Maharashtra Maritime Board has been making efforts to sell a 999-ton crude oil tanker named MT Pavit for the last over six months, but in no vain. The ship, whose route is still unclear to authorities drifted to the Juhu beach over a year ago and as its owners were not coming forward, the maritime board had to ta
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SC panel assesses quantity of ore in dumps
The Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee is estimating the quantity of iron ore available at the dumps in the three mineral-rich districts of Bellary, Chitradurga and Tumkur in Karnataka. After assessing the quantity of ore available at these dumps, the committee plans to sell it via e-auction so that steel firms, who face shortage of iron ore, can bene
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NMDC allegedly produces less than allowed output
Steel and sponge iron makers of Karnataka alleged that NMDC was not producing iron ore at the permitted levels of 12 million tonne per annum and it was operating at less than half the threshold. Sponge iron and steel companies are facing severe shortage of iron ore because of ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka. These companies largely stayed away from the two recen
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NMDC allegedly produces less than allowed output
Steel and sponge iron makers of Karnataka alleged that NMDC was not producing iron ore at the permitted levels of 12 million tonne per annum and it was operating at less than half the threshold. Sponge iron and steel companies are facing severe shortage of iron ore because of ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka. These companies largely stayed away from the two recen
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ChPT to allow berthing of vessel on condition
Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) said it would allow the vessel MT Pratibha Cauvery to be berthed at the port provided the owners paid the requisite berthing charges and got the documents validated. The ship, which lost both of its anchors on October 31 owing to gusty winds caused by cyclone Nilam, is currently being held in outer anchorage by a tow
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ChPT officials seek policy for sailors
Officials of Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) asked Director General of Shipping, Gautam Chatterjee to devise some sort of policy for sailors in distress and a redress mechanism to help those stuck in stranded vessels. Since October 2012, over 55 sailors are stranded in two vessels – Pratibha Cauvery and Pratibha Warna – and their salaries have not been paid since July 2012
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Minister hopes to get revenue to control deficit
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM), Finance Minister P Chidambaram expressed hope of getting revenues from somewhere to control fiscal deficit within 5.3 percent of GDP. He remarked that there is still some time left in this financial year for carrying out disinvestment and auctioning of spectrum in the unbid
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CII against coal block de-allocation
Adi Godrej, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), remarked that coal blocks allocated under due process should not be cancelled, as any such cancellation will adversely impact business sentiment. He also said that the judiciary should only interfere if there is any violation of law.
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Shale gas exploration
Cairn India plans to bid for shale acreages once the bidding process starts by 2013. According to the proposed policy, the contractor will also be exempted from payment of cess on shale oil.
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Shale gas auction by end-2013
India expects to launch its auction of shale gas blocks by the end of 2013, Oil Secretary GC Chaturvedi has said recently.