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India’s Supreme Court backs disposal of Goa iron ore dumps without a fresh auction
The Economic Times reports former leaseholders can clear inventoried dumps outside their lease areas, on private or government land.
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The Economic Times reports that India’s Supreme Court upheld Goa’s policy allowing former mining leaseholders to remove and dispose of inventoried iron ore dumps outside their lease areas without a fresh public auction. The court said delays from sorting the material and conducting tenders could leave the dumps in place, with serious environmental consequences.
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