Niyamgiri Hills

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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.

• 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'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.

• 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.

• Odisha tribals set to block Vedanta bauxite project

  Vedanta Resources plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha have suffered a blow after a majority of local residents voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• Vedanta Aluminium optimistic of getting bauxite from Odisha

  Days after restarting its refinery in Odisha's Kalahandi district following a seven-month shutdown due to a bauxite scarcity, Vedanta Aluminium Limited is optimistic about getting the ore from the state itself.

• Posco opponents ask Odisha government to honour Dhinkia GS views

  With the Supreme Court leaving the fate of Vedanta's proposed bauxite mining project at Niyamgiri Hills in hands of gram sabhas, Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) today asked the Odisha government to honour the views of a similar Gram Sabha in case of Posco project.

• In setback for Vedanta, Niyamgiri mining ban to continue: top 10 developments

  The Supreme Court has said that it's up to the local village body or gram sabha that governs the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha to decide the Niyamgiri Hills are a religious abode of the local tribals. Once this decision is taken, the Ministry of Environment and Forests will decide on the clearance for mining. The gram sabha has three months to decide a...

• In multi-billion dollar Vedanta battle, gram sabhas get final word

  The Supreme Court has continued a ban on bauxite mining in the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha considered sacred by tribals.

• Supreme Court verdict on Sterlite's bauxite mining project in Odisha today

  State owned Odisha Mining Corporation, which has a joint venture with Sterlite had challenged the environment ministry's withdrawal of environmental clearance.