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
The recent order of the ministry of environment and forests (MoE&F) rejecting the application for grant of forest clearance to the Orissa Mining Company (the Vedanta project) has raised a number of important questions. The order cited the company
NEW DELHI: One week after Vedanta Aluminium's application to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa was rejected, its refinery expansion project has been slapped with a show-cause notice by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.
The company was taken to task for allegedly going ahead with a six-fold expansion of its refinery in Lanjigarh even as the Ministry was still appraising
A strict vigil should be kept on the fact-finding committee on Posco A pro-BJP political commentator vented his anger against environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh for a feat that drew the "gushing praise of international jholawalas"
THE report of the four-member committee headed by N C Saxena set up for investigation into the Orissa Mining Company
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi September 01, 2010, 1:20 IST
A 15-year agreement between India and Britain that assures equitable treatment to cross-border investors from both countries may technically permit Vedanta to seek legal action against the central government if its investments in Orissa suffer for no fault of the British company.
Vedanta, which has invested about Rs 45,000 crore in variou
