Nov 12, 2013 · By Krishna N Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of India has maintained a 14-month ban on iron ore mining in top producing state Goa but allowed the sale of more than 11 million tonnes of ...
Read MoreNov 12, 2013 · The Supreme Court of India has maintained a 14-month ban on iron ore mining in top producing state Goa but allowed the sale of more than 11 million tonnes of material that sat in stockpiles.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Monday allowed iron ore mining in Goa, lifting a ban imposed about 18 months ago, but placed a cap of 20 million tonnes on annual production from these mines. Before the ban, iron ore production from Goa was around 45 million tonnes per year (mtpa).
Read MoreJul 24, 2021 · Law. 24/Jul/2021. Bengaluru: In an order passed on July 9, the Supreme Court of India rejected pleas by Vedanta Ltd. and the state of Goa to review a
Read MoreApr 21, 2014 · NEW DELHI: Heeding pleas to restart mining in Goa, the Supreme Court on Monday lifted the complete ban on extraction of iron ore in the state but
Read MoreFeb 06, 2018 · India's Supreme Court has quashed all iron ore mining permits in Goa, one of the country's top producing states for the steel making raw material, an
Read MoreMar 19, 2018 · Goa mining As Goa shuts its iron ore mines on Supreme Court’s order, an entire industry stares at tough times A minister claimed it will cost the
Read MoreThe Supreme Court cancelled 88 mining leases given by Goa government for violating procedure. Supreme Court quashed 88 iron ore mining permits in Goa.(HT File
Read MoreApr 21, 2014 · On Monday, the apex court passed the order lifting the ban on mining of iron ore in Goa however fixing the production limit to 20 MT. Earlier in March, the committee appointed by the Supreme Court had said that Goa can sustain extraction of iron ore to the tune of 27.5 million tonnes annually.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court cancelled 88 mining leases given by Goa government for violating procedure. Supreme Court quashed 88 iron ore mining permits in Goa.(HT File
Read MoreJan 30, 2020 · The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the transportation of iron ore that has already been extracted from mines in Goa, PTI reported. In 2018, the
Read MoreNov 20, 2019 · Press Trust Of India. The Goa government on Tuesday filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against its 2018 judgement imposing a ban on iron ore mining activity in the coastal state, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said. In a tweet, Sawant informed about filing of the review petition challenging the apex court's order dated February 7, 2018 ...
Read MoreMar 24, 2018 · On March 15, all mining activity in Goa, involving iron ore extraction, came to a halt for the second time in nearly two years. This follows the Supreme Court’s order on February 7, cancelling ...
Read MoreFeb 26, 2018 · The Supreme Court’s judgment of February 7, cancelling the renewal of 88 iron ore mining leases in Goa, has left the industry shell-shocked and environment activists hopeful of regulations in mining. However, the judgment has left many uncertainties that will clear depending on the future course of action by the stakeholders. The Supreme Court judgment []
Read More(i) In Goa Foundation vs. Union of IndiaI1, this Court held that all ironore and manganeseore leases had expired on 22.11.2007 and that any mining operation carried out beyond the said date was illegal. While holding so, this Court also pointed out that for a second renewal of
Read MoreHowever, mining had been stopped in the state since 2018 following a Supreme Court order. It had virtually stopped since 2012 as the issue was under litigation. Read More
Read MoreMar 17, 2015 · Goa is India’s third-largest iron ore mining state and produced about 45-47mt of the mineral prior to 2012, when the Supreme Court upheld a
Read MoreNov 18, 2021 · In 2014, the Supreme Court allowed conditional resumption of iron ore mining, capping annual extraction to 20 million tonnes. In 2015, the Goa government renewed 88 of these leases that were again challenged in the apex court and struck down in 2018, after which there has been no mining activity in the state.
Read MoreApr 30, 2017 · As mining in Goa steadily picks up pace after a four-and-a-half-year hiatus brought about by a mining ban imposed in 2012, the resumption of iron
Read MoreMar 29, 2018 · In February, the Supreme Court quashed all iron ore mining permits and mining was ordered stopped from March 16 in Goa, one of the country’s top producing states for
Read MoreAug 10, 2015 · The Supreme Court had in 2012 banned mining in Goa as part of a clampdown on illegal mining. The ban was lifted in April last year but operations could
Read MoreNov 24, 2021 · Panaji, Nov 24 (IANS): The Goa government will auction "six to eight" iron ore mining blocks by December 15, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday. The decision by the Chief Minister comes at a time when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government in the state has been criticised for belated efforts to restart the mining industry ahead of the 2022 state Assembly polls.
Read MoreFeb 07, 2018 · Goa mining case: Supreme Court said mining operators have to cease operations by March 15. (Representational image) The Supreme Court on Wednesday cancelled all iron ore mining leases in the state and said operations have to stop on
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Monday allowed iron ore mining in Goa, lifting a ban imposed about 18 months ago, but placed a cap of 20 million tonnes on annual production from these mines. Before the ban, iron ore production from Goa was around 45 million
Read MoreApr 22, 2014 · Iron ore mining will recommence in the Indian state of Goa after the Supreme Court of India lifted a 19 month ban on Monday. The court has imposed a
Read MoreApr 10, 2018 · In 2014, the Supreme Court ruled that it had found that all iron ore leaseholders, including Vedanta, had carried on mining activity for five years (November 22, 2007 to September 10, 2012) in Goa without possessing a valid mining lease. The court, therefore, declared that “mining by the lessees after 22.11.2007 was illegal”.
Read MoreIn a relief to miners in Goa, the Supreme Court on Tuesday gave mining companies time till January-end to remove and transport validly mined iron ore lying unused at various mining sites subject ...
Read MoreJan 30, 2017 · New Delhi: The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the 2007 Goa mining case on the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by senior advocate Prashant Bhushan. Earlier in October 2012, the apex court suspended all iron ore mining and transportation in
Read MoreThe Supreme Court banned mining in Karnataka in July 2011. Goa, which accounted for more than half of iron ore exports from India, is awaiting a verdict from the apex court after the ban in September last year. In Odisha, too, the state government had banned export of iron ore in October 2012. It said iron ore mining could be done only for ...
Read MoreDec 09, 2021 · Kamat said that former party president Rahul Gandhi had a detailed discussion with those affected by the mining ban. Ahead of the Goa assembly elections, the state Congress unit has cleared its ...
Read MoreFeb 15, 2013 · PANAJI: The state government in its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court stated that it would be impossible to restrict mining operations being carried out below the water table as it
Read MoreSep 29, 2019 · Post iron ore mining ban, miners in Goa struggle to make both ends meet ... after mining came to a standstill in Goa in March last year after the
Read MoreThe Supreme Court in February cancelled all iron ore extraction permits in the southwestern state of Goa and ordered mining to cease from March 16 on environmental and other concerns.
Read MoreFeb 13, 2018 · As per the order, all ore extraction activity on the renewed leases should cease by March 15. Goa is the country's leading exporter of low-grade iron ore and exported nearly 50 million tonnes before the Shah Commission in 2012 exposed a Rs 35,000 crore scam, triggering a ban on mining in the state at the time.
Read MoreMay 31, 2013 · The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee’s (CEC) interim report on Bellary in April 2011 estimated that between 2003 and 2010, Rs 15,245 crore worth of iron ore was illegally exported from the region. It recommended a ban on mining in the region.
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