| Nalco granted bauxite mining lease in Andhra | 19-SEP-09 |
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| The Centre has approved the proposal for grant of mining lease (ML) to the state-owned National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) over Gudem and Katamraju Konda bauxite blocks in Andhra Pradesh. The AP government had earlier sent its recommendations in favour of the company to the Centre for the same property. The two deposits are estimated to have 85 million tonne of bauxite. |
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| No bauxite mining at Niyamgiri yet | 06-AUG-09 |
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| The Orissa government has made it clear that mining of bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district will not be allowed till all the statutory clearances are obtained. |
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| Nalco strengthens security measures at bauxite mines | 20-JUL-09 |
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| The public sector National Aluminium Company Ltd. (Nalco) has strengthened its security measures in the bauxite mine area located in Panchpatmali Hills of Koraput district following the naxalite attack on 12 April this year. |
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| Andhra NoC to Nalco for mining lease | 10-JUL-09 |
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| National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has got the no-objection certificate from the Andhra Pradesh government for grant of mining lease in favour of the company for two bauxite blocks in Visakhapatnam and east Godavari districts. |
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| Nalco cuts storage of explosives at bauxite mines | 22-JUN-09 |
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| As part of its strategy to strengthen security measures following the attack by Naxalites on its bauxite mines located at Panchpatmali in Koraput district, the public sector National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has decided to reduce storage of explosives in the magazine house located in the mines area. Accordingly, the stock of explosive materials such as booster-explosives, which was around 21.75 tonnes just one month before the naxalite attack, has been cut to 2.25 tonnes. |
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| Nalco may get permit for bauxite mine | 10-JUN-09 |
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| National Aluminium Co., India’s (Nalco) biggest alumina maker, may win a licence in the next three months to mine bauxite in Andhra Pradesh, securing raw material for its planned $800 million alumina plant in the southern state. |
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| Vedanta to invest Rs 25,000 cr in Orissa | 07-JUN-09 |
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| Armed with 'Stage I' clearance, mining major Vedanta has announced its plan to start bauxite mining project in Orissa's Niyamgiri Hills within a month and to invest Rs 25,000 crore more for its aluminium units in the state in next two years. |
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| Nalco to resume normal bauxite output | 12-MAY-09 |
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| The Naxal hit Panchpatmali mines of National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is likely to resume normal production of bauxite from tomorrow with the scared workers agreeing to work in the mines after the sunset. |
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| Nalco plans to do away with explosives for bauxite mining | 07-MAY-09 |
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| In view of the Naxalites attack on its bauxite mines to loot explosives on April 12, aluminium major Nalco plans to use sophisticated technologies, which do not require explosives, for the extraction of bauxite from Panchpatmali mines here. The Navaratna company also plans to spend Rs 20 crore to strengthen security at its mining site and refinery complex, which is the Asia’s largest bauxite reserve. |
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| Nalco explores use of non-explosives for bauxite mining | 06-MAY-09 |
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| Shaken by the recent naxalite attack on its mines at Panchpatmali hill in Koraput district of Orissa, the public sector aluminium major, National Aluminium Company (Nalco) is exploring the possibility of adopting non-explosive technology for mining bauxite. |
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| Mining operations resume at Nalco mines | 23-APR-09 |
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| The mining operations at National Aluminum Company’s (Nalco’s) Panchapatmali bauxite mines near Damanjodi in Orissa’s Koraput district resumed today following talks between the mining employees’ association and the company authorities. The mining activities at Asia’s largest bauxite mines had come to a halt since the Naxalite attack on the mines on April 12, in which 11personnel of the Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF) were killed. Nalco had suffered a production loss of over 100,000 tonnes of bauxite due to the suspension of the mining operations, said sources. |
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| Nalco suffers production loss of over 1 LT of bauxite | 21-APR-09 |
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| State-run aluminium major Nalco has suffered a production loss of over one lakh tonnes of a key raw material as mining operations have been suspended since a Naxalite attack on its mines earlier this month. |
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| Centre to review security threat | 15-APR-09 |
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| The Centre has decided to take a fresh look at the threat perception from the Naxalites and other ultra groups to mines owned by both the government as well as the private sector across the country, in the backdrop of the Naxalite attack on the bauxite mines of Nalco. |
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| Naxalite attack brings Asia's largest bauxite mine to a halt | 14-APR-09 |
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| An eight-hour gun-battle between security forces and Naxalites at the Panchapatmali bauxite mines of the National Aluminium Company Ltd in Koraput district of Orissa ended early morning today, leaving 10 jawans of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and four Naxalites dead. |
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