Posco seeks speedy land, iron ore mines allocation (The Hindu)
NEW DELHI: South Korean steel behemoth Posco has asked the Centre to expedite allocation of land and iron ore mines to the company to kick-start the $12 billion Orissa project.
GMR Energy seeks 5 mt coal annually for Orissa project (Express India)
GMR Energy, which has already launched the capacity- addition of 3,130 mw with an estimated investment close to Rs 14,000 cr, has called upon the coal ministry for allocation of 5 mt of 'F' grade coal annually from the MCL coal mines to meet the fuel requirement of its 1,050 mw thermal power project in Orissa.
Ore beneficiation tech: Essar Steel in pact with IMMT-B (Express India)
Essar Steel Ltd on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar for research and development of iron ore beneficiation technology.
Notice of First Quarter Results (Centre Daily Times)
Sterlite Industries (India) Limited (NYSE:SLT) (BSE:STERLITEIND) will announce its results for the first quarter ended 30 June 2008 on Monday, 28 July 2008.
HMS demands scrapping of National Mineral Policy 2008 (Deepika)
Rourkela, Jul 20 (UNI) The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), one of the largest trade unions of the country, today demanded the scrapping of National Mineral Policy-2008.
Essar starts work on 6-mt Paradip steel project (Express India)
Essar Steel Ltd has started work on its 6 mt steel project at Paradip in Jagatsingpur district. The company is investing Rs 20,000 crore in the project.
Naveen opposes FDI in mining (Express India)
Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik strongly opposed the policy of allowing FDI in the mining sector.
Supreme Court delays Vedanta hearing to July 25 (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court postponed a hearing until July 25 over whether Britain's Vedanta Resources Plc can mine bauxite in sacred hills in Orissa where tribal people strongly oppose it, court officials said.
Forest land diversion, mine linkage put spanners in Poscos Orissa project (Express India)
Posco-India's steel project in Orissa is unlikely to take off before the forthcoming general elections.
Mining battle (BBC News)
Passions run high in the Indian state of Orissa
