Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ranu Bala Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 05/05/2025. The applicant has alleged illegal felling of trees by the project proponent, a real estate developer company. The allegation of the applicant was that the project proponent has violated the norms by …
BHUBANESWAR: In a bid to give a boost to the pace of industrialisation in the State, the High Level Clearance Authority (HLCA), headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, on Tuesday approved investments worth Rs 26,076 crore in different sectors. In the backdrop of coalgate threatening to tarnish the image of …
Biting the fuel price hike bullet, the Manmohan Singh government today decided to increase diesel prices by Rs 5 per litre but left kerosene and petrol prices untouched. In a bid to partially plug the subsidy hole owing to cooking gas, the government also decided to limit the number of …
Even as more than `1,500 crore was outstanding on several industrial houses and commercial establishments towards electricity duty, the State Government has not initiated any action to recover the dues. However, the undue haste with which the distribution companies have been collecting the enhanced tariff for 2011-12 from domestic consumers …
Bhubaneswar: The crisis faced by Nalco at its Angul plant is due to its own failure, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) alleged today. In a press release issued today, MCL said the Navaratna PSU had failed to pay heed to repeated requests made by it to ensure regular supply of rakes …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is planning to make public hearings mandatory for all mining licences coming up for renewal or where the mine is going in for expansion. The move is expected to add another layer of control over mining activities at a time when the Prime …
The Odisha Government on Monday embarked on a road map to tackle the growing challenge of fly ash generation in the State. With more power plants planned in the years to come and coal extraction set to witness a multi-fold rise, it has asked the Revenue Department as well as …
The Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) has vehemently opposed Union tribal welfare minister V Kishore Chandra Deo’s demand for stoppage of bauxite mining in Eastern Ghats. “We strongly refute observations of the Union tribal welfare minister as these are not based on facts,” said B K Mohanty, advisor, …
Monnet Ispat and Jindal Steel have also been shortlisted by the Afghan Govt Aluminium producer Nalco, in consortium with steel major SAIL and Hindustan Copper, will submit a bid for developing gold and copper deposits in Afghanistan this month, a top company official said on Wednesday. The consortium of Indian …
Bhubaneswar: Encouraged over its record growth in the export performance, the Odisha government on Tuesday decided to set up specific projects which will boost both the export and MS&ME; (micro small and medium enterprises). This was decided at a high level meeting presided over by the chief secretary Bijay Kumar …
Alstom Projects India Ltd has bagged two contracts for over Rs 84 crore. While one order is from Nalco to supply a fume treatment plant for its Angul plant, the other is from RINL to supply a stock house dust extraction system for its Vizag steel plant.
A consortium of four state-owned Indian companies - SAIL, Nalco, Hindustan Copper and Mineral Exploration Corp - has been shortlisted to invest in new gold and copper deposits in Afghanistan. Two private players - Monnet Ispat & Energy and Jindal Steel & Power - have also made the cut, opening …
Nalco chairman B L Bagra says the proposed plant will be executed in phases State-owned Nalco is looking to set up a new aluminium smelting facility of 5 lakh tonnes and 1,250 MW captive power plant in Odisha's Sundargarh district at an investment of Rs 18,000 crore, a top company …
After Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat, the State-owned aluminium major Nalco is looking to set up another nuclear power plant, in collaboration with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). An NPCIL-Nalco joint venture is already executing unit 3 and 4 of Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) …
After Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat, state-owned aluminium major Nalco is looking to set up another nuclear power plant in collaboration with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). An NPCIL-Nalco joint venture is already executing unit 3 and 4 of Kakarapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat …
The Union government will have to amend the Atomic Energy Act, 1962, to divest its stakes in the Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) which is engaged in increasing its capacity addition to 63,000 Mw by 2032 from the present 4,780 Mw. The state-owned entity’s authorised capital is Rs 15,000 crore, while …
The manufacturing unit of the State-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) now faces a serious threat of being closed down on account of the company's inability to manage massive amounts of fly ash. In a letter addressed to B.L. Bagra, NALCO's chairman-cum-MD, the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) said it …
With some Central industries discharging their effluents into major rivers of the State, the Odisha Government has asked them to develop their wastewater treatment facilities. This was stated by Forest and Environment Minister, Mr Debi Prasad Mishra, while replying a question in the Assembly. “The State Pollution Control Board has …
The State-owned aluminium major NALCO plans to spend Rs 900 crore by next fiscal on nuclear power ventures, for which it had signed a joint-venture agreement with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) in November. As per the plan, the investments will be made on unit 3 and 4 …
A parliamentary panel has expressed displeasure over delays in Nalco’s expansion plans mainly due to failure to get leases for bauxite and coal mining in Odisha, and has asked the Mines Ministry to take up the matter at the highest level with the state government. Investment to tune of Rs …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Secretary BK Patnaik on Tuesday asked various departments to explore the possibility of using fly ash as a sub-base material for construction of roads and land development to enhance their productive use. Presiding over a meeting on formulation of guidelines for utilization of fly-ash, the Chief Secretary said …
