News for 'Environment Ministry appointed N C Saxena Committee'

Vedanta will not reapply for refinery expansion

Rediff.com20 Jan 2011

London-based Vedanta Group said it was not going to apply afresh for 'green' clearance to expand its aluminium refinery project in Orissa's Kalahandi district, even after being advised by the Union environment and forests (MoEF) ministry to do so.

Sterlite mining project in Niyamgiri is illegal: Panel

Rediff.com17 Aug 2010

After one stop-work order on the Rs 54,000-crore Posco project, a four-member panel appointed by the Union ministry of environment and forests has dealt a body blow to yet another big-ticket investor in Orissa, the London-based Vedanta Resources Ltd.