Vedanta Aluminium brings 4 AI Control Towers into logistics, safety and plant maintenance
Vedanta Aluminium is using artificial intelligence (AI) and other digital tools across its operations as part of its efforts to improve day-to-day decision-making, logistics, safety and equipment monitoring. At BALCO in Korba, Vedanta Aluminium has introduced four AI-enabled Control Towers to keep...
Vedanta Aluminium shares rise as the group denies stake-sale speculation
Vedanta Aluminium shares gained 3.32 per cent after Vedanta Resources denied speculation that it planned to sell its stake in the aluminium business, while brokerages maintained bullish views on the stock. Vedanta Aluminium came into focus after its parent, Vedanta Resources, dismissed reports and...
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Vedanta may apply afresh for green nod
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...
Govt mulls nod for Vedanta's refinery plans
It is not end of the road for Vedanta Aluminum Resources Ltd as the environment ministry is considering the company's fresh application to allow six-fold expansion of the refinery. The Orissa high court on Tuesday had upheld the ministry's decision to quash terms of reference for expansion of the...
Court rejects Vedanta plea for alumina refinery expansion
The Orissa High Court Tuesday dismissed a petition of Vedanta Aluminum Ltd which sought to quash the central government's notification stalling expansion of its refinery project in the state, a lawyer said.
Aviva to withhold support at miner Vedanta's AGM
Asset manager Aviva Investors still has concerns over miner Vedanta's social conscience and corporate governance standards, despite a high-profile campaign last year that saw the group under pressure from shareholders and activists. Aviva, small but vocal shareholder in Vedanta, said on Friday it...
Ramesh seals Vedanta fate, now courts to decide
Sealing the fate of Vedanta's bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri hills of Orissa, Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh cancelled the environmental clearance as well on Monday. He had rejected the forest clearance in an order in August 2010. Ramesh's decision came after TOI had reported that...
Vedanta recovers Vanadium from Red Mud, denies any discharge to river
In what appears to be technological break, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), the Indian arm of London based Vedanta Resources Ltd, is recovering import-substitute Vanadium from effluent red-mud from its alumina refinery project at Lajigarh minting gold from its mud-to-money (MTM) programme. The...
India Says No Green Nod for Vedanta's Bauxite Mine
Vedanta Resources PLC's bauxite mining project in eastern India hasn't received environmental clearance, the government said over the weekend. Reacting to a Times of India report that an environment panel has reviewed and cleared the project in Orissa state's remote Niyamgiri hills, India's...
Vedanta mine plan back on track?
Could Vedanta's aluminium refinery and bauxite mining project be looking at a second lease of life? A sub-committee of the environment ministry has given the go-ahead to mining the Niyamgiri hills, months after Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh had put the refinery project on hold for...
Indian court to rule on Vedanta's alumina expansion project July 4
India's Orissa High Court is expected to decide on July 4 whether Vedanta Resources may be allowed to resume work on an alumina expansion project that has been suspended since last October, a Vedanta executive said Tuesday. Vedanta was in the process of expanding its 1 million mt/year alumina...
Indian Vedanta Aluminum plans to expand production capacity by 50pct
Reportedly, Indian V Vedanta Aluminium planned to pour INR 35 billion to expand its production capacity by 50% considering to the rising aluminum prices and increasing demand. Mr Mukesh Kumar head of Vedanta Aluminium indicated that its annual production capacity in its Orissa’s smelter would reach...
Vedanta Aluminium creates new National record in Vessel loading
Bhubaneswar: Vedanta Aluminium Limited, a subsidiary of London stock exchange listed Vedanta Resources Plc, created a new national record at Kandla Port in bauxite loading. The company achieved this feat along with the handling agent SVCT Pvt. Ltd. The new record was created when 36400 MT bauxite...
Vedanta Aluminium creates new National record in Vessel loading
Bhubaneswar: Vedanta Aluminium Limited, a subsidiary of London stock exchange listed Vedanta Resources Plc, created a new national record at Kandla Port in bauxite loading. The company achieved this feat along with the handling agent SVCT Pvt. Ltd. The new record was created when 36400 MT bauxite...
Vedanta’s green measures at Lanjigarh okayed
Less than eight months after putting a blanket ban on a capacity expansion programme by Vedanta Aluminum at Lanjigarh in Orissa, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests has cleared antipollution measures taken by the metals major. A team comprising officials from the ministry and the Orissa...
Vedanta to invest Rs 10,000 cr more to complete Jharsuguda power projects
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources PLC, will invest about Rs 10,000 crore to complete its aluminium smelter and independent power plants at Jharsuguda. The company has so far invested around Rs 40,000-crore in its Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda projects in Orissa....
Vedanta to invest Rs 10,000 cr more to complete Jharsuguda power projects
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources PLC, will invest about Rs 10,000 crore to complete its aluminium smelter and independent power plants at Jharsuguda. The company has so far invested around Rs 40,000-crore in its Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda projects in Orissa....
Vedanta to invest Rs 10,000 cr more to complete Jharsuguda power projects
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources PLC, will invest about Rs 10,000 crore to complete its aluminium smelter and independent power plants at Jharsuguda. The company has so far invested around Rs 40,000-crore in its Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda projects in Orissa....
Vedanta organizes Green March program in Lanjigarh on World Environment Day
Orissa Diary reported that loud slogans to care environment and to plant trees were heard from hundreds of school children and local leaders of Lanjigarh periphery area who participated in a Green March organized by Vedanta Aluminum Limited, Lanjigarh to mark the World Environment Day 2011. Dr...
Harbor IntelControversial Mining Giant Vedanta Taps Senjam For New Global Comms Role Asia Pacific, Global ligence aluminum prices still in correction
Controversial mining firm Vedanta has created a new global comms leadership role, as it bids to rehabilitate a reputation that has been dogged by numerous environmental and human rights allegations. The company, founded in India but now headquartered and listed in London, has poached Senjam Raj...
