Bhubaneswar: London-based mining major Vedanta Resources on Wednesday requested the Orissa government for allotment of an alternative bauxite mines in view of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) denying it access to the Niyamgiri reserves in Kalahandi district.
The chief operating officer of Vedanta Alumina (VAL) Mukesh Kumar, met the Orissa steel & mines minister, Rathunath Moh
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government is in no hurry to allot alternative mines to Vedanta Resources even though the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) has denied access to bauxite reserves in Niyamgiri hills of Kalahandi district.
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government will find it tough to provide another mining site to Vedanta Resources, which was denied permission to mine bauxite in Niyamgiri Hills, a top company official said on Monday.
Bhubaneswar: Taking a dig at the unilateral decision of the Centre to give go-ahead signal to the contentious Polavarm project in Andhra Pradesh, BJD Rajya Sabha MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra on Thursday said that a protest meeting will be held in Malkangiri district soon.
Briefing newsmen here, Mohapatra, while terming the Centre
Bhubaneswar: The ministry of environment and forest on Wednesday issued show cause notice to Vedanta Aluminum Ltd asking as to why the Stage II environment clearance should be given and why its six million expansion proposal of its aluminum refinery should not be stopped.
Just a few days ago, the ministry had rejected Vedanta
