Posco, Uttam Galva to set up $3-bn steel plant in Maharashtra

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 19:57

It will initially build 1.5 million tonne per annum (MTPA) plant with a new technology from Posco at a cost of about USD 1.5 billion.

Odisha governemnt responsible for Posco uncertainty: Pradhan

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 26, 2015, 18:11

The iron ore mines for the project was sent just three days before the new MMDR Act came into being, by then it was clear that mines would be allocated through auction route following modifications in the law.

Posco: Odisha asks Centre to respect international commitment

Last Updated: Friday, February 6, 2015, 16:00

Odisha government on Friday said it would like the Centre to accept its recommendations in favour of Posco and termed Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar's statement that the South Korean steel major too must participate in bidding in order to get mining lease, as "going back from international commitment".

Posco may have to bid for mines to feed Odisha plant

Last Updated: Monday, January 19, 2015, 18:46

Caught between Odhisa's assurance and the Centre's ordinance for auction, South Korean major Posco's wait for getting mines to feed its 8 mtpa steel plant in the state is likely to be little longer than expected.

Centre examining ore lease proposal to Posco for Rs 52K cr project

Last Updated: Sunday, December 7, 2014, 11:14

"The Posco project work has not started. However, we are optimistic about implementation of the project," Odisha Steel and Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick told the state Assembly last week.

Posco steel plant in Odisha to be operational in few weeks: PM

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 16:34

The much-delayed USD 12 billion Posco steel project in Odisha is set to be operational in the next few weeks and granting of mining concession to the South Korean firm was in an advanced stage of processing, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday.

Govt to expedite clearances to $12 bn Posco project: Sharma

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 17:34

Government is working to expedite clearances to USD 12 billion project of steel major Posco in Odisha that was awarded environment clearance last week, Commerce and Indutry Minister Anand Sharma said Wednesday.

Agitation during South Korean President Park`s visit

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 17:40

Rejecting environmental clearance for Posco`s s 52,000 crore steel plant project in Odisha, anti-displacement activists today decided to challenge it in the National Green Tribunal besides demonstrating during South Korean President Park Geun-Hye`s visit to India.

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.

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.

Land acquisition underway for Posco plant

Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 20:12

As many as ten betel vines were dismantled and more than 600 trees felled in Gobindpur area since yesterday with resumption of land acquisition, Additional District Magistrate, Paradip, Surjit Das said

Posco: Land acquisition after 3-day break stopped after protest

Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 16:05

Land acquisition involving demolition of betel vines and felling of trees, which had been suspended since April 26, resumed at Gobindpur village near Paradip, a senior district administration official said.