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 …
Debabrata mohanty Bhubaneswar: The controversial Vedanta University project, proposed to built on Puri-Konark marine drive, has been pushed into limbo after the environment and forests ministry on Tuesday decided to keep the conditional environmental and coastal regulatory zone (CRZ) clearance in abeyance over allegations of irregularities, illegal and unlawful deeds …
Akshaya Kumar Saho Orissa has more than 1,530 million tonnes of bauxite reserve, according a conservative esti- mate. Major alumi- na and aluminium producers, encour- aged by the 2010 upward swing in the world markets, have decided to increase their vol- ume of production. THE MAMMOTH bauxite reserve of Orissa …
Metals & Mining Major Plans To Buy Govt Stakes In Balco By August & In Hindustan Zinc Subsequently Our Bureau MUMBAI VEDANTA Resources, the LSE-listed metals and mining major, on Thursday said its consolidated net profit for the full fiscal year rose threefold to $602.3 million (about Rs 2,710 crore …
The Orissa government is acquiring land for "Anil Agarwal Foundation" for the proposed Vedanta University just at a distance of 30 meters from the boundary of Balukhand-Konark Sanctuary, though there is a strict bar for any process of operation like the above within a belt of five kilometre width from …
Vedanta University Project is the biggest land grab in the State of Orissa surpassing those in case of any industry planned by the reigning government so far. The MoU signed for the university has placed both Vedanta Foundation, renamed as Anil Agarwal Foundation in 50 days of signing the MoU, …
The government is considering a proposal to make it mandatory for companies like Vedanta Resources and ArcelorMittal to offer shares to those displaced by their future mining projects. But the move is being opposed by the industry. Mining body, the Federation of Indian Mineral Industry (Fimi), described the proposal as …
Visual sophistry of James Cameron’s Avatar may have got it Oscars in technical categories, but many say the film’s plot was all too familiar. For the Dongria Kondh, a tribe in Orissa, the story is not merely confined to history books or 3-D movie screens. The narrative is their nightmare. …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has confirmed mining corporation Vedanta violated forest laws and tribal rights in Orissa’s Kalahandi district. Reports uploaded on the ministry website in March said work has started in anticipation of forest clearance for mining which is a violation of the ministry guidelines. The …
Vedanta wants flat-top mountain massif, but locals say it is the abode of their god KALAHANDI has always captured the national imagination, but never for the right reasons. Recurring poverty deaths and reports about entire communities surviving on mango kernels defined this predominantly tribal district in southern Orissa for decades. …
As a part of its continuing effort to promote and inculcate health consciousness and well-being among the community people and plant personnel, the World Health Day was observed by the Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) at Jharsuguda. On this occasion, health, hygiene and sanitation related awareness programmes and seminars were conducted …
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London April 09, 2010, 0:56 IST Vedanta Resources, the UK-based mining and metals major, today reported a record quarterly production of iron ore and aluminum for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2010. In a statement issued today, the company said iron ore production in the …
Rishi Raj, Rajat Guha : Vedanta Aluminium is in the thick of allegations of having violated Forests Act by carrying out construction near its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa. However, in an interview with FE's Rajat Guha and Rishi Raj, the company's chief operating officer Mukesh Kumar denied all …
Bhubaneswar: Vedanta University, the world class university project of the Anil Agarwal Foundation, has landed up in further trouble with the Orissa Lok Pal directing a vigilance probe into the land deals. Lok Pal justice PKPatra has directed the government to probe if the handover of the Puri Jagannath temple …
New Delhi: Orissa government has come out in favour of the controversial Vedanta group with the BJD government in the state opposing the views of a central committee that bauxite mining in Lanjigarh were being carried out in violation of SC orders, the Forest Rights Act and the Forest Conservation …
PLANS by Vedanta Resources to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri in Orissa, already delayed by vehement protests from non-governmental organisations, seem likely to suffer further damage
The Dongria Kondh tribe who live in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa do not normally go to the top of the bauxite-rich slopes. The hilltop is considered sacred, the place where their presiding deity Niyam Raja (literally, the King of Law), or the Universal Lawgiver, is said to reside, and …
