NALCO gets mining lease for refinery in Andhra Pradesh

September 21st, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - India's state-run aluminium producer National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) is considering an alternative site for its $4-billion Indonesia project, which was earlier planned to be set up in South Sumatra province. "Although a site in the South Sumatra province was selected for the project, the Indonesian government has yet to award the concession of the port and rail," NALCO director (finance) B.L.

September 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The state-owned National Aluminium Co (Nalco) is focusing on diversification, including setting up a nuclear power plant and moving into other metals, to meet the economic meltdown. As part of its plans, the company has begun talks with the Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) to set up a nuclear power plant of 1,000 MW capacity, said Nalco chairman and managing director C.R.

September 18th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The state-owned National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) Friday said it had received the central government's approval for mining lease in Andhra Pradesh where it plans to build a 1.4 million tonne greenfield alumina refinery at an estimated investment of Rs.6,000 crore. The government of India has accorded prior approval for the mining lease proposals of the government of Andhra Pradesh for awarding lease to NALCO over Gudem and Katamraju Konda bauxite blocks in Andhra Pradesh, the company said in a release.

August 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Security has been beefed up at a National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) mine in Orissa following a Maoist threat, a senior company official said Wednesday. The rebels had attacked the mine earlier April 12 and killed 10 security personnel.

July 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - State-owned National Aluminium Company (NALCO) has strengthened security in its bauxite mines area in Panchpatmali hills of Koraput in the aftermath a Maoist attack in April, a company official said Thursday. At least 10 Central Industrial Security Force personnel were killed in the attack on the mines located in Panchpatmali Hills, about 370 km from here, April 12.

June 19th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - State-owned National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco) has reduced the storage of explosives at its bauxite mine in Orissa due to rising Maoist activities in the region, the company said Friday. The company has reduced the storage of explosives at its bauxite mine at Panchpatmali in Koraput district, some 370 km from here, it said.

May 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - State-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) will resume bauxite production at full capacity at its Panchpatmali mine in Orissa Tuesday, more than a month after the mine was attacked by Maoists, a top official said. 'The workers have agreed to join the late shift from today (Tuesday).

May 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - State-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) will resume bauxite production at full capacity at its Panchpatmali mine in Orissa Tuesday, more than a month after the mine was attacked by Maoists, a top official said. 'The workers have agreed to join the late shift from today (Tuesday).

May 5th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Production in Orissa's state-owned National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) mine has dropped by at least 35 percent as workers have refused to do night shifts following the Maoist attack April 12, officials said Tuesday. 'Earlier workers use to work till 10 p.m.

April 26th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A Maoist guerrilla has been arrested for his involvement in the April 12 attack on a mine owned by the National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) in Orissa's Koraput district, an official said Sunday. Identified as Chitru Sirika, the 21-year-old rebel was arrested Saturday from an undisclosed location in Koraput, police said.

April 22nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - State-owned National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) Wednesday restarted operations at Orissa's Panchpatmali mine, which suspended production after the April 12 Maoist attack, a company official said. 'We have restarted mining operations amid tight security and have resumed normal production,' NALCO's director (production) P.K.

April 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least 10 security personnel and four Maoist rebels were killed in a gun battle at a mine owned by the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) in Orissa's Koraput district, police said Monday. The incident took place Sunday night when over 100 armed rebels laid siege to the bauxite mine at Panchpatmali, some 370 km from here.

April 13th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - At least seven security personnel and four Maoist rebels were killed in a gun battle at a mine owned by the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) in Orissa's Koraput district, police said Monday. The incident took place Sunday night when over a hundred armed rebels laid siege to the bauxite mine at Panchpatmali, some 370 km from here.

February 27th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - A court in Orissa Thursday sentenced a former chief of state-owned National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) to three years in jail in a graft case, his lawyer said. The court of special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge at Bhubaneswar sentenced S.K.

January 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run Bharat Petroleum Company Limited (BPCL) Tuesday said it was negotiating with Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries for allocation of gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin, off the Andhra Pradesh coast. 'The government has already given out who will be given priority in the sector,' Ashok Sinha, the chairman of BPCL said on the sidelines of the 8th International Oil and Gas Conference here Tuesday.