NALCO ups security at bauxite mines

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 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.

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.

June 26th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram, who has been reviewing the law and order situation in Orissa, Friday cancelled his visit to state-owned Nalco mine in Koraput district due to some technical problem.

June 20th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Bauxite production by the state-owned National Aluminium Co (NALCO) has fallen short of its target by 20 percent because of a Maoist attack on its mines two months ago. NALCO's mines at Damanjodi in Orissa's Koraput district had to be shut down April 12 after Maoists in a late night attack killed 10 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel.

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 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Hundreds of security personnel chased Maoist guerrillas and fought gun battles with them in a forested area in Orissa's Koraput district after the rebels attacked a mine owned by the National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO), police said Tuesday. 'We chased them in the forest near Metingi village, which is not far from the Panchpatmali bauxite mine area Monday night,' District Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar told IANS.

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.

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 12th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Maoist rebels Sunday night mounted an attack on a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) camp near a Nalco-run mine in Orissa's Koraput district, police said. 'The rebels have surrounded the CISF camp at Panchpatmali Hill at about 9.15 p.m.