The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has recommended against giving clearance to ArcelorMittal’s Karampada iron ore mines in Jharkhand’s West Singbhum district… “After detailed appraisal of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and the Environment Management Plan (EMP), the committee reiterated that mining projects falling in the core zone of Singbhum Elephant Reserve are being kept in abeyance, as the matter was being discussed in the ministry and further consideration will have to await a decision in this regard by MoEF,” according to the minutes of the EAC meeting.