Vedanta
Oil ministry says Cairn responsible for delay
07 Mar 2011
ONGC puts new spin on Cairn-Vedanta deal
21 Feb 2011
Cairn can’t set deadlines for government: Reddy
18 Feb 2011
Royalty dispute jeopardises Cairn-Vedanta deal
17 Feb 2011
Cairn-Vedanta deal may collapse over ONGC concerns
09 Feb 2011
Petroleum minister Jaipal Reddy has ramped up the pressure on Cairn Energy, saying he would not approve the sale of a controlling stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources unless the concerns of its local partner ONGC were addressed
Talks on Cairn-Vedanta deal make little headway
07 Feb 2011
The petroleum and natural gas ministry's first meeting with a joint team of top executives from UK-based Cairn Energy Plc and Vedanta Resources on Sunday failed to break the deadlock over conditions for clearing Vedanta’s proposed $9.6 billion deal for acquiring Cairn India
Niyamgiri tribals keep fingers crossed as Vedanta hearing set to begin
02 Feb 2011
Two independent investigations commissioned by the ministry of environment and forests each concluded that Vedantas plans were likely to destroy the Dongria Kondh
Vedanta may spurn MoEF offer on Orissa project
20 Jan 2011
Vedanta ties up $6 bn finances for Cairn deal
19 Nov 2010
The financing will be structured in four tranches, with maturities of between 18 months and three years
ONGC asserts it has right to vet Cairn-Vedanta deal
21 Oct 2010
Backed by legal opinion, ONGC has reasserted that it would have the option of exercising its pre-emption rights across all oil and gas exploration blocks that Cairn had a presence in India
Government may halt Vedanta's alumina plant expansion
20 Oct 2010
The move, which comes two months after the government rejected the UK-based group's bauxite mining plans in the state, will affect Vedanta's plan to expand the Lanjigarh unit's capacity from one million tonnes to six mt a year
Vedanta to cut capex by $2-bn after Niyamgiri mining ban
08 Oct 2010
Vedanta Resources Plc, the mining conglomerate controlled by UK-based billionaire Anil Agarwal, will cut its spending programme by as much as $2 billion over the next two years after failing to get clearance to mine bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills of Orissa
Government to ask Vedanta to pick up tab for royalty and cess on Cairn's Barmer production
04 Oct 2010
After Orrisa, Sterlite’s Tuticorin copper smelter ordered to shut down
29 Sep 2010
Violation of environmental laws could lead to the closure of the Tuticorin copper smelter operated by Sterlite, India's largest non-ferrous metals and mining company.
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