Odisha approves Khandadhar PL in favour of Posco again

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 00:40

Though the state government earlier in 2006 had granted PL over Khandadhar iron ore reserve's 2,500 hectare in favour of Posco, it could not materialise in view of certain court cases.

Posco gets environmental clearance for Rs 52K Odisha project

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:44

South Korean giant Posco has won environmental clearance to build Rs 52,000 crore steel plant in Odisha, ending eight years of wait for a project that would involve the largest-ever foreign direct investment in India.

Posco's planned Odisha steel plant gets environmental approval

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 15:20

"Yeah, I have cleared it," new Environment Minister M Veerappa Moily said here. "It (the approval) was given about a week back."

Posco's steel plant in Odisha has been cleared: Moily

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 12:50

The revalidation of the South Korean firm`s lapsed environmental clearance comes days before the country`s president, Park Geun-hye, visits India for four days starting January 15.

Environment nod to lift cost of POSCO's India plant to $12.6 bn

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 23:58

The proposed 12 million-tonnes-per-year plant in Odisha has been stuck for more than eight years due to delays in getting various clearances and acquiring land.

Posco begins boundary wall construction

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 21:45

The company requires 4004 acre to set up the 12 mtpa steel plant at an investment of Rs 51,000 crore.

Odisha to transfer land to Posco after clearance from NGT

Last Updated: Friday, December 13, 2013, 19:16

"The NGT has put a stay on the Posco project. We will be able to hand over land to Posco only after stay by NGT is vacated," Steel and Mines Minister Rajanikant Singh said in a reply in the state Assembly.

BoA to consider Posco's plea to give more time for Odisha SEZ

Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 14:31

The Board of Approval (BoA) will consider on November 8 a proposal by Posco India Pvt Ltd seeking more time from the Commerce Ministry to set up Rs 52,000-crore multi-product SEZ in Odisha.

UN panel asks POSCO to halt $12-bn Odisha project

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 21:28

In another jolt to South Korean steel giant POSCO, a UN Human Rights panel on Tuesday asked it to immediately halt the USD 12-billion mega port-to-steel plant project in Odisha alleging possible displacement of thousands of people and disruption in their livelihoods.

Plea against Odisha project filed late: Posco to NGT

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 17:54

South Korean major Posco Monday claimed before National Green Tribunal that a plea challenging the forest clearance to its Rs 51,000-crore mega steel project in Odisha was not maintainable as it has been filed late and the issue has already been decided by Supreme Court in 2008.

Posco responsible for delay in EC to its steel plant: MoEF

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 09:46

The contention was, however, opposed by Posco India Pvt Ltd which told the bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar that environment clearances (EC) for both the projects were granted separately in the past and claimed it has provided all information, except mapping data.

Ramesh slams Naveen for Posco steel project delay

Last Updated: Saturday, August 17, 2013, 19:47

Mounting a scathing attack on Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik for inept governance, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh held BJD government responsible for inordinate delay in implementation of Posco steel project.