Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Vedanta resumes power plant operation

The Pioneer, Oct 23, 2012

After nine days of shutdown, the Vedanta Alumina Ltd (VAL) on Monday restarted its 75-MW captive power plant (CPP) at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. And, according to sources, the company’s refinery is also expected to resume its operation soon.
The resumption of the CPP followed VAL’s sourcing of 30,000 tonnes of bauxite from the Balco's Kawardah mines in Chhattisgarh.
The company also expects 90,000 tonnes of bauxite from the Gujarat Mineral Develop
ment Corporation (GMDC). In the first phase, 45,000 tonnes of the raw material mineral would reach Lanjigarh on October 26, sources said. The company needs 10,000 tonnes of bauxite everyday to run the plant at full capacity.
On September 6, Vedanta gave a formal notice to the State Labour & Employment Department for a temporary closure (stoppage of work) of the alumina refinery with effect from December 5. But due to further scarcity of bauxite, the company was forced to shut down the refinery temporarily on October 13.

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