Niyamgiri

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  "Will Die For Niyamgiri": A Sterlite-Like Crisis For Vedanta In Odisha

  After Tamil Nadu shut a copper smelter run by Vedanta Resources following deadly protests, the company faces another challenge 1,000 miles away, where axe-toting tribesmen and environmentalists have joined forces to demand the closure of an alumina refinery.

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  17 Maoists Surrender In Chhattisgarh's Bastar District

  In a fillip to the Chhattisgarh government's campaign for the rehabilitation of Maoists, 17 members of the Jan Militia, including some top Maoist leaders of Odisha's Niyamgiri area, surrendered today in Jagdalpur in Bastar district, a senior police officer said.

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  Vedanta May Invest Rs 10,000 Crore on Lanjigarh Refinery Expansion

  "We have received villagers' approval and now, we need to get some clearances for taking the project ahead. Around Rs 10,000 crore investment would be required to jack up the plant capacity to six mtpa from one mtpa now," a senior official of the company told PTI.

• Vedanta Seeks Alternate Mine For Lanjigarh Refinery

  With regard to the expansion project at Lanjigarh, which has one million tonne per annum (mtpa) capacity, Vedanta said its fresh application for environmental clearance was under consideration. "In the meantime, expansion plans are on hold," Vedanta said.

• Vedanta Shelves Odisha Bauxite Plan Pending Local Approval

  Vedanta Resources Plc on Friday said it would not mine bauxite at a controversial project in Odisha until it can win over local communities opposed to its plan.

• Rahul Gandhi addresses rally in Odisha, accuses Naveen Patnaik government of corruption

  Rahul Gandhi today said Odisha is the richest state in the country in terms of its resources, yet over a third of its population is below poverty line.

• Green nod difficult if panchayats oppose: Environment Minister

  He made this clear against the backdrop of rejection of clearance to London-based Vedanta's $1.7 billion bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri in Odisha.

• Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's bauxite mine request

  Vedanta Aluminium's 1 million tonne-a-year alumina refinery in the eastern state has been struggling to source key raw material bauxite since its commissioning in August 2007. The company has been forced to import bauxite as a result.

• Vedanta's mining proposal in Niyamgiri rejected by environment ministry: report

  The environment ministry on Friday rejected Vedanta's bauxite mining proposal in Odisha's Niyamgiri hills, according to official sources.

• Vedanta moves Project Monitoring Group for Lanjigarh refinery expansion: report

  Mining conglomerate Vedanta Group has approached Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group, which was established to fast track stalled large investment projects, seeking environment clearance for expansion of its Lanjigarh alumina refinery in Odisha to 6 million tonnes.

• Vedanta looks beyond Niyamgiri to get Lanjigarh plant supplies

  "Niyamgiri was a very small deposit and they (the Odisha government) have promised us that they will give this and work on other deposits. They are working on other deposits and I am looking forward if they can take faster decision," Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal told PTI.

• Vedanta's 50,000-crore project in Odisha rejected by all 12 villages

  Vedanta Resources plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha - a project worth Rs. 50,000 crores - are in serious jeopardy after all 12 villages whose opinion was sought have voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• Vedanta's 50,000-crore project in Odisha rejected by all 12 villages

  Vedanta Resources plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha - a project worth Rs 50,000 crores - are in serious jeopardy after all 12 villages whose opinion was sought have voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• Full transcript: BJD's Pinaki Misra on Odisha government's efforts to bring Vedanta back

  Eleven out of 12 villages in Odisha have rejected mining of bauxite, used to make aluminium, in Niyamgiri by Vedanta. But despite the no from the villagers, speaking exclusively to NDTV's Anchal Vohra, the ruling Biju Janata Dal's Pinaki Misra says the government of Odisha is determined to provide Vedanta bauxite, if not from Niyamgiri then from an...

• Vedanta to discuss bauxite mining issue with Odisha government: report

  After more than half the gramsabhas in the tribal villages opposed bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri hills, Vedanta Aluminium said on Monday that it will discuss the fallout with the Odhisa government soon, but will continue to operate the plant by sourcing raw material from other sources.