TWO INDIAN MINES REMAIN OPEN DESPITE "RAMPANT ILLEGAL MINING" IN THE COUNTRY
August 1st, 2011
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
INDIA'S state-owned National Mineral Development Corporation has welcomed a Supreme Court order allowing NMDC to continue operating its two mines in Karnataka state's Bellary district while all other mining activities and exports remain suspended for at least three months.
On July 29, the Supreme Court banned all mining activities in Karnataka's 10,868 hectares of mines after a court committee reported 'rampant illegal mining' taking place and causing 'irreversible environmental degradation'. This referred to mining in excess or without ...
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