Sterlite Copper distributes free educational kits to girl students

Thoothukudi: Sterlite Copper distributed free educational kits to 5035 girl children in a function organised at RC Primary School here on Saturday.

On behalf of Sterlite Copper, Mr.N.J.Kumaresh IRS, Additional Commissioner of Customs, Thoothukudi distributed the educational kits to girl children in the presence of Mr.Sridhar Narasimhan, Vice President, Finance, Sterlite Copper. 

Sterlite launched the Ilam Mottukal Project in July 2012 to improve the quality of lives of the community around them. For this project, Sterlite Copper will support the education of 5035 girl children from 72 Government schools in Tuticorin.

“Realising that girls are marginalised in the society, we felt the need to provide girl children with a good and healthy childhood. Through this project, we seek to provide girls with the opportunity to study and grow to achieve independence in thought and action. Our project ‘Ilam Mottukal’ will help in the holistic development of these girls,” said Mr. Sridhar Narasimhan, Vice President - Finance, Sterlite Copper.

Additional academic support, material support, social and moral support are the key components in the programme. Academic special classes will be conducted for 1.5 hours beyond school time which will help to bridge the learning gaps and enable children to reach their grade specific competency level in school. The classes will be conducted by 160 trained tutors selected within the community with the vision that they would be the local resource to act as friends and mentors to the children.

As the first phase of the project, education kit comprising school bag, undergarments, shoes, socks, stationery, notebooks, umbrella, etc was handed over to 5035 girl children. Sterlite has allotted Rs 1.4 crore for this initiative.

Mr. Mukul Agarwal, Head – Indirect Taxation, Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper, Sr.M.Josephine, Correspondent, RC Primary School, Threspuram and students were also present during the event.

Photo Cut Line: Mr.N.J.Kumaresh IRS, Additional Commissioner of Customs, Thoothukudi distributing the educational kits to girl children in the presence of Mr.Sridhar Narasimhan, Vice President, Finance, Sterlite Copper. 

For further information contact:

L.N.Balakrishnan

Head – Public Relations, Sterlite Copper – 0461 4242926 / 8220054110 / 8220054114

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Sterlite Copper initiates second phase of total sanitation project at Milavittan

Thoothukudi : Sterlite Copper has initiated the second phase of the total sanitation project at a cost of Rs 25 lakh at Milavittan village in the district. Bhoomi pooja marking the commencement of the construction of the individual household toilets at Milavittan was held in the presence of Mr.D.Dhanavel, Head – Projects, Sterlite Copper.

Under the total sanitation project, individual household toilets will be constructed to the villagers who are in need of the same. The cost of each toilet will be Rs 36500 and Sterlite has earmarked Rs 25 lakh for the second phase of the project. According to a UNICEF survey, 58% of the world’s population practicing open defecation lives in India.

The project will be implemented by Sulabh International, a reputed NGO which had undertaken a lot of sanitation activities across the country.

During the first phase, 60 toilets were constructed in the village and people have started using the same. More than 250 families in the village will be benefitted through this project. The project has been taken up by Sterlite as part of its Model Village Project to make Milavittan as a role model to other villages in the district.

As part of the company’s total sanitation programme, Sterlite has constructed around 210 household toilets in various villages in the district. The main objective of the project is to achieve total sanitation in Milavittan village by 2014.

In addition to this the company has provided household drinking water tap connection to all the families in Milavittan village at a cost of Rs 10 lakh. The company has also constructed an underground water storage sump with 1,50,000 litre capacity at a cost of Rs 6.5 lakh under Namakku Naame Thittam to meet the drinking water need of the villagers.

R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper, Sterlite self-help group members and villagers were present during the event.

Cut Line : Bhoomi pooja for construction of household toilets being held at Milavittan on Monday.

For further information, please contact:

L.N.Balakrishnan Head - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

ln.balakrishnan@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 661 2926

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “should” or “will.” Forward–looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different that those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.

Sterlite Copper starts despatch of copper anodes via mechanised sailing vessel

Thoothukudi:The maiden voyage of MSV. Esther Rajathi, the mechanised sailing vessel carrying copper anodes of Sterlite Copper was flagged off by Mr.S.Natarajan, Deputy Chairman, V.O.ChidambaranarPort Trust in the presence of Mr.P.Ramnath, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlite Copper here on Saturday.

This is the first time copper anodes are being transported via mechanised sailing vessel in the country. The vesselstarting its journey towards Mumbai carrying 350tons of copper anodes from Thoothukudi Old harbour (Zone B) will reach the destination on 12^th October 2012. The copper anodes are being sent to Sterlite’s refinery plant at Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli where they get refinedinto copper cathodes.

“This is the first time in the history of Sterlite, copper anodes are being transported by this mode. It is now an alternate mode of transport for us other than trucks. I am sure that this will be benefiting the sagging mechanised sailing vessel trade,” said Mr.P.Ramnath.

“We thank Sterlite Copper for supporting us in promoting our century old, traditional sea trade,” said Mr.S.Princeton Fernando, President, Coastal Mechanised Sail Vessel Owners’ Association (CMSVOA). He also commended Sterlite for taking efforts for improving the quality of lives of women from poor fishermen community through its community welfare programmes.

Mr.P.P.Markhs, Head – Logistics, employees of Sterlite Copper, port officials and office bearers of CMSVOA were also present during the event.  

Photo Cut Line: Mr.S.Natarajan, Deputy Chairman, V.O.ChidambaranarPort Trust flagging off the maiden voyage of mechanised sailing vessel carrying copper anodes of Sterlite Copper at Thoothukudi old harbour in the presence of Mr.P.Ramnath, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlite Copper.

For further information, please contact:

L.N.Balakrishnan Head - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

ln.balakrishnan@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 424 2926

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “should” or “will.” Forward–looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different that those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.

Sterlite Copper bags Quality and Team Performance awards

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper has bagged awards in CCQC (Chapter Convention for Quality Circles) State level competition organised by QCFI (Quality Circle Forum of India) at Madurai recently.

Sterlite won three gold and three silver awards for presentations on Elimination of Belt Cuts in ISA feeding system by installation of magnetic separator in Primary Smelter, Reduction of bleed consumption from 12.63 M³ to 4.2 M³, Reduction of water soluble P₂O₅ in hemi & di hydrate cake in Phosphoric Acid Plant, Continuous operation of Xray Fluorescence  by provision of Stainless Steel ring in Smelter lab, Elimination of fuel oil consumption in ISA Primary and Increasing the Sulphuric Acid loading rate from 89 M³/hr to 120 M³/hr with improved safety in Sulphuric Acid Plant under special case study category.

The company has also bagged first place in Skit and Poem competitions in the same event. The participants from Sterlite under each category received the awards from Dr.D.K.Srivastava, Executive Director, QCFI. 180 teams across various industries representing 80 organizations participated in the event which was witnessed by thousands of employees.

Qimpro Prize 2012. Sterlite also received the finalist award in the Qimpro Prize 2012, a convention organised at Mumbai to recognize excellence in team performance. 85 projects were validated under Process Improvement, Innovation and Green categories. Sterlite’s project was one of the 10 projects qualified under Process Improvement Category.  Mr.Suresh Lulla, Founder and Managing Director, Qimpro Consultants presented the award to Mr.S.Annamalai, Associate Manager, Precious Metals Business, Sterlite Copper.

Photo Cut Line : Sterlite team receiving the Gold Award from Dr.D.K.Srivatsava, Executive Director, QCFI during the CCQC state level competition organised at Madurai.

For further information, please contact:

L.N.Balakrishnan Head - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

ln.balakrishnan@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 424 2926

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This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. In this context, forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance, and often contain words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “should” or “will.” Forward–looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. For us, uncertainties arise from the behaviour of financial and metals markets including the London Metal Exchange, fluctuations in interest and or exchange rates and metal prices; from future integration of acquired businesses; and from numerous other matters of national, regional and global scale, including those of a political, economic, business, competitive or regulatory nature. These uncertainties may cause our actual future results to be materially different that those expressed in our forward-looking statements. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements.