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New Delhi:Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) on Monday challenged in the Supreme Court Jairam Ramesh’s last decision as the environment minister to withdraw clearance to Vedanta’s alumina project and bauxite mining in Niaymgiri hills in Lanjigarh, Kalahandi and Rayagada districts. A bench of by Justice R V Raveendran sought the Centre’s …
The Vedanta Group firm Sesa Goa has contested Karnataka Lokayukta’s report and said no illegal transaction was done with regard to export of iron ore as the shipments had reached the Krishnapatnam port before the ban on its transportation took effect. “The Lokayukta report has made an observation about our …
The Supreme Court today sought to ascertain the Union Government’s stand on a plea by Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) challenging the revocation of the environment clearance for a Sterlite bauxite mining project in the State. Seeking the Government’s response, a Bench of Mr Justices R.V. Raveendran and Mr Gyan Sudha …
Amnesty International (AI) has urged the Indian authorities to order the immediate clean-up of an alumina refinery in Orissa, following a high court decision to reject plans for its expansion by a subsidiary of the UK-based Vedanta Resources. The High Court of Orissa upheld the Indian government’s decision made in …
Sesa Goa, a Vedanta Group Company, is close to acquiring development rights to mine iron ore in Liberia, West Africa . The mineral potential of the Western Cluster is divided among three deposits – Bomi Hills, Bea Mountain and Mano River. $600-m investment The company is expected to get the …
The venue where metal and minerals major Vedanta Resources held its 2010-11 shareholders’ meet in London is an earshot from Westminster, the seat of the UK’s government. It was here at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in January this year former Prime Minister Tony Blair had faced the Iraq …
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
Jairam Ramesh, the minister in charge of rural development, has turned his attention to the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill almost immediately after taking charge of his new portfolio. Perhaps the alacrity with which Ramesh has focussed on the land Bill reflects the importance that the acquisition of agricultural land for …
The Orissa High Court on Tuesday rejected the plea of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) for a six-fold expansion of its one-million-tonne per annum alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa's Kalahandi district. Vedanta had filed a petition in the HC on November 12, 2010, praying to quash the order of the …
Judgement passed on 19.07.2011 by the Hon'ble High Court of Orissa, Cuttack in case of W.P.(C) No.19605 of 2010 in the matter of Vedanta Aluminium Limited Vs Union of India, regarding expansion of Alumina plant and Captive Power Plant at Lanjigarh in Orissa.
Bhubaneswar: Observing that environment must be protected by all means, new Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan on Sunday said that she would ensure speedy decisions on major projects like Posco and Vedanta. In an interview to a national news channel, she said that there should be clarity on …
Just about a year after his open support for the Dongaria Kondh tribals in Niyamgiri who are protesting the mining of bauxite by Vedanta Alumina, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lent his support to the people facing displacement by the 12 million tonne Posco project in Orissa
New Delhi The new mining Bill cleared by a group of ministers last week envisaging direct benefit to people from the minerals underneath the land they own, also has a provision for setting up a clutch of ultra mega mining plants (UMMPs) in the country. As per the proposal, state …
This report highlights deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) undertaken by Vedanta Resources Plc for its proposed bauxite mine in Niyamgiri, Orissa, its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa, and the proposed expansion of this refinery. Vedanta Resources Plc is a UK-registered mining company with strong Indian connections. It owns …
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 …
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources Plc, today said it has invested Rs 40,000 crore in its Orissa projects and aims to achieve 3,615 MW of generation capacity at its Jharsuguda power plants by the end of next year. "So far, we have achieved 2,415 …
