The IEA’s special report Energy and AI, out today, offers the most comprehensive, data-driven global analysis to date on the growing connections between energy and AI. The report draws on new datasets and extensive consultation with policy makers, the tech sector, the energy industry and international experts. It projects that …
National Aluminium Company (Nalco), the Orissa-headquartered and central government-owned company, has turned out to be the sole final bidder for Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation’s (GMDC) Rs 15,000-crore aluminium project in Kutch, Gujarat. V S Gadhvi, managing director of GMDC, which is owned by the government of Gujarat, told Business Standard, …
BHUBANESWAR: Low water level in all the major reservoirs and technical snags in three thermal power units have triggered a power crisis in the State. The State is facing a shortfall of about 700 MW as against its average demand of 2,700 MW. The power shortage during the evening peak …
Bureaucratic apathy holds up any possible increase in oil and gas production State-run oil companies appear caught between the devil and the deep blue sea —while rising price of crude and fuel price revisions threaten to render them bankrupt, bureaucratic apathy is holding up any possible increase in oil and …
Political parties requested Vedanta Resources-owned mining firm Sesa Goa for donations as part of “common practice”, the multinational group said on Friday as the spectre of the massive illegal mining scandal loomed large in the state. In a newspaper advertisement in local newspapers here, Sesa Goa admitted to political donations …
New Delhi In a major relief to Sterlite Industries, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stuck to its earlier stay order against the immediate closure of the company’s copper smelting plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu. The closure was directed by the Madras High Court. The HC had in September last …
The ministry of environment & forests (MoEF) have cancelled the environmental clearance (EC) to the Vedanta-owned Sesa Goa Ltd for an iron ore mine located in Pirna in North Goa on grounds of suppression of vital information. The move was based on the findings of the National Green Tribunal which …
PANJIM: The Union Ministry for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Wednesday canceled the environment clearance (EC) given to Pirna Iron Ore Mines of Sesa Goa for suppressing information and faulty environment impact assessment. Sesa Goa mines, owned by Vedanta Group, has already been in trouble for extracting iron ore beyond permissible …
New Delhi: Vedanta has suffered another setback in its fight-back to expand the aluminium refinery in Orissa after the Union environment ministry had struck down its environment clearance for violations. The Cuttack bench of the Orissa High Court backed the environment ministry and ordered that Vedanta would have to apply …
Arguing that indiscriminate exploitation of mineral resources was leading to alienation amongst local tribal populations and furthering the cause of Naxalite groups, Minister for Tribal Affairs V Kishore Chandra Deo on Wednesday advocated a ban on export of raw materials like iron ore or bauxite. Mineral resources like iron ore …
Bhawanipatna: The recent causality by Dengue outbreak in Odisha is frowning upon with several deaths being reported from various places of the state. Though not as grim as in the most affected areas like Anugul and Jharsuguda, the situation in Kalahandi–one of the backward areas of the country–does not speak …
Commodities group Glencore released its first sustainability report on Wednesday showing it paid $780,000 in major environmental fines last year and had 18 fatalities. Glencore, one of the world's largest commodities trader, promised to launch sustainability reporting during the run-up to its listing earlier this year after spending decades as …
Firm says lack of clarity in the way the state charges industry to be blamed. Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL), already struggling to get environment and forest clearances for its Orissa projects, is now faced with a new challenge. The state government’s water resources department has alleged the company’s Jharsuguda unit …
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to give details about the effluents from the Sterlite Industries’ 400,000-metric tonne copper smelter plant at Tuticorin. A bench headed by RV Raveendran also asked TNPCB to file an application specifying the polluting materials released …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to accord an early hearing to Orissa government’s plea challenging the Centre’s decision to withdraw environmental clearance given to Vedanta group firm Sterlite for its bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills. Brushing aside the state government’s plea for an early hearing to its objections …
The Supreme Court will commence the final hearing only in January 2012 on the petition by the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) challenging the withdrawal of environment clearance by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) for a Sterlite mining project in the State. This comes even as OMC had sought …
Bhubaneswar: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to accord an early hearing to the Odisha government's plea challenging the Centre's decision to withdraw environmental clearance given to Vedanta group firm Sterlite for its bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills. Brushing aside the state government's plea for an early hearing to …
With Orissa Mining Corporation Limited (OMCL) claiming that the rejection of forest clearance to its bauxite mining project at Niyamgiri hills is aimed as a rebuff to the Supreme Court’s green signal for the billion-dollar venture, the Ministry of Environment and Forests met the charge head-on. In a detailed affidavit …
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 …
Withdraws petition from green tribunal, makes fresh plea for Lanjigarh project. Nearly a month after Jairam Ramesh took over as the rural development minister, the Vedanta Group is trying to patch up with the Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) to get its projects fast-tracked. Vedanta Aluminum Ltd (VAL), an …
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday sought reply from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on the Orissa Mining Corporation’s (OMC) plea accusing former environment minister Jairam Ramesh of withdrawing environment clearance for the Vedanta Aluminium’s (VAL) project in Orissa, just a day before he demitted office to …
