Mining Companies

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  37 Killed In Attack On Canadian Mining Convoy In Africa's Burkina Faso

  An attack on a convoy transporting local employees of Canadian mining company Semafo in Burkina Faso left 37 people dead and 60 wounded on Wednesday, a regional governor said.

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  75 Trucks Burnt Down By Suspected Naxals In Maharashtra

  At least 75 trucks ferrying iron ore from Surajgarh in the Gadchiroli district of eastern Maharashtra were burn down yesterday by suspected Naxals, the police have said.

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  Massive $14 Million Diamond Found In Angola

  A 404-carat diamond measuring more than seven centimetres in length and valued at more than $14.3 million has been unearthed in Angola, an Australian mining company has announced.

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  Mining Baron Janardhan Reddy's Premises Raided by Karnataka Lokayukta Police

  Lokayukta Police today raided the premises of former minister and mining baron Janardhan Reddy for alleged illegal mining and possession of disproportionate assets. A 42-member team of sleuths from the anti-graft unit was involved in the operation, a Lokayukta official said.

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  Laxmikant Parsekar Refutes Charges About Liaison With Mining Companies

  Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Saturday rubbished opposition Congress' allegations that he was in liaison with the mining companies and dared his critics for a debate on the issue.

• Enforcement Directorate to attach Janardhana Reddy's properties soon: Sources

  In more trouble for former Karnataka minister and jailed mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is all set to attach his properties, according to sources.

• Notices issued to 40 mining companies in Goa

  Over 40 mine operating firms have been issued notice by the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) for extracting iron ore beyond the limits stipulated in the environmental clearance (EC) granted to them.

• CBI files chargesheet against IAS officer in illegal mining case

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a supplementary chargesheet in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, naming suspended IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi as a co-conspirator.

• Reddy's company earned Rs 4,300 cr from illegal ore sale: CBI

  The Obulapuram Mining Company Pvt Ltd (OMCPL), owned by former Karnataka minister G Janardhan Reddy, earned over Rs 4,300 crore from illegally selling iron ore, the CBI's chargesheet says.

• Illegal mining case: Andhra Pradesh High Court cancels IAS officer's bail

  Andhra Pradesh High Court today cancelled the bail of senior IAS officer Y Srilakshmi, one of the accused in Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case. The special CBI court here had granted a conditional bail to Srilakshmi, arrested on a charge of abusing the official position to grant favours to former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy-owned OMC...

• CBI files chargesheet against Obulapuram Mining Company accused

  After a year-long probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday filed a 186-page chargesheet in the illegal iron ore mining case. The main accused in the case are former Karnataka minister and Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) director Gali Janardhan Reddy, his brother-in-law and OMC managing director BV Srinivas Reddy, former mines an...

• Illegal mining case: CBI omits Srilakshmi's name from chargesheet

  Suspended IAS officer Y Srilakshmi has a reason to be happy as her name did not figure in the 186-page chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the probe related to the alleged illegal mining of iron ore by former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy's Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).

• Illegal mining: Supreme Court to hear Karnataka govt's petition

  The Supreme Court is likely to take up the Karnataka government's petition for allowing mining of non-iron ore materials in the state today.

• Illegal mining case: Woman IAS officer gets bail

  A special court on Thursday granted bail to Y. Srilakshmi, a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official in Andhra Pradesh, in the illegal mining case involving Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) of former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhana Reddy.

• Illegal mining: Woman IAS officer quizzed by CBI, house raided

  The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing alleged illegal mining and irregularities in allotment of mining leases to Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC), today questioned a senior woman IAS officer after conducting a raid at her house.