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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a review petition filed by the Union government contending that it was not heard before the court passed a judgment in 2010, with regard to allocation of mining leases. The court had directed the Karnataka government to consider applications from companies to mine iron ore in the Kumaraswamy range in Karnataka’s Bellary-Hospet region, within 4 months.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered iron ore mining in six leases in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district to be stopped due to a pending inter-state border survey. The court’s forest bench, which is hearing cases on illegal mining, said mining operations and transportation of ore from the six leases should be suspended till further orders.
Mining operations in all the 90 mines in Goa were on Friday ordered to be halted by the Supreme Court on the basis of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission report which estimated a whopping Rs.35,000 crore to the exchequer due to illegal mining in the last 12 years. Mining companies have also been restrained from exporting and selling ores which has already been extracted. A three judge bench headed by Justice Aftab Alam took note of the Commission’s report and issued notice to the Centre and State government.
Suspended mining activities after an expert panel formed by federal govt found serious illegalities and irregularities In a move that spells further trouble for mining industry in Goa, the Manohar Parrikar government has decided not to allow mining activity until findings of the Public Accounts Committee and Justice M B Shah Commission on illegalities are dealt with in accordance with law. The government has stated this resolve in a confidential Cabinet Note circulated to its members, the copy of which is with PTI.
The Goa government on Wednesday announced the formation of a high-level committee to be headed by a retired high court judge to probe the irregularities pointed out by Justice M B Shah panel in its report on iron ore mining in the state. “The Independent High Level Investigation Committee (IHLIC) will be headed by retired high court judge R M Khandeparkar, and will submit its report within two months,” Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters after the Cabinet approved setting up of the panel. Justice M B Shah commission in its report tabled in Parliament had pegged the iron ore scam at Rs 35,000 crore and indicted several private players besides public servants for their acts of omission and commission.
Bhubaneswar: Reckoning the significant role of coal, the State Task Force Committee has included coal along with other minerals in its purview of curbing illegal mining in the state. However, a clear picture
Bhubaneswar: As per the directive of the Centre, a six-member team of Justice M B Shah Commission would arrive in the state on Wednesday to probe into large scale illegal mining of iron and manganese ores
The state steel and mines department has circulated a new guideline for second and subsequent renewal of iron ore, manganese, chromite and bauxite mines in the state. While framing the guideline, the department has invoked a 1996 judgement of the Supreme Court which ruled that second and subsequent renewals cannot be claimed by lessees as a matter of right.
Secretariat march today Protesting against the new Supreme Court directive asking small and medium crusher and quarry owners to secure NOCs from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests for their operations, the Kerala Crusher and Quarry Owners Association coordination committee will hold a Secretariat march on Thursday, association officer-bearers have said.
The details of how the reserve price would be calculated and the quantum of the outgo for the world's largest coal miner are yet to be worked out There may be no going back on bidding for coal blocks by the government, but a new policy would put a price on mining rights for even government-controlled Coal India Ltd (CIL). The coal ministry has decided to charge CIL a “reserve price” for the 116 coal blocks allotted to the state-owned miner. “We are going to ask CIL to pay a reserve price for all the 116 blocks allocated to the company last month. No reserves would be allocated for free now,” a senior coal ministry official told Business Standard.
