Bauxite crunch of Vedanta Aluminium to be addressed

The Odisha government is yet to address the raw material shortage faced by Vedanta Aluminium, a unit of Anil Agarwal-owned London-listed Vedanta Resources.It may be noted that earlier the state government assured bauxite supply to the company's alumina refinery. Two months ago, the firm was forced to close down its 1 mn tonne refinery owing to non-availability of bauxite - the key raw material used to produce alumina.ment of Essar Energy's Jamnagar refinery by $600 mn.