At a seminar organised recently in Dhaka, experts recommended framing rules for making the Bangladesh textile industry environmental complaint due to the rise in demand for green products. The seminar titled ‘Legal and Regulatory ...
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Indian steel giant Tata Steel said that its Jamshedpur integrated work will start to run full production in this quarter. The new capacity will increased to 9.7 million tpy from currnet 6 million tpy. The expansion was mainly in ...
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The Indian Express reported that the Forest Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests granted temporary working permit to National Aluminium Company for operating the central and north block of Panchpatmaili mines in ...
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The Pioneer reported that in 5 years, mining companies in Goa exported illegally extracted iron ore to the tune of 39.56 million tonnes, matching in scale and proportion to the illegal mining business in the big state of Karnataka. ...
Times of India reported that Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Goa, which has devastated the state, is much larger than the illegal mining in Karnataka and the Union ministry of environment and forests granted green clearances to 162 mines ...
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PTI reported that the National Green Tribunal has directed an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the environment and being a hazard to ...
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JSW Cement is all set to double its production capacity by March 2013 as it commissions two more mills that have already been installed. “The commissioning of the plants will help us increase production from 2 lakh tonnes per ...
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With Orissa Mining Corporation's petition challenging the Centre, which imposed restrictions on bauxite from Niyamgiri Hills, scheduled for hearing at the green tribunal of Supreme Court, two outfits opposing the mining demonstrated against ...
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Hazardous metal waste can affect brain and nervous system if not disposed of properly The city is likely to be chosen for a project on disposal of "fused" compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs that contain mercury - a hazardous metal that ...
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