• POSCO project: Orissa govt ready to hear villagers' voice

  After fresh trouble at the proposed POSCO plant in Orissa, the ruling BJD has told NDTV it is ready for a referendum in villages around the site to find out what the people want. Speaking on the NDTV show The Buck Stops Here, BJD MP Jay Panda said that "Orissa government has learnt its lessons from West Bengal." India's largest Foreign Direc...

• It's force vs children at the POSCO agitation zone

  It is force versus children in the battle for land to set up South Korean giant POSCO's proposed mega steel project in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district where the anti-displacement stir has entered the decisive phase.While a determined state government has accused the POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS), a body spearheading agitation, of using the ...

• Environment ministry's order on Posco clearance

  The Ministry of Environment and Forest today gave conditional approval to the South Korean steel giant Posco to set up a steel mill and captive port in Orissa. Here is the copy of the order. 

• Orissa: POSCO trouble far from over

  Even after five-and-half years since its inception, the biggest foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for the country, the POSCO steel project has failed to take off due to widespread opposition from several quarters. Now, the 51,000 crore project has run into more trouble as the environment clearance to the project seems unlikely.But the Orissa governme...

• Fate of POSCO steel project to be decided today?

  The fate of the POSCO's  Rs 51,000 crore integrated steel plant project in Orissa may be decided today after the Forest Advisory Council takes a view on the split report submitted by a four member Central panel headed by former Union Environment Secretary Meena Gupta.The panel was to examine whether Central Acts were violated by the project. T...