Kunal Bose / July 20, 2010, 0:11 IST

Bhubaneswar: The London Stock Exchange listed Vedanta Resources has to wait for some more time to source bauxite from the Niyamgiri mines for its 1 million tonne alumina plant at Lanjigarh as the state government has decided to conduct a fresh survey of the forest area to settle the claims under Forest Right Act.

AN AMAZING lack of socio-cultural sensitivity is provoking endless controversy and delaying muchneeded investment in Kalahandi, one of our most backward

VISAKHAPATNAM: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has announced a probe into all kinds of permission given so far for bauxite mining, setting up of alumina factory and allocation of wetlands in Srikakulam for setting up three thermal power projects.

BHUBANESWAR: The State government has allotted 1,214.26 cusecs of water from different river systems to industries with which it has signed Memorandum of Understandings for setting up of steel, power, cement and aluminium projects.

The draft Action Plan on Climate Change for industries has envisaged an investment of Rs 322 crore on the implementation of adaptation and mitigation measures to counter the adverse impacts of climate change.

Akshaya Kumar Saho

Orissa has more than 1,530 million tonnes of bauxite reserve, according a conservative esti- mate. Major alumi- na and aluminium producers, encour- aged by the 2010 upward swing in the world markets, have decided to increase their vol- ume of production.

India is poised for a rapid economic growth