Goa is a mere speck, occupying just 0.11% of India's total geographical area.Yet it produces over 50% of the country's iron ore exports.

The cancellation of 88 Goa mining leases by the Supreme Court on February 7 is the latest crisis to hit the iron ore export industry in the coastal state since the ban on mining between 2012 and ...

Can the mining industry in Goa be organized and regulated to ... Pointing out that mining was the second largest employer in Goa, Patil said that a well-planned road map should be in place before ...

Vishnu Kushta Gimonkar, 79, owns what used to be a 10,000-square metre field, in Pilgao, Bicholim sub-district, in the heart of Goa’s iron ore mining belt, 28 kilometres from capital Panjim ...

Mining in Goa has crossed the social and environmental threshold and further ore extraction should be capped at approximately 20% of the current levels, ...

The Goa Foundation, an environmental action group, said that one of the 90 mining companies found to be doing business illegally, SESA Goa, made more than $821 million from 2003 to 2010.

Mining in India's top iron ore-exporting state of Goa is likely to restart in January next year as all miners will be required to obtain environment and forest clearances from the federal ...

Sesa Goa’s share was down by 5.7% on Tuesday as a result of these developments. In 2011-12, it produced 12.7 mt in Goa and only 1 mt in Karnataka (affected by the mining ban).

Hopes of an early resumption of mining operations in the western Indian province of Goa have receded and industry feared that it could now be two years before production could restart. “Even if ...

The 93 mines in India's richest state of Goa, 90 of which are iron ore producers, have been force to halt operations after a government-backed inquiry said they were illegal and didn’t have the ...

Iron-ore mining in the western Indian coastal province of Goa came to a halt on Thursday in accordance with an order issued by the Supreme Court last month. However, even as miners downed shutters ...