Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
This report evaluates emission mitigation options to achieve net-zero carbon emissions through marginal abatement cost (MAC) curves for the existing plants in the aluminium industry. In terms of overall metal consumption, aluminium ranks second, next only to steel. However, India’s per capita aluminium consumption is low, at 2.5 kilograms (kg), …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tarun Rathore Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 14/11/2022. The appeal has been filed against Environmental Clearance dated 22.04.2022 granted by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change to M/S Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) for …
Ministry of Mines is in the process of formulation of a National Non-Ferrous Metals (Aluminium and Copper) Scrap Recycling Policy. Accordingly, a draft of the said policy has been prepared and is being circulated for comments from stake holders and the public at large. This policy envisages a framework to …
New research by the Transition Pathway Initiative finds that 29% of the largest publicly-listed industrial companies are set to align their emissions with the Paris Pledges by 2030, up from 24% in mid-2018.These companies are aligned with the emission reduction pledges made by national governments in the Paris Agreement. However, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashok Kumar Patjoshi Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 11/07/2019 regarding scientific disposal of Spent Pot Lining (SPL) which is produced by the smelting plants operated by the aluminum industries which contains high level of …
Materials are the building blocks of society, making up the buildings, infrastructure, equipment and goods that enable businesses and people to carry out their daily activities. Economic development has historically coincided with increasing demand for materials, resulting in growing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions from materials production. Clean energy …
The industry has consistently displayed a cavalier approach to safety when it comes to disposing of waste The world mining industry always had an image problem relating to the hollowness of safety-first claim and poor corporate governance. The image was dented further and quite badly so in the past four …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 09/10/2018 regarding use of pet coke in industry. The Applications relate to: 1. Use of Calcined Pet Coke (CPC) in Aluminium Industry 2. Use of anode grade pet coke …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 26/07/2018 regarding use of imported pet coke in the steel and aluminium industry. Additional Solicitor General of India informs the Court that studies will have to be conducted and …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Bhupesh Baghel Vs Anil Agarwal dated 17/07/2018 regarding non-forestry activities and enroachment by Balco in Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The allegation in this contempt petition is that large areas have been used for non-forest purposes by M/s. Balco in spite of …
Aluminum is the second most used metal in the world after steel with an annual consumption of 88 Million Tonnes (including scrap). Aluminum Consumption in India at 2.5 kg per capita is much below the global average of 11kg per capita. To reach the global average of 11 kg per …
Move will allow both domestic and foreign players to sell the fuel in open market as a commodity, at market-determined prices Cabinet ends Coal India monopoly, allows commercial mining by private firms Private companies would soon be able to mine and sell coal in India, alongside state-owned Coal India (CIL). …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Sundar Naik Vs Vedanta Alumina Limited & Others dated 02/01/2017 regarding pollution caused by Vedanta Alumina Limited, Jharsuguda District, Odisha. The report filed by the Odisha State PCB states that the ambient air quality with regard …
Visakhapatnam: Geo-scientists and researchers of Andhra University have studied the environmental implications of open cast bauxite mining in the Agency area and came up with suggestions for eco-friendly ways of doing it. Andhra Pradesh has the second highest reserves of bauxite in the country. A recent study, titled 'Bauxite mining …
Industries and the products they make can play a considerable role in the global effort to tackle climate change. Making them part of the solution while helping them stay competitive is a key challenge for policy makers, according to a new report from the World Bank Group, CLASP and Carbon …
Firm plans $400 per tonne cut in cost of making aluminium Vedanta, which has invested Rs 50,000 crore in Odisha to set up alumina and aluminium-cum-power complexes on expectations of bauxite from the Niyamgiri deposits, has decided to realign its operations in the state. “For us, the Niyamgiri chapter is …
Bhubaneswar: The Centre on Thursday announced to set up an Aluminium Development Council along the lines of Steel Development Council to address various issues of the aluminium industry such as effect of global slowdown, promoting per capita use and raw material linkage. The proposed council is a genuine demand of …
ZHENGZHOU - The death toll in an industrial safety accident at an aluminum plant in Central China's Henan province has risen to 11, as rescue work ended on Thursday. The accident happened at around 4:50 pm Wednesday, when 23 workers were dismantling a settling tank in the Henan branch of …
Navratna CPSU National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has bagged the prestigious India Pride Award for the year 2015-16 for CSR, Environment Protection and Conservation, instituted by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. Nalco CMD Dr Tapan Kumar Chand received the award from Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad …
Overcoming the sluggish market sentiment, National Aluminium Company Limited, a central public sector unit, has performed outstandingly by registering the highest-ever production in bauxite and alumina. “The company has registered an all-time high production of 63,40,142 tonnes of bauxite in 2015-16 fiscal, which is 10.47 per cent higher, and 19,53,000 …
