Lafarge Umiam Mining Private Limited is likely to restart ferrying limestone from the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya to its cement plant at Chhatak in Sylhet through a 17-kilometre-long conveyer belt any day this week. According to news published in the Dhaka Stock Exchange web site on Sunday, the firm started mining operations in its limestone mine in Meghalaya on Friday.
Lifting a ban it imposed 17 months back, India's Supreme Court on July 6 allowed French multi-national Lafarge to resume limestone mining at Nongtrai in East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, paving the way for resumption of supply of raw materials to the cement plant at Chhatak.
The court upheld the legality of the 2010 clearance by the India's Ministry of Environment and Forest to the Lafarge for limestone mining at Nongtrai.
India's apex court had in February 2010 halted limestone mining by the LUMPL in Meghalaya. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lafarge Surma Cement Limited.
Source : New Age
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