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Companies

Hindalco challenges MSPCB order to shut mine

The court on 29 November stayed the pollution control board's order until 11 December, the next date of the hearing.

1 min read10 Dec 2018
Politics

About 10 bauxite mines to go under hammer in next 2 months: Mines secretary

Mines secretary Arun Kumar was speaking at a conference on non-ferrous metals industry titled 'Landscape for Non-Ferrous Metals in India 2030'

1 min read27 Feb 2018
Companies

Coal India looking to buy metal mines abroad

Coal India plans to form two units: one to manage its local mining of iron ore, bauxite and manganese, and another to expand into copper and nickel mining overseas

1 min read30 Sep 2017
Companies

Mining lease of Pottangi Bauxite Mines granted to NALCO

NALCO has been granted the mining lease of Pottangi with an area covering 1,738 hectares for a period of 50 years

1 min read13 Jul 2016
Opinion

The insatiable appetite for minerals

Notwithstanding our long-term needs for minerals, mining leases have been granted at an unsustainable pace

4 min read2 Jun 2016
Politics

Supreme Court refuses to hear fresh plea on Niyamgiri mining

A bench refused said the state govt-owned Odisha Mining Corporation could approach appropriate forums against the decision of gram sabhas

1 min read6 May 2016
Industry

Nalco to buy back 25% stake from government

Nalco is a rare aluminium company managing to make money despite a sharp drop in the metal's prices and rising imports from China

1 min read2 May 2016
Industry

Mineral blocks: six months on, few takers for auction

Land ownership, distance of the mine from production site and eco-sensitive zones near the mines were some of the issues that discouraged potential bidders

2 min read24 Apr 2016
Opinion

Niyamgiri’s whiplash effect

The Naveen Patnaik govt may again have resurrected its greatest cause clbre: mining bauxite reserves in the Niyamgiri Hills for eager claimants

3 min read18 Mar 2016
Companies

Niyamgiri: Odisha Mining Corporation moves SC against gram sabhas’ decision

A bench led by chief justice T.S. Thakur has agreed to hear the case next week

1 min read26 Feb 2016
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