Reliance Power Ltd and Essar Power Ltd will have to wait for some more time to secure clearances for coal blocks in Chhattrasal and Mahan respectively in Madhya Pradesh, allocated for their ultra m

The government on Thursday decided to relocate the Rs 10,000-crore Karanpura power plant, being set up in Jharkhand by NTPC Ltd, and laid the blueprint for faster environment clearance for two coal blocks of private power producers.

The decisions were taken by a 12-member Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. The blocks, Mahan and Chhatrasal, had been hanging fire for the past two years as they fell under the “no-go” regions demarcated by the environment ministry when it was headed by Jairam Ramesh.

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has slapped Rs 13.77 crore penalty on Hindalco for unauthorised sale and inept handling of anode butts which are generated as waste fro

Green clearance to coal blocks allocated to ultra mega power projects of companies such as Reliance Power, Essar and Adani are likely to be taken up by the ministerial panel on March 1.

MD assures portfolio of aluminium, copper will help the company in difficult times

Aluminium, on the London Metal Exchange (LME), has been falling since the beginning of the year. So has been the core earnings of Hindalco Industries and in turn, the profits. The company maintains that its two businesses, aluminium and copper, complement each other well. D Bhattacharya, managing director, Hindalco Industries, says,

Projects of over two dozen corporates, including NTPC, Coal India, Hindalco, Essar and Adani, to be fast-tracked

With Coal India Limited (CIL) having hiked its coal prices under a new mechanism, public and private power producers along with other economic sectors have warned of a considerable escalation in po

Ten miners operating in Orissa are in the dock for violation of the Environment Protection Act, 1986. Among them are Hindalco Industries, Essel Mining & Industries, Serajuddin & Company and B C Dagra.

The state government has asked the district collectors concerned to initiate legal action against the errant miners by invoking Section 19 of the Act, known as EPA.

BHUBANESWAR: The Aditya Birla Group-owned Hindalco Industries Ltd at Hirakud has landed in trouble for inept handling of hazardous waste and its unauthorised disposal.