Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ranu Bala Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 05/05/2025. The applicant has alleged illegal felling of trees by the project proponent, a real estate developer company. The allegation of the applicant was that the project proponent has violated the norms by …
After 15 months of negotiations, the Aditya Birla Group has finally agreed to buy out the US firm Columbian Chemicals Company (CCC) for $875 million from One Equity Partners, the merchant banking arm of JPMorgan Chase. This has catapulted the group to become the world leader in carbon black with …
SAMBALPUR: A public hearing was held by regional office of State Pollution Control Board at Rengali tehsil office to elicit views on the proposed expansion of coal mining by Hirakud complex of Hindalco. The company aims at enhancing production from the present 1.5 million tonne (MT) to 3 MT at …
Ranchi, Sept. 19: Existing and prospective industry and mining players of Jharkhand are apprehensive about the draft mining bill, which seeks to make them share 26 per cent of profits with locals. A group of ministers (GoM) approved the draft bill on September 17. Speaking to The Telegraph, Jindal Steel …
Some May Be Given To New Cos Seeking Ore Supplies Subhash Narayan & Rohini Singh THE government plans to re-assess mineral reserves in mines already owned by metal companies to determine whether such mines can be released to new entrants that have applied for ore supplies for proposed projects. If …
SAMBALPUR: A recent reply from the Rengali Tehsil office to a query under RTI Act has opened a can of worms. Having failed to get a response on the rampant pollution due to growing industrialisation in the block, Sarpanch of Rengali gram panchayat Laxmi Narayan Sahu had sought information on …
Ranchi, Aug. 16: The Ranchi district administration has begun the process of acquiring details of government land to be transferred to Hindalco Industries Limited and JSW Steel Jharkhand Limited
Kunal Bose / July 20, 2010, 0:11 IST An engaging priority of car makers worldwide is to go on reducing vehicle weight so that fuel consumption is brought down. The goal is environment protection. One way to go about the task is to seek substitution of steel by lighter weight …
BHUBANESWAR: Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group Kumaramangalam Birla today announced that the group will invest in another project at Hirakud in Sambalpur district. Birla met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik at the Secretariat here today and discussed the group
KORAPUT: Hundreds of people from four panchayats of Semliguda block in Koraput district under the banner of Maliparbat Surakshya Samiti (MSS) protested Hindalco
Bhubaneswar: Hindalco Industries Ltd, the flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, is all set to set up facilities for aluminium flat and rolled products at Hirakud in Orissa with an investment of Rs 850 crore. The project, which will have a capacity of 2.85 lakh tonne and employ about …
Records of hazardous waste generated by the unit were not maintained Hazardous waste was being produced during several steps in production of aluminium. Waste from pots, or vessels in which final chemical reaction to produce aluminium takes place, was found containing cyanide and fluoride beyond permissible limits Waste produced by …
SAMBALPUR: Notwithstanding numerous notices served by State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), aluminum producer Hindalco has failed to act on hazardous waste management. The wastes are reportedly generated by Hindalco
A Hindalco bauxite mine in Lohardaga Movement of bauxite from the mines of Hindalco Industries Limited came to a grinding halt today as thousands of RJD supporters gheraoed several establishments of the company in Lohardaga and Palamau districts. The blockade began at around 10am and continued till late in the …
The single window clearance authority (SWCA) Thursday deferred giving clearance to two thermal power projects and a special economic zone (SEZ) proposal of Hindalco Industries Limited (HIL) and asked the companies to re-apply with complete details on the projects. The two thermal power projects proposed to be set up by …
KORAPUT: Tension gripped Hindalco Maliparbat mines following a group clash between two groups of workers. Six persons were injured. Police have arrested 18 persons and forwarded them to court. Sources said about 200 pro-Hindalco activists from Kankadaamba village attacked Maliguda villagers, who are anti-Hindalco, while they were distributing leaflets to …
UCIL's bauxite mine project: Assistance from rapid action force was sought to conduct public hearing. No environmental issue was taken up during the hearing Tata's iron ore mine extension project: Tata blocked roads leading to the hearing venue, Noamundi village, with the help of the district administration. It passed off …
Fluoride concentration in rocks and soil are well documented, but data on the F concentration in coal are limited. In present paper, fluoride were monitored in rain water during rainy season at 7 location of Singrauli region in 2004. The sampling location were covered the impact of industrial complex of …
