NEW ALUMINIUM PLANTS
Orissa, Andhra
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and
Maharashtra have large bauxite reserves. The private sector companies
such as Sterlite Industries Pvt. Limited, Orissa Extrusions Limited,
Indian Aluminium Company Limited, Passary Minerals Limited, Utkal
Alumina, Larsen & Tubro and Hindalco Industries Limited are
keen to set up new aluminium/alumina plants in these mineral rich
States. The Government had already set up Central Public Sector
Undertakings like Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Govt.'s 51
per cent equity since divested) in Chhattisgarh and National Aluminium
Company Limited in Orissa.
Aluminium Sector
is exempted from the provision of compulsory licensing. The parties
interested in setting up new aluminium plants have simply to file
an Industrial Entrepreneurs Memorandum (REM) with the Department
of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
This information
was given by the Minister for Mines, Shri Ramesh Bais
in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
