Orissa mining related links
Coal, Gemstones, Iron Ore, MINES and MINERALS May 20th. 2007, 1:49amFollowing is a collection of links that I earlier compiled under the heading “Orissa mining and industries.”
- Forcing Orissa and Jharkhand to remain poor
- Ideas for better revenue generation from Orissa’s minreals.
- Ammending mining laws so as to get a share of profits from companies that mine Orissa’s minerals (“Odisha Mora, Khani Mora” Campaign By Dr. Jatish Mohanty)
- Initial news reports: [newindpress:10/23/06],[Hindu:10/24/06]
- Requiring companies that lease mines to establish plants in Orissa that will use those mined ores. [Current Orissa govt policy]
- Modifying the mechanism that is used to price iron ore rates. [Current rate for iron ores set by the central govt is often too low and changes ever so little that the mining and steel companies make lots of profit while Orissa gets peanuts.]
- Ammending mining laws so as to get a share of profits from companies that mine Orissa’s minerals (“Odisha Mora, Khani Mora” Campaign By Dr. Jatish Mohanty)
- Trying to understand the issue – a work-in-progress document.
- Open letter to the Tata’s (Sept 2, 2006)
- A response to it by Mr. Dilu Panda (Sept 13, 2006)
- Exchange with Mr. Dilu Panda during Sept 14-17 2006: He did not quite substantiate his claims. (Oct 22, 2006)
- Preferential grant of mining leases for Iron ore and manganeese: a report from an expert group appointed by the Govt. of India (7MB) (original)
- Important page numbers: 223
- List of Orissa mining leases upto July 2005
- POSCO-Govt of Orissa MOU
- OMC press release on agreement with Vedanta, Oct 19 2004.
- Q & A presented to council of ministers on the agreement with Vedanta, Nov 29 2004.
- A news item on Tata’s mining leases
- A news item from Hindu on iron ore leases (see page 2) (original)
- A news item from Rediff on POSCO
- A news item from NavHindtimes on ore leases
- A news item from Economic Times: Orissa seeks Ad Valorem based royalty on mining.
- A news item from Business standard about Visa Steel and its struggle with Orissa.
- A news item on Jharkhand borrowing Orissa’s policies.
- A research paper on Steel & Orissa in Steelworld.
- Ex-union minister Mr. Srikant Jena’s objections to recent actions of the Orissa government: a debate
- Orissa mining corporation (OMC):
- Coal royalty issues
- Hoda committee report, 2006 (summary, pgs1-28 – 2 MB)
- Dang Committee report, 2005 (7 MB)
- Govt. of Orissa Steels & Mines Department
- Orissa Mining Corporation
- Ministry of Mines, India
- Ministry of Steel, India
- National Steel policy 2005
- Ministry of Coal, India
- Coal India Limited
- Orissa and Tata Steel
- Tatas: Kalinganagar
- Tatas: Dhamara
- IPICOL projects (money loaned to many metal related companies)
- Orissa Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs)
- Orissa public enterprises status
- Orissa Industrial Policy 2001; ammendment
- Steel & Mines MOUS
- Orissa reference annual 2005
- Orissa government policy documents
- Mines and Communities
- Environment protection group, Orissa
.jpg){kind=link}
