Vedanta Makes Fresh Application For Refinery Expansion - Reports

The MoEF, last year had come out strongly against the company's planned expansion of its aluminium refinery and had denied it permission to mine bauxite at Niyamgiri in Orissa. The company's bid to buy Cairn's Indian venture is also in limbo awaiting government approval.

Vedanta Group chairman Anil Agarwal yesterday, at a meeting with environment minister Jairam Ramesh sought the ministry's clearance for Vedanta Alumina Limited's (VAL) Stage-II bauxite mining project in Orissa. Read the full report here.

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