Mining dependents warn they will continue to agitate over mining ban

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Yesterday, the news media reported what looked to be chaos reigning supreme in the capital city of Panjim. Mining dependents came out in large numbers to protest the Supreme Court order passed in February that effectively shut down all mining operations in the state. This mining ban has affected hundreds and thousands and the mining areas […]

Mining community protests against Supreme Court order

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Goa has a long history with the mining industry.  There were hushed whispers that Jains living in Cudnem used to extract gold in Goa. The existence of iron ore mines was known to the Portuguese from the early 1700s, but it was hushed up for fear of invasion by others. However, iron ore was extracted […]

Goa’s iron ore industry going through a ‘tough time’ again

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Goa’s iron ore industry once made the State India’s largest exporter of low-grade iron ore but today it is facing very tough times due to low prices in the international market. Fresh extraction of ore was supposed to commence by this month but due to present circumstances, miners aren’t keen to start. “In some places, […]