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Vedanta says no bauxite mining at Niyamgiri till local nod [1]

All the 12 gram sabhas held in July-August last year had unanimously expressed opposition to the mining operation in the hills

Billionaire NRI Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources has made it clear that it will not look at mining bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills to feed its Rs 5,000 crore Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha until it gets approval from the local community.

Publication Date: 
09/05/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha) [3], Kalahandi [4], Mining [5], Bauxite [6], Vedanta Aluminium [7], Gram Sabhas [8], Orissa Mining Corporation [9]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kalahandi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bauxite
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vedanta-aluminium
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gram-sabhas
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa-mining-corporation