The Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) on Friday assailed the action of former Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh in cancelling the approval granted to the state-owned company for bauxite mining

The exports have increased substantially in the last 2-3 years

Trade body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) has urged the Union ministry of commerce and industry to ban bauxite exports fearing closure of alumina refineries for shortage of the key raw material required to produce alumina. “India has a large and developed aluminum industry. But the industry is today at cross roads primarily owing to severe shortage of raw materials, forcing plant closure and jeopardizing employment,” Arnab Kumar Hazra, Director, Ficci wrote to SR Rao, Union Commerce Secretary.

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd today served a three-month notice on Orissa government for shutting down its Lanjigarh alumina refinery due to acute shortage of bauxite.

VAL attributed the step to the unviability of the plant in the absence of assured supply of bauxite

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of the London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, today sent a notice to the Odisha government, seeking temporary closure of its one-million tonne refinery at Lanjigarh in the Kalahandi district from December 5. The company attributed the extreme step to the economic unviability of the plant in the absence of assured supply of bauxite.

Bhubaneswar: Facing acute shortage of raw materials to run its 1 mtpa refinery at Langigarh in Kalahandi district, Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) on Wednesday said it plans to serve a closure noti

The human rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the London-stock-exchange-listed mines and metals major, Vedanta Resources Plc, of glossing over criticisms of its poor human rights recor

Vedanta Aluminium, which runs a 1 million tonne alumina refinery in Orissa’s Kalahandi district, may shut down within a fortnight due to acute shortage of bauxite.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has been experiencing scanty and erratic rain during the current monsoon across the state.

The state energy department has urged Power Finance Corporation (PFC) to obtain no objection certificate from the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) for setting up the coastal Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) at Bijayapatna under Chandbali tehsil in Bhadrak district.

The site has been zeroed in for the second UMPP in the state after field visits by PFC officials. PFC, the nodal agency for implementation of UMPPs, had also identified a few sites in Bolangir and Kalahandi districts for establishment of the third UMPP. Each of these UMPPs would have a capacity of 4,000 MW and are being taken up at an estimated investment of Rs 20,000 crore.