
The Kudremukh Saga — A Triumph for Conservation
The problem with low-grade iron ore is that it generates a vast amount of waste, known as tailings. In the case of Kudremukh, with an iron ore content of just 30%, the remaining 70% of waste mud had to be dumped somewhere. That ‘somewhere’ turned out to be the forested Lakya valley, across which a tailings dam was constructed.
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IMPACT OF IRON ORE MINING IN KUDREMUKH ON BHADRA
Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) has been conducting its mining operations on an area of 4,604.55 ha in the Western Ghats for over 20 years. Opposition to its activities has built up over the years from environmentalists and wildlife conservationists who are concerned about the threat to the region's flora and
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Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Wikipedia
KIOCL Limited, formerly Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited is a Government of India enterprise with its head office and administrative activities in Bangalore. It has a pelletisation plant in Mangalore and had an iron ore mine in Kudremukh (Chikkamagaluru district). The Kudremukh mine, one of the largest iron ore mines in the world, was closed in 2006. The captive mining took place at Kudremukh on the Western Ghatsrange. The mined ore was transporte
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THE KUDREMUKH SAGA A TRIUMPH FOR CONSERVATION
Jun 16, 2015 The problem with low-grade iron ore is that it generates a vast amount of waste, known as tailings. In the case of Kudremukh, with an iron ore content of just 30%, the remaining 70% of waste mud had to be dumped somewhere. That ‘somewhere’ turned out to be the forested Lakya valley, across which a tailings dam was constructed.
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Closure of The Kudremukh Mining Site: A Victory in the
The forests in the area are among the 18 internationally recognised “Hotspots” for biodiversity conservation in the world. In 1969, Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd. (KIOCL) was granted the permission for mining in Kudremukh for a lease period of 30 years. The mining operations did not end after the expiry of the lease on 25 th July 1999. The
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(PDF) Amphibian assemblages in undisturbed and disturbed
A four-year study assessed the diversity and distribution of amphibians in undisturbed and disturbed sites of the Kudremukh National Park (KNP), India. Iron-ore mining and associated activities in
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India Together: Kudremukha mining: closure in sight? 30
Oct 30, 2005 A nearly two-year long court battle ensued, during which the defense produced evidence establishing lasting damage not only to environmental of the Kudremukha region, but to the Bhadra river and reservoirs, to agricultural land downstream, resulting from mining operations.
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Post-Harvest Management of Phytoremediation Technology
Several accidents have taken place in underground and surface mines like coal and stone mines in the last few years, which have killed scores of mineworkers. An example of environmental damage by a mining company in India is the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in the Western Ghats Mountain Ranges in Karnataka State in southern India.
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Mining and its aftermath Conservation India
The Kudremukh Iron-Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) swung into action, and, in the years to follow, its mining activities ripped apart a pristine shola-grassland ecosystem, causing irreversible and irreparable harm.
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THE KUDREMUKH SAGA A TRIUMPH FOR CONSERVATION
Jun 16, 2015 The problem with low-grade iron ore is that it generates a vast amount of waste, known as tailings. In the case of Kudremukh, with an iron ore content of just 30%, the remaining 70% of waste mud had to be dumped somewhere. That ‘somewhere’ turned out to be the forested Lakya valley, across which a tailings dam was constructed.
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Closure of The Kudremukh Mining Site: A Victory in the
The forests in the area are among the 18 internationally recognised “Hotspots” for biodiversity conservation in the world. In 1969, Kudremukh Iron Ore Co. Ltd. (KIOCL) was granted the permission for mining in Kudremukh for a lease period of 30 years. The mining operations did not end after the expiry of the lease on 25 th July 1999. The
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KUDREMUKH CONCERNS Frontline
AFTER an 11-day break, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) resumed its mining operations on August 5 in the picturesque hill ranges of Kudremukh, 110 km west of Mangalore in Karnataka. Mining had come to a halt on July 24, when a second temporary working permission granted by the State and Central governments expired.
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CASE NO India Environment Portal
Union of India and Others (2002 (10) SCC 606). It related to the question whether functioning of Kudremukh Iron and Ore Company Ltd. (in short 'KIOCL') was having adverse effect on the environment and ecosystem. In paras 51 and 52 of the judgment it was inter alia directed as follows:"51.
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Kudremukh Controversy Times of India
Kudremukh is the second largest protected area in the tropical wet evergreen-type of forest of the Western Ghats. the apex court ordered the closure of mining by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company
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Kudremukh: Karnataka's ghost town revisited after fifteen
Sep 11, 2016 It has been more than 10 years since mining completely came to a close in the Kudremukh range, but the ecological damage caused by 30 years of mining is still evident.
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India Together: Kudremukha mining: closure in sight? 30
Oct 30, 2005 On 31 December 2005, the curtains are set to come down on the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd's long disputed mining operations in the protected Kudremukh National Park. But ensuring an end to mining in one of the most stunning landscapes of the country has not been easy. Pavithra Sankaran > provides a telling narrative.
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(PDF) Amphibian assemblages in undisturbed and disturbed
A four-year study assessed the diversity and distribution of amphibians in undisturbed and disturbed sites of the Kudremukh National Park (KNP), India. Iron-ore mining and associated activities in
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Post-Harvest Management of Phytoremediation Technology
An example of environmental damage by a mining company in India is the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in the Western Ghats Mountain Ranges in Karnataka State in southern India. The operations of KIOCL have caused large-scale
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: Chapter 2:Natural Resources
Feb 05, 2018 (iv) Kudremukh iron ore mine, Karnataka-causing river pollution and threat to biodiversity. (v) East coast Bauxite mine, Orissa-Land encroachment and issue of rehabilitation unsettled. (vi) North-Eastern Coal Fields, Assam-Very high sulphur contamination of groundwater. The environmental damage caused by mining activities (i) Devegetation
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Slurry leak puts KIOCL in spot indiatogether
The Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) seems to be heading from one controversy to another. While there has been lot of opposition of late to extending the mining lease on environmental grounds, the case of slurry leak at Kanyalu near Karkala has
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Impact of Iron Ore mining on the Stream Insect Communities
The Kudremukh iron ore deposits occur as banded magnetite quartzite (BMQ). The Government of Mysore granted a mining lease for a period of 30 years to the National Mineral Development Corporation covering an area of 5218 hectares in 1969. This mining lease was transferred to Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in 1976.
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Disappearing forests of Kudremukh The Hindu
Feb 23, 2016 The ‘leasing’ of property by the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited to Alva’s luxury resort amounts to blatant contempt of the Supreme Court’s
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CASE NO India Environment Portal
Union of India and Others (2002 (10) SCC 606). It related to the question whether functioning of Kudremukh Iron and Ore Company Ltd. (in short 'KIOCL') was having adverse effect on the environment and ecosystem. In paras 51 and 52 of the judgment it was inter alia directed as follows:"51.
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KUDREMUKH CONCERNS Frontline
AFTER an 11-day break, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) resumed its mining operations on August 5 in the picturesque hill ranges of Kudremukh, 110 km west of Mangalore in Karnataka. Mining had come to a halt on July 24, when a second temporary working permission granted by the State and Central governments expired.
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Kudremukh Controversy Times of India
Kudremukh is the second largest protected area in the tropical wet evergreen-type of forest of the Western Ghats. the apex court ordered the closure of mining by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company
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(PDF) Amphibian assemblages in undisturbed and disturbed
A four-year study assessed the diversity and distribution of amphibians in undisturbed and disturbed sites of the Kudremukh National Park (KNP), India. Iron-ore mining and associated activities in
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Disappearing forests of Kudremukh The Hindu
Feb 23, 2016 The ‘leasing’ of property by the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited to Alva’s luxury resort amounts to blatant contempt of the Supreme Court’s
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Impact of Iron Ore mining on the Stream Insect Communities
The Kudremukh iron ore deposits occur as banded magnetite quartzite (BMQ). The Government of Mysore granted a mining lease for a period of 30 years to the National Mineral Development Corporation covering an area of 5218 hectares in 1969. This mining lease was transferred to Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited (KIOCL) in 1976.
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(PDF) HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION IN THE RIVER BHADRA
The least concentration of Iron & Manganese in uncontaminated Key words: water found to be 0.75 ± 0.03 & 0.25 ± 0.01 respectively but it showed highest in contaminated water Kudremukh Iron Ore Mining, that is, 1.8 ± 0.04 & 0.9 ± 0.0 respectively at different seasons.
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Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited SlideShare
Oct 31, 2014 Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited 1. Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited 2. 1969 -NMDC mining lease 1985- The government of Karnataka declared Kudremukh region as a National Park under the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972 July 25,1999 KIOCL lease expires, temporary work permit granted 1995-2001- Showdown between NGO Wildlife First and KIOCL Oct 2002 -SC
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kudremukh iron ore ecological damage
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Development Infrastructure Mining Sector Problems And
However, as a result of the emergence of many public sector mining companies such as Steel Authority of India Ltd., Coal India Ltd., Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd., National Aluminium Company Ltd., Hindustan Zinc Ltd., Hindustan Copper Ltd. and Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd., large scale mechanization and state-of-the- art technology have been
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Kudremukh: State reclaims Kudremukh park from mining firm
Nov 11, 2016 Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) has suffered a major setback in claiming rights over demised mining land in the heart of Kudremukh National Park,
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We have forgotten how to live harmoniously with Nature: KM
The amount of environmental damage done around Sabarimala is huge and the bomb is ticking. we go in search of them globally. Tags: rajiv gandhi national park, kudremukh iron ore company
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Kudremukh to wake up to a new dawn Rediff
The iron ore mining lease in Kudremukh was granted in 1969 for 30 years. In 1987 came the pelletisation plant in Mangalore, where beneficiated ore was sent as slurry via a pipeline. This
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(PDF) Impact of iron ore mining on suspended sediment
Rivers in India, including the Bhadra, are known Rich iron ore deposits in the upper catchment led to the to carry more than 85% of their sediment loads during the establishment of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited monsoon months (Vaithiyanathan et al., 1992; Kale, 2002, (KIOCL) in 1976.
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