NALCO considering alternative site for Indonesia projectSeptember 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.
National Aluminium plans nuclear power plantSeptember 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.
NALCO gets mining lease for refinery in Andhra PradeshSeptember 18th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The state-owned National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) Friday said it has got the mining lease approval to build a 1.4 million tonne greenfield alumina refinery in Andhra Pradesh. 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.
Indian Oil, National Aluminium to fund nuclear projectsSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With private companies barred from the country's atomic energy generation industry, the state-run Nuclear Power Corp is signing pacts with two other government firms to fund its new projects, a top company official said Friday. "We are going in for public partnership.
Nuclear Power Corp in pact for new unitsSeptember 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With private companies barred from the country's atomic energy generation industry, the state-run Nuclear Power Corp is signing pacts with two other government firms to fund its new projects, a top company official said Friday. We are going in for public partnership.
NRC finds no spread of contamination from 1st of 2 leaks at Oyster Creek nuclear plant in NJSeptember 8th, 2009 NRC: No threat from leak at NJ nuclear power plantATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Federal regulators say the first of two leaks of radioactive tritium this year at the nation's oldest nuclear power plant did not spread contamination beyond the plant's grounds.
New nuclear plants approved for Gujarat, RajasthanJuly 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has accorded approval for setting up nuclear power plants in Gujarat and Rajasthan with a combined generating capacity of 2,800 MW, parliament was informed Thursday. The plants will be located at Kakrapar in Gujarat and Rawatbhata in Rajasthan and will each have two units of 700 MW each, Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Karnataka seeks 2,000 MW nuclear power plantJuly 24th, 2009 BANGALORE - The Karnataka government late Friday urged the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to set up a 2,000 MW greenfield nuclear power plant in the state to meet its growing demand for energy. "I have told AEC chairman Anil Kakodakar to direct the state-run Nuclear Power Corporation Ltd (NPCL) to set up the greenfield atomic power station in Bijapur district in north Karnataka where land and other infrastructure facilities will be made available," state Chief Minister B.S.
NTPC to set up 4,000 MW power plant in ChhattisgarhJuly 11th, 2009 RAIPUR - India's largest power producer NTPC, formerly National Thermal Power Corp, Sunday signed an agreement with the Chhattisgarh government for setting up a 4,000 MW coal-fired power plant on an investment of Rs.20,000 crore. Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, who was present during signing of the pact, said the plant would be set up in the coal-rich Raigarh district.
Utility officials in Illinois say no public threat in tritium leak at nuclear power plantJune 8th, 2009 No public threat in tritium leak at Ill. plantMORRIS, Ill.
Czech CEZ, Slovak JAVYS sign deal to build new nuclear power station in SlovakiaMay 29th, 2009 Slovakia to build new nuclear power plantPRAGUE — Two state-run companies from the Czech Republic and Slovakia signed a deal Friday to create a joint company that will build a new nuclear power station in Slovakia. The Czech Republic's main power utility CEZ AS and Slovak energy company JAVYS AS will build the power station near the existing Soviet-era nuclear plant in Jaslovske Bohunice in western Slovakia.
Oldest US nuclear plant resumes operations a week after it was shut down for equipment failureMay 3rd, 2009 Oldest US nuclear plant resumes normal operationsLACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Normal operations have resumed at the nation's oldest nuclear power plant a week after it was shut down because of a failed transformer.
Former NALCO chief jailed for three years in graft caseFebruary 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.
NTPC, Nuclear Power Corp ink joint venture pactFebruary 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The country's leading power producer NTPC Ltd Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL) to jointly produce nuclear power plants. As per the proposal, the power majors will set up a joint venture company in which NPCIL will hold 51 percent stake and NTPC will own the rest, a government statement said.
NALCO's expansion on track despite slowdown: Chairman (Interview)January 6th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - National Aluminium Co (NALCO), Asia's largest integrated aluminium producer based here, said its Rs.400-billion expansion plan is on track despite the global financial crisis and falling demand. 'It (slowdown) has not yet affected our expansion plans,' company chairman C.R.
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