Vedanta seeks additional land for alumina plant

Kolkata: Vedanta Aluminium, a subsidiary of LSE-listed Vedanta Resources Plc, would seek an additional 1,200 acres of land from the West Bengal government for its proposed greenfield plant in the state.

A Vedanta official said that the company had 200 acres of land under its possession at Bidhanbag in Asansol region.

'We require another 1,000 to 1,200 acre. The government will facilitate in giving us the land,' he said.

Vedanta Aluminium was in the process of setting up a alumina plant with a capacity of 6.5 lakh tonne and a 1,500 Mw power plant in the state in the first phase.

In the second phase, the alumina production capacity would be ramped up to one million tonnes and power generation capacity would also be augmented by another 1,500 Mw.

The total investment for the project was around Rs 25,000 crore.

Vedanta was also setting up a similar greenfield facility at Jharsuguda in Orissa, where the alumina smelter capacity would be two million tonne per annum.