Vedanta seeks nod to use IPP power for smelter.

Vedanta Aluminium Ltd. (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal controlled Vedanta Resources, has sought the nod of the Odisha government for using 600 MW power from Sterlite Energy (also a Vedanta Group firm) to run its smelter at Jharsuguda.

VAL's 1.25 million tonne per annum (mtpa) aluminium smelter set up as a sector specific Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Jharsuguda is lying idle presently for want of power. Sterlite Energy, an independent power producer (IPP), runs 2,400 MW (4x600 MW) coal-fired station at Burkhamunda near Jharsuguda.

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