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Aditya Birla Group firm Hindalco Industries on Friday said a fire broke out at its plant in New York and there were no injuries. The company's plant in Oswego, New York is of its US subsidiary Novelis. This is the second incident of fire at the company's plant in a little over two months. "There was incident of fire at the Novelis Plant in Oswego, New York on November 20, 2025, at around 8.45 a.m. (EDT)," Hindalco said in a filing to BSE. Everyone working at the plant was safely evacuated and fortunately, there were no injuries, the company said. Multiple local fire departments responded, and the fire is now out, it said, adding, "crews remain on site to monitor". Earlier, Hindalco Industries had said that the production at its plant in New York had been halted following a fire incident on September 16. The company had said it was investigating the cause of the fire and determining the impact on its operations. "There was a fire incident at the Novelis Plant in Oswego, New York
Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Friday said it has bagged an order from Hindalco to set up an aluminium smelter for its upcoming project in Odisha and another project from Tata Steel to build a coke oven battery. Both orders have been bagged by the minerals and metals business vertical of Larsen & Toubro. These orders are part of multiple orders secured by the vertical in India recently. In a filing to the BSE, L&T said it has bagged "an order from Hindalco for setting up a 180 KTPA aluminium smelter along with the gas treatment centre for their upcoming greenfield project in Odisha." According to filing, it "has also secured an order for setting up... coke oven battery 6 A/B from TATA Steel, Jamshedpur." The scope of work includes engineering, manufacturing, supply, construction and plant installation. "These order wins across the aluminium and steel sectors are a testament to L&T's engineering excellence, execution capability and enduring customer ..