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HC judgment on Vedanta plea deferred
01 MAR 20111MINS

HC judgment on Vedanta plea deferred

...The Orissa High Court on Monday reserved its judgment on the writ petition filed by Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) challenging the stalling of its expansion project at Lanjigarh by the Union ministry of environment and forests. The HC bench of Chief Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice B N...

Government going bania comes at a cost
28 FEB 20111MINS

Government going bania comes at a cost

...In 2001, Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. (Sterlite) won a bid in response to an auction by the Government of India, the ownership of 51 per cent of Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (Balco), an unlisted public limited company. As was the wont of the government’s disinvestment programme, the...

How Posco got the green nod & Vedanta got stuck
11 FEB 20111MINS

How Posco got the green nod & Vedanta got stuck

... Both are mining projects in Orissa and both involve diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes. So how could environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh allow forest diversion in Posco's case last fortnight after he had done just the opposite in Vedanta's five months earlier? ...

Steel Guru : Vedanta Zambia unit to list on LSE this year - 190294  <b>...</b>
10 FEB 20111MINS

Steel Guru : Vedanta Zambia unit to list on LSE this year - 190294 <b>...</b>

... Vedanta seeks government help for sourcing bauxite . 0blt1. Vedanta Resources Zambia unit raise copper output ...

Orissa: Vedanta Aluminium develops New Ambodala railway station buildingspositive demand
10 FEB 20111MINS

Orissa: Vedanta Aluminium develops New Ambodala railway station buildingspositive demand

...Rayagada: The Ambodala railway station, 84 km from Rayagada, now has a newly-built waiting room, a VIP guestroom, a room for the Station Manager, a separate restroom for the guards and drivers and a new garden at the station premises, thanks to the Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), Lanjigarh, for...

Orissa: Vedanta Aluminium develops New Ambodala railway station buildingspositive demand
10 FEB 20111MINS

Orissa: Vedanta Aluminium develops New Ambodala railway station buildingspositive demand

...Rayagada: The Ambodala railway station, 84 km from Rayagada, now has a newly-built waiting room, a VIP guestroom, a room for the Station Manager, a separate restroom for the guards and drivers and a new garden at the station premises, thanks to the Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), Lanjigarh, for...

Vedanta Zambia unit to list on LSE this year
10 FEB 20111MINS

Vedanta Zambia unit to list on LSE this year

...Reuters reported that Konkola Copper Mines, the Zambian unit of London listed miner Vedanta is likely to list in London this year after delaying its float from 2010...

Centre insists on fresh proposal from Vedanta Aluminum over expansion plan
03 FEB 20111MINS

Centre insists on fresh proposal from Vedanta Aluminum over expansion plan

... The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Wednesday insisted that the company furnish a fresh proposal to obtain environmental clearance for its expansion bid. .... Ministry in the Orissa High Court in response to a writ petition filed by the Vedanta Aluminum Limited (VAL)...

Centre insists on fresh Vedanta proposal for expansion bid
03 FEB 20111MINS

Centre insists on fresh Vedanta proposal for expansion bid

... Vedanta Alumina Refinery in Orissa''sKalahandi district, the Centre today insisted that the companyshould furnish a fresh proposal to obtain environmentalclearance for such a bid. ...

Vedanta explorings other bauxite sources, says top officials
02 FEB 20111MINS

Vedanta explorings other bauxite sources, says top officials

... LANJIGARH: Hopeful of Central nod for six-fold expansion for its alumina refinery here soon, Vedanta today said it was also exploring various bauxite ...

Vedanta seeks govt help for sourcing bauxite?
02 FEB 20111MINS

Vedanta seeks govt help for sourcing bauxite?

... Vedanta Aluminium on Tuesday sought the Orissa government's intervention for leasing out a bauxite mine in Kalahandi district, close to the company's alumina refinery at Lanjigarh. ...

Vedanta seeks govt help for sourcing bauxite?
02 FEB 20111MINS

Vedanta seeks govt help for sourcing bauxite?

... Vedanta Aluminium on Tuesday sought the Orissa government's intervention for leasing out a bauxite mine in Kalahandi district, close to the company's alumina refinery at Lanjigarh. ...

Vedanta to establish science college in Orissa
31 JAN 20111MINS

Vedanta to establish science college in Orissa

...Lanjigarh (Orissa), Jan 30 (PTI) Even as its proposedRs 15,000 crore university project hit roadblocks, Vedantagroup today said they will set up a state-of-the-art sciencecollege near its alumina refinery here...

Vedanta copper and aluminium production update for Q3
31 JAN 20111MINS

Vedanta copper and aluminium production update for Q3

...During Q3, copper cathode production at the Tuticorin smelter was 7% lower at 79,000 tonnes due to a temporary shutdown following the High Court order issued at the end of September 2010...

Vedanta illegally mining in Yercaud: Experts
24 JAN 20111MINS

Vedanta illegally mining in Yercaud: Experts

...Clinching facts about the illegitimacy of Vedanta’s continued bauxite mining activity in Yercaud even after closing down its aluminum plant in Mettur and consequent loss to the government was reported in a report released by a fact-finding team of the Social Research, and Legal Advocacy Society...

Ramesh's Vedanta compromise?
21 JAN 20111MINS

Ramesh's Vedanta compromise?

... Jairam Ramesh is willing to consider a compromise with Anil Agarwal promoted Vedanta Resources provided they withdraw the case against the ministry’s order refusing expansion to company’s aluminum refinery in Orissa. ....

Vedanta will not reapply for Orissa aluminium smelter expansion
21 JAN 20111MINS

Vedanta will not reapply for Orissa aluminium smelter expansion

... London based Vedanta Group today said it was not going to apply afresh for green clearance to expand its aluminium refinery project in Orissa Kalahandi district, even after being advised by the Union environment and forests ministry to do so. ...

Rights body monitor to probe displacement in Lanjigarh  Read more: Rights body monitor to probe displacement in Lanjigarh
20 JAN 20111MINS

Rights body monitor to probe displacement in Lanjigarh Read more: Rights body monitor to probe displacement in Lanjigarh

...The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) will soon send its special rapporteur to study displacement of people at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district due to Vedanta's refinery plant and the problems faced by them. Read more: Rights body monitor to probe displacement in Lanjigarh - The Times of...