Vedanta arm Balco conducts trial for use of biodiesel in smelter operationsIn the pilot test, the company used biodiesel for preheating molten metal (aluminium) carrying vehicles called 'ladles', which transfer the...
02 Nov, 2022, 06.03 PM IST
Vedanta Aluminium to source 380 MW green power for smeltersOnce online, this project has the potential to reduce the company's greenhouse gas emissions by 15,00,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent annually...
02 May, 2022, 03.07 PM IST
Vedanta to invest Rs 6,611 crore on Balco's smelter capacity expansion“Balco’s expansion is a very important project for us…Post this expansion, Vedanta’s aluminium capacity will increase to 2.8 million tonnes...
27 Jul, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Vedanta to invest over Rs 6,600 cr in 2 years to ramp up Balco's smelter capacity"Vedanta...has announced a major expansion at Bharat Aluminium Company's (Balco) smelter capacity, which will involve an investment of Rs 6...
27 Jul, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
Hitachi ABB Power Grids in India bags Rs 124 cr order from BALCOAll the equipment for this project is being manufactured domestically in line with the government's Make-in-India drive and is aimed at ens...
17 Mar, 2021, 02.07 PM IST
Vedanta aluminium maintains production guidance despite power failure"The current run rate of aluminium production is around 1 MTPA and the overall 2016-17 volume guidance remains unchanged at 1.2 MTPA," the ...
29 Aug, 2016, 04.41 PM IST
Shandong Electric Power Corporation hands over the first unit of power plant to BalcoAs a result, Chhattisgarh will account for almost 25% of the country’s aluminium output once the new smelters become operational.
21 Jul, 2015, 05.54 PM IST
Balco gets approval to start 1,200-mw captive power plant in ChhattisgarhBalco, a subsidiary of Vedanta group company Sesa Sterlite, had invested Rs 5,000 crore in the plant, which comprises four units of 300 mw ...
17 Jan, 2015, 05.11 PM IST
BALCO gets nod for 1,200 MW power plant in ChhattisgarhThe captive power plant would be in addition to two existing plants, having capacity of 270 MW and 540 MW, respectively.
16 Jan, 2015, 05.10 PM IST
Sterlite Q1 net down 22% to Rs 934cr on copper smelter closureSterlite Industries today reported 22.27 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at Rs 934 crore for the quarter ended June 30.
25 Jul, 2013, 10.26 PM IST
- Alcoa in talks with Indian companies to sell surplus alumina
Alcoa entered India in 2001 when it teamed up with Hindalco to bid for Balco, which was eventually acquired by Sterlite Industries.
02 Mar, 2012, 02.28 AM IST
- Bauxite buys from open market adding to costs, says SK Roongta, MD, Vedanta Aluminum
VAL MD SK Roongta tells ET the company is now close to getting alternate supplies of bauxite and will apply afresh for the refinery expansi...
02 Dec, 2011, 04.11 AM IST
- Balco mishap: Contractor may face the heat
Even as the mishap at Balco’s aluminium smelter, where 18 people were killed in an accident on Wednesday, is being investigated by the poli...
26 Sep, 2009, 04.08 AM IST
- Balco mishap claims 18
More than 40 workmen are feared to have been trapped under a chimney that collapsed at Balco’s aluminium smelter in Korba in Chattisgarh, r...
25 Sep, 2009, 12.24 AM IST
- United India covers Balco for Rs 9 crore
Post-detarrification, public sector insurance companies seem to have declared war on private insurance providers.
08 Mar, 2007, 02.16 AM IST
- BALCO's Rs 5,000 cr power plant for Chhattisgarh
The project is estimated to be completed in 40 months once all the regulatory and statutory approvals are received.
09 Oct, 2006, 06.20 PM IST
- Down the (s)melting pot
The non-ferrous metals sector, which got a raw deal from the finance ministers in his earlier budget, is expecting even tougher measures on...
26 Feb, 2005, 12.11 AM IST