Sterlite Copper bags Best Safety Practices Award

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper has bagged the prestigious GreenTech Best Safety Practices Award under Metals and Mining category.

Mr P Divakaran, General Manager, Operations and Mr R Muralikrishnan, Associate General Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, Sterlite Copper received the award from Shri.Kamleshwar Sharan, President, Greentech Foundation & Shri R.C.Nayyar, IAS, Former Principal Secretary, Department of Labour, Government of Punjab in a function organised at Goa recently.

The award was in recognition to the company’s demonstration of best practices and innovation in Fire, Safety Management and highest level of commitment in reduction of incidents and accidents.

Sterlite has initiated programmes such as Behavioural Based Safety among employees to improve the safe working culture, Single Point Accountability to focus on individual critical protocol such as confined space, fall prevention, mobile equipments etc and adopting world class best practices in safety through benchmarking with best in class smelters in the world.

Greentech safety awards are presented annually by Greentech foundation to recognise excellence in fire and safety management. The purpose of Greentech Safety Award is to promote improvements in workplace safety, encourage those responsible for workplace safety management and recognition of workplace safety as an ethical responsibility to both employer and employees.

More than 150 industries across the country participated in this event.

Photo Cut - Line: Mr P Divakaran, General Manager, Operations and Mr R Muralikrishnan, Associate General Manager, Health, Safety and Environment, Sterlite Copper receiving the GreenTech Best Safety Practices Award from Shri.Kamleshwar Sharan, President, Greentech Foundation & Shri R.C.Nayyar, IAS, Former Principal Secretary, Department of Labour, Government of Punjab.

For further information, please contact:

R.Ramesh Head - Community Relations Sterlite Copper

r.ramesh@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 424 2940

Sterlite Copper sponsors Rs 2.7 lakh for drinking water project at Vadakkusilukkanpatti

Thoothukudi : Sterlite Copper has sponsored Rs 2.7 lakh towards a drinking water project at Vadakkusilukkanpatti. Col.S.Krishnan handed over the confirmation letter on the sponsorship to Mr.Ashish Kumar, District Collector, Thoothukudi here on Friday at the Collectorate.

Sterlite decided to sponsor the project based on the request from the villagers as there is an acute shortage of water in the village. The cost for this project is Rs 8.1 lakh out of which Rs 2.7 lakh will be contributed by Sterlite Copper as people’s contribution.

The project will be implemented by District Rural Development Agency under ‘Self Sufficiency Scheme’. It will benefit 320 families residing in the village to get adequate water facilities.

Sterlite Copper has adopted Vadakkusilukkanpatti village as a model village and has been carrying out various community welfare initiatives at the village like infrastructure development works at school and community hall, renovation of public toilets, providing underground water storage sumps, dust bins, running of evening study centre and rural health clinic.

Mrs.Maria Ponnammal, President, Vadakkusilukkanpatti and Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corpoorate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper were also present during the event.

Photo Cut Line: Col.S.Krishnan, General Manager, Sterlite Copper handing over the confirmation letter of sponsoring the drinking water project at Vadakkusilukkanpatti to Mr.Ashish Kumar IAS, District Collector, Thoothukudi.

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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Sterlite Copper Trophy Cricket Tournament

‘Sterlite Copper Trophy’, a district level cricket tournament was organised in association with Thoothukudi District Cricket Association (TDCA) in which 12 colleges of Tuticorin participated. The tournament was conducted in 20-20 format on a knock-out basis.

Mr.VinodWagh, General Manager, Engineering Services inaugurated the event at Port Ground in September. VOC College beat Adithanar College of Arts and Science by 54 runs in the final to win the Sterlite Copper trophy.

Mr.Satyapriya, Manager, Legal, Sterlite Copper presented the trophy to VOC College. Mr.Sivakumaran, Secretary and Mr.Ganesh Kumar, Assistant Secretary, TDCA were present during the event.

Sterlite Copper sponsors Rs 3.1 lakh to purchase medical equipments

Sterlite Copper has sponsored Rs 3.1 lakh to Patient Welfare Society of Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital to procure medical equipment for the intensive care unit of the Sterlite paediatric ward located inside the hospital.

A part of the amount will be allotted for the housekeeping activities in the ward which was built by Sterlite in the year 2009.

Mr.Sameer Gupta, General Manager – Operations, Sterlite Copper presented the cheque for      Rs 3,10,000 to Mr.Ashish Kumar IAS, District Collector, Thoothukudi here on Monday. This will help the hospital administration to provide more intensive medical care for the children in the block. 

Sterlite has been carrying out various health initiatives including project clean hand, medical and blood donation camps, running of 6 rural health clinics and construction of individual household toilets in the villages.

R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper was present during the event.

Cut Line : Mr.Sameer Gupta, General Manager – Operations, Sterlite Copper presenting the cheque for Rs 3,10,000 to Mr.Ashish Kumar IAS, District Collector, Thoothukudi

For further information, please contact:

K.R.Rajesh Associate Manager - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

rajesh.kr@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 661 2926

Sterlite Copper sponsors Rs 3.1 lakh to purchase medical equipments

Sterlite Copper has sponsored Rs 3.1 lakh to Patient Welfare Society of Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital to procure medical equipment for the intensive care unit of the Sterlite paediatric ward located inside the hospital.

A part of the amount will be allotted for the housekeeping activities in the ward which was built by Sterlite in the year 2009.

Mr.Sameer Gupta, General Manager – Operations, Sterlite Copper presented the cheque for      Rs 3,10,000 to Mr.Ashish Kumar IAS, District Collector, Thoothukudi here on Monday. This will help the hospital administration to provide more intensive medical care for the children in the block. 

Sterlite has been carrying out various health initiatives including project clean hand, medical and blood donation camps, running of 6 rural health clinics and construction of individual household toilets in the villages.

R.Rajasekarapandy, Head – Corporate Social Responsibility, Sterlite Copper was present during the event.

Cut Line : Mr.Sameer Gupta, General Manager – Operations, Sterlite Copper presenting the cheque for Rs 3,10,000 to Mr.Ashish Kumar IAS, District Collector, Thoothukudi

For further information, please contact:

K.R.Rajesh Associate Manager - Public Relations Sterlite Copper

rajesh.kr@vedanta.co.in Tel:  +91 461 661 2926

Sterlite Copper Commissions Railway Siding at Tuticorin

Thoothukudi : Sterlite Copper has commissioned its first phase of the railway siding project adjacent to the copper smelter plant at Milavittan in Tuticorin. The total investment for the first phase of railway siding project is Rs 25 crore.

The first phase consisting of 7 km track length of railway link project, connecting Sterlite’s smelter unit with the main line became operational on Friday after A.K.Goel, Divisional Railway Manager, Madurai Division flagged off the first rake from the company site.

The railway siding is expected to streamline the  traffic within and outside Sterlite Copper plant premises and  also aims to reduce the company’s cost by increasing efficiency.

The first phase of the project will help the company to transport all its finished & by products   like copper, gypsum and slag to various parts of the country. This will also help the company to minimise the loss of goods during transit.

The second phase of the project is expected to be commissioned by October 2012. It will be equipped with track hopper system, an improvement over the conventional wagon tippler system, to reduce the time interval between loading and unloading.

Completion of the project will also help Sterlite to import raw materials through railway link for its smelter and power plant operations. Sterlite’s 160 MW (2*80 MW) coal based power plant is expected to be commissioned by March 2012.

The company plans to maximise the inward and outward movement through the railway link.

Mr.T.Venkatasubramanian, Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Madurai Division, Mr.Sridhar Narasimhan, Associate Vice President, Finance, Mr.M.Kumaravendhan, Associate General Manager, Projects and Sterlite Officials were present during the inaugural event.

Cut Line : Mr.A.K.Goel, Divisional Railway Manager, Madurai Division inaugurating the first phase of the railway siding project by flagging off the first rake from Sterlite site.

For further information, please contact:

Col.S.Krishnan
General Manager – Admin
Sterlite Copper
krishnan.srinivasan@vedanta.co.in
Tel:  +91 461 424 2926

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Company’s clarification on Mr.Vaiko’s statement in the press on NEERI Inspection Tuticorin, India

April 09, 2011 A section of Media has reported a news item - “Sterlite inspection a hogwash: Vaiko”. The Company would like to clarify that the allegations made by Mr.Vaiko therein are completely baseless. Sterlite would like to clarify that as per the order dated February 25, 2011 of the Hon’ble Supreme Court a Committee comprising of officials from NEERI, Nagpur, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and TNPCB and the PIL Petitioners including Mr.Vaiko, visited Sterlite Copper from April 6-8, 2011. Sterlite Copper extended full cooperation to all during the inspection. Sterlite would like to further clarify that as per the Hon’ble Supreme Court order, only PIL Petitioners were allowed to be present during the inspection. However on the request of Mr.Vaiko (who is one of the PIL Petitioner), four assistants including Mr.Nithyanand Jayaram, a Chennai based NGO was allowed to be part of the Inspection Team. The Committee visited and inspected the entire operations, raw material handling, solid waste management, effluent treatment and zero discharge facilities of the Unit for two and half days (April 6 to 8th afternoon). Necessary samples were drawn by the Committee at all points including those suggested by the PIL Petitioners. However, despite being witness to the entire inspection and operations of the Company, Mr.Vaiko has chosen to give misleading statements in the press. The Company’s Tuticorin Smelter has been operating for last 14 years and is in compliance with all necessary rules and regulations. It deploys ISA Smelt technology which is considered globally as environment friendly.