Section 9B of MMDR Act, 1957 empowers State Governments to establish District Mineral Foundation (DMF) to work for welfare and benefit of persons, and areas affected by mining related operations and make
PANJIM: Forty-eight mining companies on Wednesday were granted more time till June 8 by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to submit documents pertaining to extraction and environment clearances, failing which their licences would be suspended. These mining companies were issued show cause notices by GSPCB, last week for extracting ore beyond permissible limit and also to check the validity of environment clearance issued by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The notices were issued following High Court order on a petition filed by the Goa Foundation (GF).
Jaipur:In a bid to make full use of the natural resources and enhance employment opportunities, the state government has decided to allot mining licenses of two major minerals, iron ore and limestone, only to those companies who are keen to set up plants or value addition processing units in the state. Stressing on industrialisation and employment generation, there has been a major shift in the government’s policy of leasing out mines of iron ore and limestone. From now on the mining licenses of these two minerals will be issued to only to those companies who’ll use the cement grade limestone and steel grade iron ore only in cement and steel plants, respectively.
PANJIM: The hearing of 40 mining firms, which were issued show cause notices by Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), will begin on Wednesday. Total 24 mining companies were issued notices for extracting the ore beyond permissible capacity. GSPCB is inquiring into alleged excess production of iron ore since 2005.
The notice has been sent to the company for allegedly violating courts order on the transport of iron ore The Goa Bench of Bombay High Court today issued a contempt notice to Sesa Goa for allegedly violating its order on the transport of iron ore. Environmentalist Ramesh Gauns had moved the high court in this regard. Justice FM Reis issued notices to Sesa Goa, its Managing Director PK Mukherjee and Chief Operating Officer Pramod Unde.
Jaipur: The state cabinet on Monday approved the proposal to create a Vidhan Parishad, as was announced by chief minister Ashok Gehlot in his budget speech last month. The cabinet also approved a series of other proposals, including setting up of the Rajasthan Water Resources Regulatory Authority (RWRR), clearing the State Differently abled People’s Policy 2012, setting up of the Rajasthan Rehabilitation and Research Institute for implementing special schemes, clearing the Rajasthan Rehabilitation of Beggars and Indigents Bill-2012 and the Rajasthan Transparency in Public Procurement Bill 2012.
PANJIM: Goa will have its own mining policy by May but the decision on whether to work on the draft policy or have a fresh document is yet to be taken by the government. The State already has a draft policy which was formed in the year 2008 and pending notification. The policy was drafted much earlier to the noise about illegal mining trade in the State.
An initial report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) citing a huge estimated loss to the central exchequer over coal block allocation in the country has prompted the Trinamool Congress-led government in West Bengal to go for auction as the pertinent procedure from now. “We will auction all coal blocks,” the state’s commerce and industry minister, Partha Chatterjee, said. “We are not in favour of the first-come-first-served policy.”
CMD designate says company will do everything to meet the presidential directive Close to two months after Coal India Ltd (CIL) said it was not in the business of imports, the chairman designate of the world’s largest coal mining company is looking to revisit the option. S Narsing Rao, who takes charge as CMD in two weeks, will do what it takes to meet the presidential directive if the production falls short of demand.
The firms have been accused of extracting ore much beyond permissible limit The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) has issued show-cause notices to 40 mining firms for allegedly extracting ore much beyond permissible limit. The firms have been asked why appropriate action under relevant laws should not be initiated against them. They have been given three dates, April 11, 13 and 16, to appear before the board with relevant documents and submit their replies, a GSPCB official said today.
Global consultancy firm identifies 10 trends that will impact the sector at an accelerated rate in 2012 Issues facing the mining industry have reached a new level of extremity, forcing mining companies to incorporate more complex scenarios into their strategic planning, according to the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) Tracking the Trends 2012 report. The report provides an analysis of the top 10 trends that are expected to impact the mining sector at an accelerated rate in 2012.
