Mining and Environment
Ministry of environment and forests is diverting forestland for development projects at much faster rate – 12500 ha cleared in just 3 meetings
Environmental and social considerations not taken into account
CSE supports the recommendations of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the MMDR Bill 2011. Recommendations made public recently.
Applauds the Committee for deciding that the Bill’s profit sharing provision will remain, despite opposition from industry.
Companies fined heavily for mining over limit in Odisha
State authorities send notices to 103 mines
Odisha's department of steel and mines has slapped a fine of Rs 67,900 crore on companies operating 103 mines in the Koira and Joda mining circles of Sundargarh and Keonjhar districts, respectively for mining more mineral than permitted.
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- Mining and Environment
- Down To Earth
- Down to earth
- Essel Mining Corporation
- Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)
- Jindal Steel and Power Ltd
- Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act
- Mining-Yearender-2012
- National Alliance of People’s Movements
- Odisha department of steel and mines
- Odisha mining
- Prafulla Samantra
- R C Rout
- Shah Commission
- TATA STEEL
- Union ministry of mines
- Web Specials
State mining departments turn tech-savvy to track mineral ores
Odisha takes lead, sets up robust system to monitor minerals produced and transported
Supreme Court lifts ban on 63 more mines in Bellary
Sets condition of compensatory payment to resume operations
The Supreme Court allowed operations in 63 out of 72 category B mines in Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur in Karnataka, subject to conditions.
Irongate opened
Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron
Toxicity levels in Vapi, Ankleshwar cross all limits
Ahmedabad, May 23: Recent readings by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) show that toxicity levels of effluents from both Vapi and Ankleshwar industrial clusters are way above permitted norms, sometimes many times the permitted levels.
Troubled Waters - A report by Mining Watch Canada and Earthworks
A recent report by MiningWatch Canada and US-based Earthworks on how the mining waste disposal into water bodies is creating havoc. A review by CSE.
Download Troubled Waters (pdf)
218 coal mines violating EIA notification 2006
According to the Press Information Bureau, 218 mines of Coal India Limited (CIL) are operating in violation to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification 2006. These are pre-1994 mines when the EIA notification was not in place.
CSE's Profit Sharing Report
Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) latest report on the Profit-sharing mechanism introduced under the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2011.
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