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Vedanta gives Rs 10 crore bank guarantee to state pollution board
03 NOV 20101MINS

Vedanta gives Rs 10 crore bank guarantee to state pollution board

...Keeping in line with the order of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF), Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) has provided Rs OSPCB10 crore bank guarantee to the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) as a safeguard against implementation of environmental protection measures at its...

OMC seeks AG's opinion on Niyamgiri
29 OCT 20101MINS

OMC seeks AG's opinion on Niyamgiri

...The Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) has sought legal opinion of the Advocate General of the state on the issue of rejection of Stage-II forest clearance by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on proposed bauxite mining by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) at Niyamgiri hills...

Cost pressures restrict Sterlite Q2 profit to Rs 1,008 crore
27 OCT 20101MINS

Cost pressures restrict Sterlite Q2 profit to Rs 1,008 crore

...Sterlite Industries today posted a 5 per cent jump in second quarter profit to Rs 1,008 crore, even as high input costs took a toll on its bottomline. "There was high cost pressure as a result of the increase in coal prices and the need to import alumina," Vedanta Resources CEO M S Mehta said...

Jharkhand asked to check illegal bauxite mining
26 OCT 20101MINS

Jharkhand asked to check illegal bauxite mining

...Sify reported that after stalling the expansion plan of the alumina refinery and captive power plant of Vedanta Aluminium Limited, the union ministry of environment and forests has now trained its guns on 14 mines in Jharkhand supplying bauxite to feed the company's refinery plant...

Orissa unlikely to take stringent action against Vedanta
25 OCT 20101MINS

Orissa unlikely to take stringent action against Vedanta

...The Orissa government is unlikely to take stringent action against Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) which has proceeded ahead with expansion work on its alumina refinery plant at Lanjigarh without prior environmental clearance...

Vedanta Refinery Expansion Plan Rejected by India Citing Forestry <b>...</b>
21 OCT 20101MINS

Vedanta Refinery Expansion Plan Rejected by India Citing Forestry <b>...</b>

... India rejected Vedanta Resources Plc's proposal to expand its alumina refinery complex in the country, according to a notice from the ...

India to halt Vedanta refinery expansion -reports
20 OCT 20101MINS

India to halt Vedanta refinery expansion -reports

...India has decided to halt Vedanta Resources' (VED.L) plans to expand its alumina refinery in eastern India, newspapers reported on Wednesday, after the environment ministry found "serious violations" of green laws...

Vedanta decision this week
20 OCT 20101MINS

Vedanta decision this week

...The environment ministry will decide this week whether Vedanta Resources will be allowed to run its aluminum refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa, or not, by end of this week. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh in August had cancelled environment clearance of Orissa Mining Corporation, which was...

Another accident at BALCO
11 OCT 20101MINS

Another accident at BALCO

...BS reported that another industrial accident had hit Vedanta controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited in Korba as a heavy iron gate at fabrication shop crashed killing a contract worker and injuring two others...

Now, Vedanta lands in mining row in Chhattisgarh
11 OCT 20101MINS

Now, Vedanta lands in mining row in Chhattisgarh

...After the Niyamgiri ban, a controversy is brewing in Chhattisgarh over bauxite mining by Vedanta Resources, the UK-based mining conglomerate, in the Maikal hill ranges in Kawardha district with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into alleged large-scale infringement of green and tribal...

Vedanta Resources Cuts Spending Plan After Failing to Win Orissa Approval
08 OCT 20101MINS

Vedanta Resources Cuts Spending Plan After Failing to Win Orissa Approval

...edanta Resources Plc, controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, will cut its spending program by as much as $2 billion over the next two years after failing to get clearance to mine bauxite at Niyamgiri in India’s Orissa state...

Vedanta Resources Wins Gujarat <em>Bauxite</em> Mine Contract, Economic <b>...</b>
06 OCT 20101MINS

Vedanta Resources Wins Gujarat <em>Bauxite</em> Mine Contract, Economic <b>...</b>

... Vedanta Resources Plc has won a contract from India's western Gujarat state to mine 570000 tons of bauxite , the Economic Times reported, ...

GMDC to sell 5 lakh tonnes of bauxite to Vedanta
06 OCT 20101MINS

GMDC to sell 5 lakh tonnes of bauxite to Vedanta

...The Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation Ltd (GMDC) has signed an agreement with the Mr Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Resources for sale of 5.07 lakh tonnes of medium-grade bauxite, for the latter's alumina plant in Orissa...

Vedanta Resources Wins Gujarat Bauxite Mine Contract, Economic Times Says
06 OCT 20101MINS

Vedanta Resources Wins Gujarat Bauxite Mine Contract, Economic Times Says

...Vedanta Resources Plc has won a contract from India’s western Gujarat state to mine 570,000 tons of bauxite, the Economic Times reported, citing Gujarat Mineral Development Corp. managing director V.S. Gadhvi...

Vedanta Aluminium presents supporting documents to MoEF
01 OCT 20101MINS

Vedanta Aluminium presents supporting documents to MoEF

...Vedanta Aluminium presents supporting documents to MoEF BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar October 1, 2010, 0:07 IST In a reiteration of its earlier stand, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) has stated before the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) that it has not violated any...

A year after chimney collapse,Balco probe remains muddled
24 SEPT 20101MINS

A year after chimney collapse,Balco probe remains muddled

...The day when the workers in the Vedanta-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company Limited were commemorating the first anniversary of the chimney disaster, the company was busy engaging the judicial commission constituted to probe the incident...

Steel Guru : NEAA suspends green nod to Vedanta <em>bauxite</em> mining <b>...</b>
23 SEPT 20101MINS

Steel Guru : NEAA suspends green nod to Vedanta <em>bauxite</em> mining <b>...</b>

... 166022 - 2010-09-19 - Vedanta Resources got another jolt on Friday with the National Environment Appellate Authority suspending the green ...

Steel Guru : Orissa mulls three options on Niyamgiri - 166166 <b>...</b>
23 SEPT 20101MINS

Steel Guru : Orissa mulls three options on Niyamgiri - 166166 <b>...</b>

... Since the Niyamgiri bauxite mines project is being implemented as per the guidelines of the Supreme Court, the state government is also ...