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India's top court keeps bauxite mining ban, eases some iron ore curbs
2013-04-18 13:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India's top court has kept a ban on bauxite mining in hills in the eastern state of Odisha considered sacred by residents, whose opinion it has ordered to be sought on whether digging would disrupt the environment or their livelihoods. The Supreme Court also allowed just nine more iron ore mines to restart in the southern state of Karnataka, in another decision reflecting the competition between the claims of environmental and social rights groups and the need for resources to power Asia's third-largest...
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