Industry

Lack of bauxite resources to hinder aluminium projects

Kunal Bose / December 14, 2010, 0:37 IST

One will not fail to notice the convergence of thoughts of our mines minister B K Handique and Klaus Kleinfeld, CEO of the world

Publication Date: 
14/12/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Bauxite, Aluminium Industry, Mining, Mineral-Based Industry
Industry

Responsible Aluminium Scoping Phase

Responsible Aluminium Scoping Phase Main Report, Track Record, that summarises the industry’s environmental, social and governance sustainability-related risks and opportunities. The report also underscores the need for a transparent global multi-stakeholder approach that would complement existing sustainability programmes throughout the aluminium industry.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2010
Track Record
Tags:
Aluminium Industry, Bauxite, India, Mining, Human Rights, People, Global, Statistics, Auto Industry, Carbon Dioxide
Environment

Ministry stops Vedanta's refinery expansion

NEW DELHI: The environment ministry Thursday decided to stall the six-fold expansion of London-based Vedanta's aluminium refinery and captive power plant in Orissa citing violation of environment laws and asked the state government to take legal action against the company.

The ministry had issued show cause notice to the company under the Environment Protection Act (EPA) in August this year for

Publication Date: 
22/10/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Aluminium Industry, Orissa (Odisha), Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Kalahandi, Environment, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
Dams/ Irrigation

Hungary scrambles to build new dam to plug toxic leak

Kolontar (Hungary): Workers raced to build an emergency dam in western Hungary on Sunday as cracks in a reservoir widened, threatening to unleash a second torrent of toxic sludge on the village of Kolontar and nearby rivers.

Publication Date: 
11/10/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Rivers, Aluminium Industry, Toxic Wastes, Hungary, Lung Cancer, Health Effects, Dams/ Irrigation
Pesticides And Toxins

Hungary toxic spill reaches Danube

Hungary: A toxic red sludge spill from an alumina plant in western Hungary reached the Danube river on Thursday and crews were trying to dilute it to protect the major European waterway.

Tibor Dobson, a spokesman for Hungarian disaster crews, said there were no reports of fish death in the Raba and Mosoni-Danube rivers affected by the spill earlier, but all fish had died in the smaller Marc

Publication Date: 
08/10/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Hungary, Toxic Wastes, River Pollution, Water Pollution, WWF, Industrial Waste, Aluminium Industry
Pesticides And Toxins

Toxic mud spill kills 4 in Hungary

Budapest: Hungary declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a toxic mud spill killed four people and injured 120 in what officials described as Hungary

Publication Date: 
06/10/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Pesticides And Toxins, Toxic Wastes, Hungary, Health Effects, Industrial Disasters, Aluminium Industry, Industrial Waste
Mining

Vedanta Aluminium presents its case before MoEF

In a reiteration of its earlier stand, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) told the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) that it had not breached any regulatory norms at the site of its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Orissa's Kalahandi district.

The company was today called for a personal hearing by the ministry, where it gave the supporting documents.

"Our meeting with the MoEF contin

Publication Date: 
01/10/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Vedanta Aluminium, Mining, Bauxite, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Aluminium Industry, Kalahandi
Mining

MoEF hearing on Vedantas Orissa Alumina plant today

Dilip Bisoi

Bhubaneswar: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) will conduct hearing on the issues related to the Vedanta Resources

Publication Date: 
30/09/2010
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Aluminium Industry, Vedanta Aluminium, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Orissa (Odisha), Mining, Bauxite
Mining

Suspension of mines to hit farmers living

Makkavaripalem (Visakhapatnam), Sept.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2010
Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Mining, Bauxite, Vishakhapatnam (D), Aluminium Industry, Farmers, Compensation, Andhra Pradesh
Mining

No back door entry to pvt firms for mining: Handique

Bhubaneswar: The Centre on Wednesday made it clear that it would not tolerate any back door entries by industry for seeking mines, a move that could dampen corporate efforts of forging alliances with PSUs for their mining projects.

Asked about the industrial controversies relating to mining activities like that in Odisha, Union mines minister B K Handique said that the mining lease was given to

Publication Date: 
16/09/2010
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Mining, Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi, Andhra Pradesh, Aluminium Industry, Vedanta Aluminium, Minerals

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