Hyderabad In a fresh setback to Vedanta Aluminium (VAL), an associate company of the globally-diversified mining group Vedanta Resources, the environment ministry has put off the issue of terms of

BHUBANESWAR: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has sanctioned stage-II and final level clearance to National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) for diversion of 110.3 hectares of forest land f

Controversy over the issue of environmental clearance to Vedanta for bauxite mining in Niyamgari hills in Odisha has deepened further.

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 Jindal Power Ltd, who had recently got a green nod for their projects.

CUTTACK: The expansion plan of Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL) for its refinery and captive power plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district has hit a major roadblock.

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources PLC, will invest about . 10,000 crore to complete its aluminium smelter and independent power plants at Jharsuguda.
The company has so far invested around. 40,000-crore in its Lanjigarh and Jharsuguda projects in Orissa.

Hindalco Industries, the country's largest aluminium producer, has received the final forest clearance for its proposed 1.5-million-tonne, Rs 6,000-crore alumina refinery project in Orissa

Hong Kong China on Wednesday called on central and provincial authorities to stop approving the construction of new aluminium smelting capacity in a circular posted on a government website.

Nine ministries and departments jointly issued the circular, which reiterates Beijing's policy of restricting aluminium capacity.

Damanjodi (Orissa)Thirty years of mining has taken place in the area, but it has left no scars in Damanjodi, in Orissa