Hindalco gets nod for Rs. 240-cr project

The flagship company of Aditya Birla Group, Hindalco Industries (HIL), has recently secured the environmental clearance for setting up of a new cast copper rod plant in Gujarat's Bharuch District at an investment of Rs. 240cr. The company has a mega copper smelting and refining complex in villages Lakhigam and Dahej in the district. In its new scheme of things, the company now wants to expand its continuous cast copper rod plant in the existing premises of this unit as it proposed to expand production capacity of continuous cast copper rod (CCR) from 2,44,000 tons per annum (TPA) to 4,84,000 TPA by setting up a new unit. The green nod to the project has been given subject to certain conditions including that the company has been asked to install 24X7 automatic air monitoring devices to monitor air emissions, upgrade existing scrubbers within a year to reduce Sulphur dioxide emissions, and prepare a statement of carbon budgeting within six months and later every year, ensuring proper utilization of fly ash, develop green belt in 33% of plant area and spend 2.5 per cent of the total cost of the project towards Enterprise Social Commitment.