With locals protesting against Hindalco’s move to mine Mali Parbat, the contractor who was working on making the mine operational has left.

New Delhi The CBI probe into the coal block scam is set to widen as the agency has now registered a preliminary inquiry into the allocation of captive coal blocks to state-owned mineral corporation

Chinese power equipment manufacturer Shanghai Shandong Nuclear Power Construction (SSNP) has filed a case against Vedanta Aluminium for allegedly causing losses due to work stoppage at the latter’s

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is not in a position to immediately supply bauxite to Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), the State Government said today while the company had sought permission to shut down its r

Days after sending a notice to the Odisha government on September 6, seeking temporary closure of its one million tonne refinery at Lanjigarh, Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of London-listed Vedanta Resources Plc has sought ban on bauxite exports from the country.

The company is struggling to keep its refinery operations afloat with the plant running at barely 50 per cent capacity amid deepening uncertainties in bauxite availability. VAL has not been allotted any mine in Odisha and fully depends on external bauxite supplies to run its refinery.

The mineral-rich state of Orissa, once a magnet for big-ticket investments, is now a deadlocked destination for projects worth thousands of crores.

Jayanthi Natarajan's tough stand ensures recognition abroad, but red-tapism & bureaucracy continue to delay approvals in India

Reticence can be a double-edged sword. For Jayanthi Natarajan, minister for environment and forests, her reserve has attracted much criticism from domestic detractors. Yet, on the high table of international climate diplomacy, it helped her ensure the voice of developing countries, particularly India, was heard at the global climate talks.

Facing non-supply of bauxite, Vedanta Aluminium has announced closure of its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh in Odisha from December 5.

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.