Vedanta’s Odisha Alumina Refinery Obtains Approval For Expansion To 6 MTPA
India’s Vedanta Resources Plc announced last week that it has garnered state approval to expand its operations at Lanjigarh aluminium...
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Vedanta’s Lanjigarh Alumina Refinery Receives First Bauxite Shipment From Kodingamali
Indian aluminium producer Vedanta Ltd. has received the long-awaited stream of bauxite ore from Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), paving the way for its plans to complete its expansion of its alumina refinery at Lanjigarh. According to domestic media, Vedanta received the maiden...
Odisha Mining Deal May Lead to Bauxite Stream for Vedanta’s Lanjigarh Refinery
London’s Vedanta Resources plc’s project in Odisha may have won some breathing room as the state’s government has sealed a...
Odisha Mining Again Approaches Indian Government to Mine Niyamgiri Hills
India’s state-run mining firm Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) has resurrected its attempt to conduct bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills...
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Activists Objecting to Opening Odisha Bauxite Reserve to Vedanta
The Indian state of Odisha is facing opposition from environmental activists in the wake of their decision to open up bauxite reserves at Kodingamali to London-based Indian miner Vedanta Resources plc. “The issues that we fought for at Niyamgiri are also relevant for Kodingamali, a forested hill range saddled by tribal inhabitations,” said Prafulla Samantray, […]
Vedanta to Refocus Operations in Odisha
After investing US$7.5 billion in establishing an alumina refinery and an aluminium smelter and associated power facilities in the region, Vedanta Resources plc announced late last week that it is shifting its focus in the state of Odisha. “For us, the Niyamgiri chapter is closed. We are not pursuing it anymore,” said chief executive officer of […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
