Government not to put Mahan coal block in upcoming auctionWith the Ministry dropping Mahan coal mine from the schedule III (ready to produce mines) list, the government will now auction 23 mines, i...
18 Jan, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
- Eco warriors rejoice SC order cancelling coal blocks
Green activists on Wednesday cheered the Supreme Court decision to cancel 214 coal blocks across many states and urged the government to sp...
25 Sep, 2014, 05.59 AM IST
Village Council vote on Mahan coal mine project called offVillage Council vote, also known as Gram Sabha, was supposed to take place in Amelia village this week.
20 Aug, 2014, 10.46 AM IST
NDA government following UPA policies: Prasant BhushanThe senior Aam Aadmi party leader was addressing a press conference on the rights of forest dwellers, who are against the proposed coal min...
01 Aug, 2014, 10.25 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh government won’t cut trees till October forMahan coal projectMadhya Pradesh government assured National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it will not cut a single tree for the Mahan Coal Ltd project till Octo...
27 May, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- Villagers set to stonewall Mahan forest felling
Villagers of Singrauli district will launch a protest against forest clearance given to a joint venture of Essar Power Ltd and Hindalco Ind...
25 Feb, 2014, 01.46 PM IST
- Govt gives forest clearance for 12 coal mines in past 2 months
The ministry of environment and forests, after scrutinising conditions fulfilled, has issued the approvals, some of which include forest cl...
13 Feb, 2014, 08.32 PM IST
Essar Energy receives green clearance for Mahan coal blockEssar Energy has received forest clearance for the Mahan coal block in Madhya Pradesh which will feed its proposed 1,200 MW capacity power ...
13 Feb, 2014, 05.05 PM IST
- Power units in UP, MP under NGT scanner over pollution
The petition said that a sub-committee of the FAC on the basis of inspection of the Mahan coal block area had observed that permission to d...
18 Sep, 2013, 04.09 PM IST
Essar Power's 600-mw unit begins operationsUnit 2 of Mahan I plant, also of 600MW, is expected to begin commercial operations during the first quarter of the next financial year 2013...
26 Dec, 2012, 02.12 PM IST
- Essar Power secures forest clearance for Mahan coal block
Essar Power today said it has received 'stage 1' forest clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests for its Mahan coal block in ...
31 Oct, 2012, 10.42 PM IST
- Hindalco gains 4% on forest clearance for Mahan coal block
At 02:50 pm, Hindalco Industries Ltd was trading 4.4 per cent higher at Rs 115.85. It has hit a low of Rs 110.60 and a high of Rs 116 in tr...
31 Oct, 2012, 05.09 PM IST
1.1 million hectares of forest under threat from 13 coal fields: ReportNGOs today came up with a new report highlighting a catalogue of environmental damage and human rights violations of tribals and other fore...
15 Oct, 2012, 04.11 PM IST
- Environment ministry has cleared controversial Mahan coal block: Greenpeace
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has allegedly given forest clearance to controversial coal block in Mahan, Madhya Pradesh.
05 Oct, 2012, 02.09 PM IST
- GoM to discuss clearances to Mahan,Chhatrasal mines tomorrow
An inter-ministerial panel on coal is likely to review clearances given to Mahan and Chhatrasal coal mines at its meeting likely tomorrow.
29 May, 2012, 10.16 PM IST
- New committee to map no-go areas for miners
The Union ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) has constituted a panel that will set new criteria to demarcate no-go areas for minin...
06 Apr, 2012, 05.07 AM IST
- Hindalco: Rs 8000 crore rupee debt for Mahan Aluminium Project
Aditya Birla group owned Hindalco is raising Rs 8000 crore rupee loan for its Mahan Aluminium project.
24 Feb, 2011, 04.01 PM IST