State-run caustic soda major Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL) has joined hands with National Aluminium Company (Nalco) for setting up 200,000 tonnes per annum (TPA) caustic soda project at Dahej in Gujarat.

"The feasibility report for the proposed project is currently on and is likely to be completed by October-November this year. GACL will have majority stake in the project, which will come up at Dahej in Gujarat," said MS Dagur, managing director, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd, which is the largest caustic soda manufacturer in India.

Bhubaneswar: Taking forward its plans to industrialise the state, the Odisha government today approved investments worth Rs 26,076 crore in different sectors including that of aluminium major Nalco

BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to give a boost to the pace of industrialisation in the State, the High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday approved investme

VAL attributed the step to the unviability of the plant in the absence of assured supply of bauxite

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of the London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, today sent a notice to the Odisha government, seeking temporary closure of its one-million tonne refinery at Lanjigarh in the Kalahandi district from December 5. The company attributed the extreme step to the economic unviability of the plant in the absence of assured supply of bauxite.

Anil Agarwal's Vedanta group has offered to sweeten its offers for acquiring the remaining government stakes in Hindustan Zinc (HZL) and Balco.

Bhubaneswar: The crisis faced by Nalco at its Angul plant is due to its own failure, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) alleged today.

On April 26, 2010, Chhattisgarh additional secretary (law) Ravishankar Sharma wrote to the government’s additional standing counsel in Delhi, Aniruddh P Mai: “The state government has decided to fi

The global demand for bauxite, from which the aluminium smelter feedstock alumina is derived, is likely to rise at an annual rate of 6.9 per cent from 220 million tonnes (mt) in 2011 to 750 mt in 2

The Himachal Pradesh government has cleared a proposal for setting up two industrial units which are likely to bring in investments worth Rs 215 crore. The Rs 196 crore unit of Indian Tecnomac company will manufacture aluminum granules and quick lime which is likely to generate 624 jobs.

The Rs 19 crore project of Panacea Biotech would expand its operations in the state and would open 52 jobs vacancies, a spokesman for the state government said.