Thursday, March 17,
Five mines operated by companies owned by Vedanta Resources have been pulled up by the Goa government for illegalities in mining operations in the last financial year, said, Forest Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues..*
The forest department had noticed 17 instances of illegal mining in the last three years in Goa’s forested areas.
Dempo mining corporation, V.S. Dempo and Company and Sesa Goa Ltd were acquired by Vedanata Resources in the recent past, making the latter the biggest player in Goa’s mining industry that exports nearly 45 million tonnes of iron and manganese ore annually.
According to data submitted in the monsoon session of the Goa assembly, ore worth Rs.4,000 crore was illegally mined and exported out of Goa to countries like China, Japan and Romania.
Source: The Economic Times
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