Krishna slams Team Anna for ‘motivated charges’, will write to PM (Lead)
May 31st, 2012 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Rebutting charges hurled at him by Team Anna, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Thursday indicated that he could sue them for accusing him ... Read more...
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Essar Steel commissions Phase 1 of Odisha pellet plant
April 9th, 2012 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 9 (IANS) Essar Steel Monday announced the commissioning of the first phase of its 12 million tonne per annum (MTPA) pellet-making facility in Odisha, which will be fully ... Read more...
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Steel ministry subsidy scheme for iron ore processing
March 26th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) The steel ministry would soon come out with an interest rate subsidy scheme for iron ore processing and introducing energy-efficient systems in secondary steel plants."Both the ... Read more...
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Jharkhand poised for higher industrial growth: Munda
January 9th, 2012 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 9 (IANS) Jharkhand, which has huge mineral resources and hosts some of India's big companies like Tata Motors, is poised for higher level of industrial growth on the ... Read more...
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Odisha reiterates demand to ban iron ore export
November 16th, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 16 (IANS) Reiterating its earlier demand, Odisha Wednesday sought a complete ban on iron ore export from India."A ban on the export of iron should be imposed ... Read more...
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Jharkhand decision to sell iron ore fines slammed
September 29th, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Sep 29 (IANS) Opposition parties in Jharkhand Thursday slammed the state cabinet's decision to allow sale of iron ore fines from captive mines to other states.Iron ore fines are ... Read more...
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Ban export of ore with 60 percent iron content: ASSOCHAM
July 20th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 20 (IANS) India should completely ban exports of iron ore having more than 60 percent iron content in it, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) ... Read more...
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NDMC increases price of iron ore by eleven percent
July 1st, 2010 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Hyderabad, July 1 (ANI): The State-owned National Mineral Development Corporation (NDMC) here has increased the prices of iron ore by eleven percent.The prices were decided in a board meeting of the NDMC ... Read more...
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India may slap taxes, quotas to limit iron ore exports
May 19th, 2010 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) India may impose taxes and quotas on exports of iron ore from the country to increase availability of the raw material for the domestic steel industry, steel ... Read more...
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Iron ore output of Orissa-owned firm to drop
March 26th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, March 26 (IANS) The iron ore production of Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) will fall short of its target for the current fiscal as three mines of the state-owned company have been ... Read more...
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Orissa Congress charges Patnaik Government for multi-crore mining scam cover-up
March 4th, 2010 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 4 (ANI): The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee on Thursday charged the Naveen Patnaik-led government in Orissa of plundering the state's mineral wealth to the tune of over Rupees ... Read more...
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Crew of sunken Mongolian ship leave for home
November 10th, 2009 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (IANS) After they were stranded for two months in Paradip port in Orissa, the 26 crew members of the sunken Mongolian ship MV Black Rose left for their countries ... Read more...
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176 tonnes of fuel oil retrieved from sunken ship
October 26th, 2009 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 26 (IANS) A US firm engaged to pump out fuel oil from a Mongolian ship that sank last month off Paradip harbour in Orissa retrieved at least 176 tonnes of ... Read more...
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US firm to start pumping out oil from sunken ship
October 23rd, 2009 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 22 (IANS) The US firm, Resolve Marine Group, which has been given the work to pump out oil from the ship MV Black Rose that sank off the Paradip coast ... Read more...
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US firm begins work to pump oil from sunken ship
October 19th, 2009 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 19 (IANS) Experts of a US firm assigned to pump out furnace oil from a ship that sank last month off Paradip harbour in Orissa began work Monday. Their task ... Read more...
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US firm to remove oil from sunken Mongolian ship (Lead)
October 9th, 2009 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 9 (IANS) US-based marine service firm Resolve Marine Group has won the bid to remove oil from a Mongolian vessel that sank off Paradip harbour in Orissa last month.
"The ... Read more...
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Microbes used to clean Orissa oil spill
October 9th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 9 (IANS) Microbes are being used to clear an oil spill caused by a ship that sank last month off the Paradip port in Orissa, a senior port official said ... Read more...
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Orissa forms crisis group to monitor oil spill off Paradip
October 8th, 2009 - 11:52 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 8 (IANS) Orissa Thursday formed a crisis group to monitor the pollution caused by oil spill from a sunken Mongolian ship near Paradip port, an official said.
"We have formed a ... Read more...
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Orissa directed to monitor oil spill off Paradip port
October 7th, 2009 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 7 (IANS) The central government has directed Orissa to form a crisis group to monitor the pollution caused due to oil spilling off a sunken Mongolian ship near Paradip port, ... Read more...
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Fresh oil from sunken ship blackening Orissa coastline: experts (With Images)
October 6th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 6 (IANS) A fresh oil spill, probably from a Mongolian ship that sank last month, has blackened part of the Orissa coastline in an area close to the nesting site ... Read more...
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Expert team to verify fresh spillage from sunken ship
October 5th, 2009 - 5:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Oct 5 (IANS) Orissa will Tuesday send a three member expert team to verify media reports about fresh spillage from a ship that had sunk off the Paradip coast last month, ... Read more...
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Bad weather prevents oil-plugging on sunken ship
September 30th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 30 (IANS) For the third day running Wednesday bad weather prevented work to plug the holes to stop oil leakage from a ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip port in ... Read more...
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Andhra-based company to plug holes of sunken ship
September 27th, 2009 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (IANS) A company based in Andhra Pradesh has been awarded the contract to plug the holes in a ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip port Sep 9, a port ... Read more...
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Central team visits Paradip, recommends measures
September 27th, 2009 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Paradip (Orissa), Sep 26 (IANS) A central team, which was here Saturday to inspect the Mongolian ship that sunk off the Paradip coast, recommended stringent measures to avert such accidents.
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Central team reaches Paradip to inspect capsized ship
September 26th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 26 (IANS) Following reports of minor oil spills, a five-member team of the central shipping ministry Saturday reached Orissa's Paradip port to inspect the ship that sank off its coast ... Read more...
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Oil spill could devastate Orissa coast, says Greenpeace
September 24th, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) The Orissa coast faces devastation if the large amount of oil now inside a capsized ship off the Paradip port spills out of the wreck, international NGO Greenpeace ... Read more...
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Bids invited to remove oil from ship sunk off Orissa coast
September 24th, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 24 (IANS) Paradip port authorities have invited bids from salvage firms to remove oil from a vessel that sank near the port in Orissa 15 days ago, official sources said ... Read more...
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Oil removal from sunken ship ‘long process’, wildlife body worried (Lead)
September 23rd, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
By Jatindra DashBhubaneswar, Sep 23 (IANS) A global tender will be floated to pump the stored oil out of a Mongolian ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip port Sep 9, but the ... Read more...
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Wildlife body concerned over delay in oil removal
September 23rd, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23 (IANS) A wildlife body expressed concern Wednesday over the delay in the removal of stored fuel oil by authorities from a vessel that sank off Orissa's Paradip port about ... Read more...
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Paradip Port to float tender to pump oil out of sunken ship
September 23rd, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 23 (IANS) The Paradip Port in Orissa has decided to float a global tender to pump the stored oil out of a Mongolian ship that sank off its coast Sep ... Read more...
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Oil spill on Orissa coast could be from sunken ship: expert
September 22nd, 2009 - 11:21 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (IANS) A team of experts Tuesday found oil patches along the coast of Orissa's Paradip port and suspected it could have leaked from a ship that sank near the ... Read more...
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Paradip Port launches clean-up drive to contain oil spill
September 21st, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (IANS) The Paradip Port Monday launched a drive along its coast to contain possible environmental damage from a Mongolian ship that sank off the coast Sep 9. ... Read more...
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Paradip port considers legal action against sunken ship owner
September 21st, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 21 (IANS) A lawsuit is likely to be filed against the owner of the ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip port earlier this month for allegedly providing forged documents, an ... Read more...
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Russian engineer’s body recovered from sunken ship off Orissa
September 18th, 2009 - 9:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 18 (IANS) The body of a Russian engineer has been recovered from the cargo ship that sank off Orissa's Paradip port earlier this month, an official said Friday.
His body was ... Read more...
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Orissa port gears up to remove oil from sunken ship
September 14th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Sep 14 (IANS) The administration in Orissa's Paradip port is gearing up for the removal of fuel oil from a sunken ship, a senior port official said Monday after experts warned ... Read more...
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