French multinational Lafarge's limestone quarries in Meghalaya, which supply raw material to its cement plant across the border in Bangladesh have been shut down by the government. This comes nearly a year after an official of the Union Ministry of Environment and forests (moef) found that the mining lease area was forestland.

Supreme Court verdict on Lafarge project in Meghalaya today. 6 Jul 2011 ... The apex court had on February 5, 2010, stopped Lafarge from carrying out limestone mining in Meghalaya for its cement plant, saying mining...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the unit of a French-Spanish joint venture, Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd, to resume limestone mining in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills after 17 ...

Report, mining of limestone in Khasi Hills was a source of revenue right from 1858. The limestone deposit in Meghalaya is estimated to be 2165 million tonnes. Exploitation of Nongtrai limestone dates back to 1885. Even today, a number of private parties quarry limestone in this area. An area of 100 hectares stood acquired by LMMPL on lease ...

Company Profile. Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd., (LUMPL), a company incorporated in Meghalaya, India, under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LafargeHolcim Bangladesh Ltd (LHBL), a company incorporated in Bangladesh under the laws of Bangladesh. LHBL was set up as a cross border cement manufacturing project.

The apex court had on February 5, 2010, stopped Lafarge from carrying out limestone mining in Meghalaya for its cement plant, saying mining in the …

About Us. Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd., (LUMPL), a company incorporated in Meghalaya, India, under the Indian Companies Act, 1956, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd (LSC), a company incorporated in Bangladesh under the laws of Bangladesh. LSC was set up as a cross border cement manufacturing project.

NEW DELHI: The ministry of forests and environment (MoEF) on Monday told the Supreme Court that Lafarge Umiam could resume limestone mining in Meghalaya under the revised Conservation Plan and it had to pay up to Rs 130 crore towards afforestation and development of tribal area around the mines. Asked by the SC on April 26 to conduct fresh environmental impact studies …

The court on February 5, 2010, restrained the Lafarge from carrying out limestone mining in Meghalaya for its cement plant, saying mining in the …

The apex court had on February 5,2010,stopped Lafarge from carrying out limestone mining in Meghalaya for its cement plant,saying mining in the environmentally-sensitive zone could not be allowed. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) had given revised environmental clearance to Lafarge last April on the directions of the Supreme Court ...

It also asked the Centre to appoint a National Regulator for appraising projects,enforcing environmental conditions for approvals and impose penalties on polluters .

From CK Nayak New Delhi: Cement giant Lafarge Holcim's resumption of limestone mining operations in East Khasi Hills district for feeding its plant across the international border in Bangladesh, has been questioned by noted environmentalists. In a letter to the Union Minister for Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javedkar, they have urged him to withhold […]

Limestone mining in Meghalaya was being carried out in a 100-hectare lease area in the East Khasi Hills by Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt Ltd (LUMPL), a fully-owned subsidiary of LSC, till February 5 when the Supreme Court put a stay on its operations once again after an initial stay in 2007.

This Supreme Court order dated July 6, 2011 permitted Lafarge of France to resume limestone mining in Meghalaya to feed its $255-million cement plant in Bangladesh. This order was delivered by a bench comprising of the Hon'ble Chief Justice SH Kapadia, Justice Aftab Alam and Justice KS Radhakrishnan.

New Delhi, July 6 : The Supreme Court today allowed French cement giant Lafarge to mine limestone in the forests of the East Khasi Friday, June 12, 2020 English

NEW DELHI: In what could spell trouble for the French cement giant Lafarge's $255 million cement plant in Bangladesh, the Supreme Court on Friday in an interim order banned mining of limestone in Meghalaya turning off supply of raw material from its captive plant in India. A three judge special bench headed by chief justice KG Balakrishnan ordered for a complete halt of mining in East …