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Transforming Skill Landscape

Shortage of skilled operators has been a major challenge faced by the infrastructure and construction industry for the past many years.

Court nod to Vedanta for merger of Sesa Goa, Sterlite

Vedanta Resources Plc moved a step closer to merging two of its Indian subsidiaries after the Madras High Court in India approved the company's plan to simplify its group structure. The mining conglomerate had said early last year that it planned to overhaul its web of subsidiaries, creating an umbrella unit that will group most of its assets.

Price of copper rises due to plant shut down

Price of copper and copper products rose owing to shortage of the metal on the back of shut-down of the two largest manufacturing plants in the country. While Hindalco stopped operation at its Birla smelter recently for routine maintenance, a plant of Sterlite Industries was shut on March 30 after local residents com

User industries import copper to overcome shortage

Local consumers of copper are reportedly importing the metal owing to shortage of its domestic production on the back of closure of a smelting unit of Sterlite Industries in Tamil Nadu. Sterlite's copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, which caters to half of India's copper consumption, has remained closed for more than a month owing to alleged leakage of gas from the

Tribunal hears Sterlite's argument on plant closure case

The National Green Tribunal heard the arguments put forth by Sterlite Industries on the case regarding the closure of its plant in Tuticorin district by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB). The board order for closure of the copper smelting plant on complaints of alleged gas leakage from the unit. Senior Advocate CA Sundaram, who represented Sterlite, in the hearing argued that Sterlite has invested over Rs 4,000 crore in the copper smelting plant and the same

Vedanta expects to resume operation in Lanjigarh unit soon

The annual financial statement 2012-13 of Vedanta Resources shows the company expects resume operation at its alumina refinery in Odisha's Lanjigarh by July 2013. The firm stopped operation at the 1-million tonne Lanjigarh refinery in December 2012 owing to paucity of bauxite -- the key raw material used to make alumina (the intermediate product for making aluminium

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