After 15 months of negotiations, the Aditya Birla Group has finally agreed to buy out the US firm Columbian Chemicals Company (CCC) for $875 million from One Equity Partners, the merchant banking arm of JPMorgan Chase.

SAMBALPUR: A public hearing was held by regional office of State Pollution Control Board at Rengali tehsil office to elicit views on the proposed expansion of coal mining by Hirakud complex of Hindalco.

Ranchi, Sept. 19: Existing and prospective industry and mining players of Jharkhand are apprehensive about the draft mining bill, which seeks to make them share 26 per cent of profits with locals. A group of ministers (GoM) approved the draft bill on September 17.

Speaking to The Telegraph, Jindal Steel & Power Limited

Some May Be Given To New Cos Seeking Ore Supplies
Subhash Narayan & Rohini Singh

THE government plans to re-assess mineral reserves in mines already owned by metal companies to determine whether such mines can be released to new entrants that have applied for ore supplies for proposed projects.

If finalised, the move could impact captive mining operations of metal companies such as

SAMBALPUR: A recent reply from the Rengali Tehsil office to a query under RTI Act has opened a can of worms.

Having failed to get a response on the rampant pollution due to growing industrialisation in the block, Sarpanch of Rengali gram panchayat Laxmi Narayan Sahu had sought information on land acquired by the 10 industries besides land leased out for mining on July 26.

Ranchi, Aug. 16: The Ranchi district administration has begun the process of acquiring details of government land to be transferred to Hindalco Industries Limited and JSW Steel Jharkhand Limited

Kunal Bose / July 20, 2010, 0:11 IST

BHUBANESWAR: Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group Kumaramangalam Birla today announced that the group will invest in another project at Hirakud in Sambalpur district.

KORAPUT: Hundreds of people from four panchayats of Semliguda block in Koraput district under the banner of Maliparbat Surakshya Samiti (MSS) protested Hindalco

Bhubaneswar: Hindalco Industries Ltd, the flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, is all set to set up facilities for aluminium flat and rolled products at Hirakud in Orissa with an investment of Rs 850 crore.

The project, which will have a capacity of 2.85 lakh tonne and employ about 250 persons, has been cleared by the single window committee (SWC) of the Orissa government and.

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