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Vedanta may apply for fresh environmental clearance for alumina refinery expansion project

January 31, 2012 - 14:29 GMT Location: Mumbai

KEYWORDS: India , Orissa , Vedanta Aluminium , Refeiner expansion project

Vedanta Aluminium will start fresh talks with the Indian ministry of environment and forests for permission to begin work on the 5 million tpy brownfield expansion project of its alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa.

The negotiations will start after the Orissa high court declined Vedanta’s review petition last weekend. Vedanta filed a review petition after the high court upheld the ministry’s order to stop work on the expansion to 6 million tpy from 1 million tpy in July last year. At that time, the high court made it clear Vedanta would have to start the process of seeking environmental clearance afresh. “We had filed a review petition before the Orissa high court for reconsideration of our expansion project...

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