Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday said the mines ministry had moved a note for the sale of the government’s residual stake in Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) and Bharat Aluminium (Balco). The matter would go to the Cabinet and the finance ministry would give its views in due course, he …
Anil Agarwal's Vedanta group has offered to sweeten its offers for acquiring the remaining government stakes in Hindustan Zinc (HZL) and Balco. The group may shell out over Rs 21,000 crore, up to 25 per cent more than planned earlier, for buying the government's remaining stakes in HZL and Balco …
With the monsoon below normal this year and particularly patchy across a few regions, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra are exploring cloud-seeding options to bring rains. The India Meteorological Department has forecast a 23% deficient monsoon this year. Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Resources' subsidiary and the world’s largest manufacturer of zinc, …
Hindustan Zinc plans to plant 70,000 saplings at its Rampura Agucha zinc mine in Rajasthan. This was part of the company's green initiative to plant one lakh saplings in the next seven days. Hindustan Zinc already houses over 12 lakh plantation in and around its business locations. Inaugurating the company's …
Hindustan Zinc has decided to plant one lakh saplings at its sites in Rajasthan to mark World Environment Day. Its zinc-producing mine at Rampura Agucha in Bhilwara district has started plantation of 70,000 saplings as part of the ambitious drive. Inaugurating the drive on Tuesday, Bhilwara Collector Onkar Singh said …
Hindustan Zinc, a Vedanta Group company, has joined hands with Rajasthan Government to build a sewage treatment plant (STP) in Udaipur with an investment of Rs 170 crore. A tripartite agreement was signed recently between Hindustan Zinc, Udaipur Municipal Corporation (UMC) and state-government owned Urban Improvement Trust. The 20 million …
Billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Group has offered Rs 17,000 crore ($3.4 billion) to buy the government’s remaining stakes in Hindustan Zinc Ltd and Bharat Aluminium Co, a ministry official said. A panel of bureaucrats from ministries, including law, corporate affairs, finance and mining, met yesterday and decided to seek the …
The successfully concluded $8.48-billion Cairn-Vedanta deal has come “under cloud” following instances of serious human rights violations, default of payment, environmental damage in its mining and metal projects in India, as pointed by the Internal Security section of the Home Ministry against Vedanta and its group of companies. Following the …
Nearly 15 months after first announcing the deal, Vedanta Resources on Thursday announced the completion of its acquisition of a controlling stake in Cairn India. Vedanta has acquired 58.5 per cent in Cairn India for a total consideration of $8.67 billion, the third-largest acquisition ever by an Indian enterprise globally. …
The Home Ministry has given its approval to London-listed miner Vedanta Resources' buying majority stake in Cairn India for $8.7 billion. The Home Ministry, while giving the security no-objection certificate (NOC), highlighted eight areas of concern, including 64 legal proceedings against Vedanta and its subsidiaries in various courts, sources privy …
Environment minister Jayanthi Natar-ajan can’t easily disown the legacy of her predecessor, it seems. Her ministry has hardened its stand on the demand for release of coal blocks for mining in thickly forested areas in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, a move that could adversely impact at least three dozen …
Ending a federal tax break for wind farms in India, the largest market for turbines after China and the US, would cause a $540 million drop in demand just as suppliers including General Electric (GE) expand local capacity. Wind park installations may fall 15% in the financial year starting April …
Increase in the global greenhouse gases emission drastically increases the hot weather. Due to mismanagement of waste and natural resources, we have already experienced several warning from global warming and climate change. Waste are indeed wasted resources, at this juncture, it is imperative to leverage the R&D; organizations expertise, technologies …
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 …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai April 6, 2010, 0:37 IST The fate of industrial projects worth over Rs 60,000 crore will be decided by an expert committee of the environment ministry at a two-day meeting beginning Wednesday. The committee will take up 32 new proposals, including modernisation and expansion of steel, …
four villages affected by pollution emanating from the Hindustan Zinc Limited ( hzl ) in Gujuwaka in Visakhapatnam, will be shifted to a safer place if the government implements the recommendations made by the assembly committee on petitions, headed by deputy speaker N M Farooq. The villagers suffered from innumerable …
