Category Archives: Mining
Children In The Pits
Children as young as 10 are working in mines in Bellary district of Karnataka, recent studies and public hearings report. It is the children of displaced and homeless families who are exploited most by the mining mafia.
Transferring 26% Of Mining Profits To Local Populations
The Indian government is thinking about giving local people a stake in the resources mined from their area by offering them 26% equity or payout of profits. But will government implement profit-sharing any more effectively than it implements the rehabilitation … Continue reading
Transferring 26% of mining profits to local populations
The Indian government is thinking about giving local people a stake in the resources mined from their area by offering them 26% equity or payout of profits. But will government implement profit-sharing any more effectively than it implements the rehabilitation … Continue reading
Sustainable Use of Mineral Resources
By Nandkumar Kamat NATURAL geodynamic processes blessed Goa in bestowing vast mineral reserves. Singhbhum, Bastar, Karnataka and Goa are rich in minerals compared to rest of India. Goa Mineral Ore Exporters’ Association (GMOEA) represents major stakeholders of Goa’s economy in terms … Continue reading
‘Mining taking its toll on Mandovi, Zuari’
The rivers of Mandovi and Zuari have been polluted due to a high content of manganese, iron, colbalt and other trace elements leaching from iron ore dumps on their banks during the monsoon season, National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) scientist V P … Continue reading
Now, Rules To Check Mining Pollution
There finally is hope for those breathing polluted air in mining areas. The Union ministry of environment and forest (MOEF) has for the first time set new standards for operators of iron ore mining leases and ore processing units in … Continue reading
Majority Report Of MOEF Committe A Vindication Of Peoples Just Struggle Against POSCO Project
By Ashok Chowdhury, Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty & Leo F. Saldanha The Majority Report of the 4 member Committee appointed by Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh to go into all issues relating to the environmental … Continue reading
Violations Of The Forest Rights Act In The POSCO Project Area Referred To The Tribal Ministry
The Forest Advisory Committee , demonstrated yet again that it is more interested in corporate interests than in upholding the law. It decided to refer question of violations of the Forest Rights Act in the POSCO project area to the … Continue reading
Orissa Trips Over Stringent Norms While Clearing Posco Project
The FRA, coupled with a August 2009 order ensuring compliance of the Act by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), disallows the ministry from giving forest clearance to a project before the rights of forest-dwellers have been settled and … Continue reading
Mine Is The Power
The mining business, legal and illegal, is dictating politics across the country. In Haryana, the mining racket in the Aravallis is believed to have resulted in the powerful section of the Congress camp upstaging its rivals in the in-house power … Continue reading