Iron ore sludge pond breaks in Sambalpur

Paddy and vegetable fields and poultry farms inundated with iron ore slurry after wall of a steel plant collapsed

India at the center of world energy stage, will experience gains: IEA director

The report stated that as China moves towards a service-based economy, India could pivot its growth in the energy sector    

Elephants fall prey to Odisha mineral rush

Three elephants were killed while crossing a national highway on August 22 when they were hit by trucks laden with iron ore

Dietary changes can reduce greenhouse emissions by up to 25%

Dietary shift from rice to coarse cereals, pulses, and leafy vegetables can not only overcome nutritional deficiencies, but also reduce India&…

Salwa Judum

The face of state government’s counter-insurgency strategy

Tribal governance, Salwa Judum and Maoists

Maoist insurgents killed Mahendra Karma, founder of the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum campaign, in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur district on Saturday. …

Iron, steel, and dioxins

Canada and the US are going to investigate dioxin emissions from iron and steel plants

Goa sponge iron plants get closure notice

A year after Kalinganagar firing, tribal India refuses to shine

Natural allies

National Centre for Advocacy Studies' new report 'Sponge iron industries'

Report>>Sponge Iron Industries Issues and Campaigns, National Centre for Advocacy Studies, Pune 2007

Iron rice: Increasing diversity in diet is a better solution to anaemia than chemical fortification

Instead of fortification, the quality of diet should be improved, experts feel

Burdened by mines

Unscientific mining in Bellary has caused environmental devastation

Welcome to Goa, state of mines

The ecology-economy debate polarises communities

Kudremukh closure

SC directs KIOCL to shut mining operations

Mines to be closed

Under siege

Villagers attack polluting sponge iron plant near Belgaum

Achieving green steel: How India can bridge the gaps to decarbonise the sector

A clean steel sector in eastern India can become essential for the country's transition to green steel

Centre may open 43,000 ha of Jharkhand’s Saranda forest for mining

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change orders formation of a committee to look into the prospect of amending Management Plan for …

Long road ahead: Odisha’s DMF funds to improve livelihood

The state has amended its DMF Rules and is also investing in projects to improve the lives of its mining-affected people; whether DMF lives up to …

SC cancels mining leases in Goa, slams state government, environment ministry for favouring miners

After March 15, fresh leases and environmental clearances must be obtained by miners to continue mining thereafter

30 steel re-rolling mills in Madhya Pradesh incriminated

Unruffled flakes

Pig iron plant of Sesa Goa pollutes South Goa; firm says expansion will take care of problems

Between Maoists and mines

Ho tribals lose hold of Saranda as mining is set to take over the pristine sal forest. A report and photographs by Sayantan Bera

Make steel future-ready

We can emit even less than what we do today; it needs planning, technology & funds