Posco Steel Plant

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  Posco's Steel Plant In India Faces Disruption, Hampers Auto Supply Chain

  SIAM said the disruption comes at a time when companies are still recovering from the impact of COVID-19 and this could be a major setback for the economy.

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  PM's Office Likely to Discuss Posco With Odisha Government Tomorrow

  The Prime Minister's Office is likely to take up the issue of steel giant Posco's proposed $10.5-billion integrated steel plant in Jagatsinghpur with the Odisha government and the company officials tomorrow.

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  Uncertainty Over POSCO Threatens Farmers' Livelihood in Odisha

  With the ratification of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2015 by Parliament, which disallows preferential treatment for giving mining leases, uncertainty looms over the future of the steel-giant POSCO, threatening the future of over 2,000 families in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, who had given away their land for the pr...

• Environment Ministry clears POSCO project in Odisha

  The Environment Ministry has given its go-ahead to POSCO's planned steel plant in Odisha, but has asked it to spend on "social commitments", a company spokesman said, raising the project's cost by $600 million to $12.6 billion.

• United Nations experts urge POSCO to halt steel plant in India

  A UN panel of experts is urging South Korean steel giant POSCO to suspend plans for a $12 billion steel plant in Odisha over human rights concerns.

• POSCO may soon get iron ore licence for Odisha plant

  India is expected to grant an iron ore exploration licence to POSCO for its planned $12 billion steel plant in the country, two government officials told Reuters, in a step that should speed up the project stuck for eight years.

• Anti-Posco stir: women protesters strip to demand halt to land acquisition, withdrawal of police force

  The agitation against the proposed Posco steel project intensified in Odisha yesterday with angry women protesters stripping in public to demand a complete halt to the land acquisition by the government and withdrawal of police force from the site of the proposed plant.

• Odisha government resumes land acquisition in tense Posco project area

  Amid tension in proposed Posco plant area where three anti-project activists were killed last night while allegedly making bombs, Odisha government today resumed land acquisition for the mega steel project.

• Odisha halts land acquisition for Posco steel plant, withdraws police force after protests

  The Odisha government has put off the land acquisition for Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant in Jagatsinghpur district today after protests by local villagers since the process resumed last week.

• Outrage after Odisha govt officer allegedly beats up Posco protester

  Footage of a man protesting at the Posco steel plant being beaten by a government land officer in Odisha has triggered outrage with activists and politicians demanding strong action against the culprits.

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  Tension over land acquisition at Posco site, protesters clash with police

  After being halted for more than a year, land acquisition for the showpiece Rs 52,000-crore Posco steel plant in Odisha resumed today amid clashes between police and protesters.

• Land acquisition for Posco plant begins in Odisha

  Land acquisition for the Rs 52,000 crore Posco steel plant today started in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district after a gap of more than one year amid allegation by anti-project activists that protesters were lathicharged and detained by police.

• Stop maligning India, Steel Minister tells LN Mittal

  Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has said that NRI billionaire LN Mittal should stop "maligning" India and its government, asking why the steel baron was not setting up his plants in the country.

• Prime Minister's address to the Korean CEOs

  Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, adding that the government was taking "proactive" steps to improve the business climate and move forward with the POSCO mega steel plant project in Orissa that has been plagued by farmer protests.

• PM gives Korean firms six reasons to invest in India

  Investment from South Korea is a "priority" for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, adding that the government was taking "proactive" steps to improve the business climate and move forward with the POSCO mega steel plant project in Odisha that has been plagued by farmer protests.