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 …
Around 6,000 lawsuits have been filed against Norway-based aluminium firm Norsk Hydro in a Brazilian small-claims court in relation to a 2009 water spill at an alumina refinery, the firm said on Friday. "The lawsuits, about 6,000 in total, have been submitted before a small-claims court in Barcarena, in the …
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under the Union ministry of power, is planning to save 2,308 Mw of energy worth around Rs 11,540 crore during the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) by mandating the labelling of electronic products. Of this, 400 Mw, worth Rs 2,000 crore, is …
Bauxite-rich East Coast region hasn’t seen a single mine open in 30 years. The East Coast region, home to 74% of the total bauxite reserves, continues to be one of the most-neglected regions in the country, as not a single bauxite mine has been opened in the past three decades. …
Nalco chairman B L Bagra says the proposed plant will be executed in phases State-owned Nalco is looking to set up a new aluminium smelting facility of 5 lakh tonnes and 1,250 MW captive power plant in Odisha's Sundargarh district at an investment of Rs 18,000 crore, a top company …
The hills and valleys are as scenic, their tribal inhabitants as abject, the industrial interests threatening them as powerful and rapacious. But, despite considerable mobilisation and the larger numbers of lives facing disruption, the resistance of tribals in Andhra Pradesh seems to have drawn less attention than that of the …
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd has sought a level playing field by seeking a waiver on public hearings on grounds that they were conducted twice — in 2003 and 2009 — to build the refinery and smelter. The union ministry for environment and forest had early last month asked the Anil Agarwal-owned …
MD assures portfolio of aluminium, copper will help the company in difficult times Aluminium, on the London Metal Exchange (LME), has been falling since the beginning of the year. So has been the core earnings of Hindalco Industries and in turn, the profits. The company maintains that its two businesses, …
The State-owned aluminium major NALCO plans to spend Rs 900 crore by next fiscal on nuclear power ventures, for which it had signed a joint-venture agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) in November. As per the plan, the investments will be made on unit 3 and 4 …
The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has urged the State and Central governments to drop proposals for mining bauxite in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam. There was widespread opposition from people belonging to the plains and tribes who had not given their consent for bauxite mining. Human Rights Forum State president …
Hyderabad In a fresh setback to Vedanta Aluminium (VAL), an associate company of the globally-diversified mining group Vedanta Resources, the environment ministry has put off the issue of terms of reference for the expansion of the company’s Lanjigarh refinery project. The issuance is necessary to conduct environment impact assessment (EIA) …
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IN A setback to Vedanta Alumina Ltd, the Orissa High Court on July 19 upheld the Centre’s decision to stall expansion of the company’s refinery in Lanjigarh. The court, however, said the company can apply for the environmental clearance for its expansion afresh. The Union environment ministry in October last …
BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has sanctioned stage-II and final level clearance to National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) for diversion of 110.3 hectares of forest land for bauxite mining lease in Koraput. The forest diversion was required for the renewal of its mining lease for 20 years in …
Controversy over the issue of environmental clearance to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Niyamgari hills in Odisha has deepened further. Maintaining its stand on the rejection of Environmental clearance to the company the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has filed an affidavit before the National Green Tribunal on Thursday. …
Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL) is open to make a fresh proposal to obtain environmental clearance for the expansion plans at its aluminum unit in Lanjigarh, Orissa. However, the company said it wanted the government to consider its application on par with other companies like Lavasa, Posco, SAIL and Jindal Power …
CUTTACK: The expansion plan of Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL) for its refinery and captive power plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district has hit a major roadblock. The Orissa High Court on Tuesday upheld the Centre
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources PLC, will invest about . 10,000 crore to complete its aluminium smelter and independent power plants at Jharsuguda. The company has so far invested around. 40,000-crore in its Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda projects in Orissa. It has set up a …
Hindalco Industries, the country's largest aluminium producer, has received the final forest clearance for its proposed 1.5-million-tonne, Rs 6,000-crore alumina refinery project in Orissa
Hong Kong China on Wednesday called on central and provincial authorities to stop approving the construction of new aluminium smelting capacity in a circular posted on a government website. Nine ministries and departments jointly issued the circular, which reiterates Beijing's policy of restricting aluminium capacity. The notice, described as urgent, …
