Aluminium
Vedanta proposes alternative sources of bauxite for restarting alumina refinery in Odisha
15 Feb 2013
Hindalco to acquire alumina refinery from Novelis
18 Jan 2013
Operations of the 145,000 tpa alumina refinery, with mining rights to over 50 million tonnes of bauxite reserves, were suspended in 2009
Vedanta Aluminium mulls layoffs amid bauxite paucity
19 Dec 2012
The refinery in Odisha requires 10,000 tonnes of bauxite a day to operate at full capacity
Alcoa lowers China aluminum consumption growth
11 Apr 2012
Slump forces Alcoa to cut global capacity by 12%
06 Jan 2012
Alcoa Inc, the world's biggest aluminum company, today said it will reduce global production capacity by 12 per cent, in order to reduce costs amid slumping aluminum prices
Rio Tinto to sell around $8-bn worth global aluminium assets
17 Oct 2011
Rio Tinto has put 13 aluminum businesses worth billions of dollars in six countries for sale , just four years after it made a highly-leveraged but ill-timed acquisition of Canadian aluminium group Alcan Inc for $38.1 billion in 2007
Hindalco to pump Rs10,000 cr into three aluminium projects
24 Sep 2011
Hindalco’s promoters are also looking at increasing their stake in the company through the creeping acquisition route, chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla told shareholders at the 52nd AGM in Mumbai.
NALCO to power ahead with Rs57,903 expansion
22 Aug 2011
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