Mumbai-headquartered Vedanta Resources Ltd.’s much-delayed project to set up a greenfield DAP plant close to subsidiary company’s Hindustan Zinc’s zinc smelter at Chittorgarhin in Rajasthan is reported to be facing another hurdle, according to a Hindu Business Line report. The company has met major environmental opposition for the project, reportedly due to claims that the project is being planned to be built on green-belt land. Vedanta is now said to be looking at alternate locations in the state.
Hindustan Zinc first announced the project in 2015, with plans to build a 1.02 million mt/y DAP plant using sulfuric acid derived from its zinc production, and phosphate rock from its mine near Udaipur in Rajasthan.