SC questions MoEF over EC for Goa mining
17 September 2013 22:01 IST
The Supreme Court today questioned the Centre for granting environment clearance certificates to mining firms, involved in the extraction of iron ore in Goa, allegedly without proper documentation and verifications. READ
40 MLAs bowed, created mining mafia: GF
17 September 2013 21:48 IST
Goa Foundation in the Supreme Court has accused all the 40 MLAs of several Legislative Assemblies of bowing down before the mine owners and ultiamtely creating a mining mafia in Goa. READ
SC urged to follow alternate EC policy & mine auction
17 September 2013 21:07 ISTGoa Foundation has urged the Supreme Court not to restore suspended environment clearances of mining leases in Goa on present terms but to evolve an alternate mechanism of setting up a multi-agency body. READ
Mining hearing begins, may continue till next week
17 September 2013 18:30 IST
At last, the uninterrupted hearing of the case of Goa’s mining ban started from today morning in the Supreme Court, with Adv Prashant Bhushan arguing for the whole day for Goa Foundation. READ
Mining hearing from 17 Sept, as scheduled
13 September 2013 21:54 IST
After little confusion over the hearing of the year-long pending Goa’s mining ban case, the Supreme Court has finally decided to go ahead with the hearing from 17 September, as scheduled earlier. READ
Goa yet to take steps mooted by CEC on mining
12 September 2013 20:29 IST
Even as the industry expects Supreme Court to lift the interim ban on mining exports, the state mines and geology department is yet to take several initiatives suggested by the apex court's Central Empowered Committee ... READ
Buyers will come back once ban lifted: Exporters
10 September 2013 10:19 IST
Mineral exporters from Goa have said that they may not have to scout for new buyers overseas once the Supreme Court lifts the ban on mining exports, due to their "unblemished relationship" with the buyers. READ
Goa govt mining suspension lifting after Chovoth
06 September 2013 20:23 IST The Goa government will begin the process of lifting suspension on the mining leases only after the ten-day long Ganesh Chaturthi festival beginning from Monday, a senior official said on Friday. READ
Banks to go soft on mine-dependent defaulters
05 September 2013 17:46 IST
Notwithstanding the heavy non-performing assets being created due to closure of mining industry, all financial institutions in Goa have agreed to be lenient towards mining dependent loan defaulters. READ
SC to hear Goa mining case from 17-19 Sept
03 September 2013 11:28 IST The Supreme Court today decided to hear from September 17 a batch of petitions seeking lifting of ban on iron-ore mining in Goa which was halted last October on the basis of the report of ... READ
