Odisha has a natural advantage of availability of substantial reserve of varieties of mineral resources along with port facilities. From the very beginning of planned economic intervention, mining and extractive industries have been patronised by the State and the trend also has been continuing till now. Read more
Courtesy: Daily pioneer
While the world learnt about children labouring in mica mines in the Indian states of Jharkhand and Bihar, many companies using mica decided this was not acceptable, and started to act.
A DO-TANK called Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) was created to join forces and work towards a sustainable change. November 2018, nearly two years since its inception, RMI presented its achievements during a conference held in Delhi. Read more
Courtesy: Business standard
The World Social Forum’s “Thematic Forum on Mining and Extractivism” convened from November 12-15 here in Johannesburg, just after the Southern Africa People’s Tribunal on Transnational Corporations.
In between, at the site of the notorious massacre of striking mine workers in 2012 on the platinum belt to the west, a new was launched — Business as Usual after Marikana. It is critical not only of the mining company Lonmin, dozens of whose workers were shot dead, but of its international financiers. Read more
Courtesy: Green left
The Union Law Ministry has reportedly advised the Union Ministry of Mines that the central government should reject Goa’s request for an amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act (MMDR Act) for the resumption of mining in the state. Read more
Courtesy: Nav hind times
Ballari: In a first of its kind move in the mining sector in Karnataka, the state government has reportedly warned the Union steel ministry controlled National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to go by its norms or face the consequences that include cancellation of the iron ore mining lease allotted to NMDC in the ore rich district of Ballari. Read more
Courtesy: Deccan Chronicle
