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STERLITE PLANT SHUTDOWN
Vedanta Limited to consider all legal options against Madras HC verdictMadras High Court on Tuesday dismissed Vedanta’s writ petition to reopen its copper smelter, in Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu and upheld the stat...
India turns net copper importer for first time in 18 yrsThe closure of Vedanta’s copper smelter in Tuticorin wiped out more than 46% of the country’s production of the base metal. As a result, im...
EEPC India seeks copper scrap policy to curb inferior quality importsDomestic industry relies heavily on imports of copper concentrate from far off countries, particularly from South Africa in a big way.
Copper industry body hails National Green Tribunal order on Tuticorin plant"It is a very positive move. We welcome the order. Due to the closure the import and prices of copper had gone up," Sanjeev Ranjan, ICA Ind...
Shutdown of Sterlite Copper led to high imports, fails ‘Make in India’: P RamnathIf you consider copper prices at $7,000 per tonne (Rs 5.03 lakh,) the revenue loss in the last six months would amount to nearly $210 milli...
Sterlite's Tuticorin plant closure spiked sulphuric acid prices 4-fold in 6 mths: CEOThe copper smelter was producing 1.2 million tonne (MT) of sulphuric acid per annum, half of this was sold on a commercial basis; and 2,30,...
Mineral block auction: Government to put single window clearance in placeIn June, Nayak, had said that unless issues related to green clearances and land rights were addressed upfront,
Sterlite Copper unit shutdown led to Rs 20,000 crore loss to economy: CEOThe statement comes amid NGT refusing to grant any interim relief to Vedanta, which has challenged Tamil Nadu government's order to permane...
Vedanta meeting orders for refined copper through imports, other units: Sterlite CEO RamnathThe shutdown on May 28, after 13 people died in the firing, happened just ahead of a planned capacity expansion by the company, majority ow...
NGOs planned closure of Tuticorin copper smelter: CEOProtests, however, "suddenly erupted" in February as the company, after securing all approvals, began work on doubling the capacity of the ...
3,000 Sterlite staff face bleak futureAround 500 employees are from northern states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and many of them have been sent back as uncertainty shrouds the ...
Flip side of Sterlite shutdownPrices of copper, a raw material used in making them, have gone up ever since the closure of Sterlite’s Tuticorin copper smelter on March 2...
Tamil Nadu cancels land allotted to Vedanta Sterlite for its second phase of expansionSIPCOT has said the price paid for the land by Vedanta will be refunded as per SIPCOT norms, Vedanta Ltd said on Tuesday in a notification ...
Tuticorin protest: Tamil Nadu government orders permanent closure of Sterlite plantViolence on May 22 against the Sterlite plant led to the death of 12 people and the next day another youth succumbed to injuries sustained ...
Tamil Nadu pollution control board pulls plug on Sterlite plantThe police opened fire again on Wednesday to control unruly crowds demanding closure of the Vedanta unit, resulting in the death of a 22-ye...
CEO: Sterlite will Go Ahead with TN Smelter ExpansionP Ramnath said that the expansion would not be stalled by ongoing agitations, alleging that foreign-funded organisations with ulterior moti...
Environmental court to next hear Sterlite copper smelter case on July 15The court will deliver its final order after hearing from both the company and the parties opposing the reopening of the plant.
National Green Tribunal allows Sterlite Copper Smelter to resume operations"The action of the board would suffer from the voice of arbitrariness if it collected no data, whatsoever, during 23-29 and passed the impu...
- Sterlite Industries' sulphur dioxide emissions within limits: Test report
Sulphur dioxide emissions from India's top copper smelter were within limits during an inspection by a court panel.
- Avoid Sterlite: Gajendra Nagpal, Unicon Financial Solutions
One would have to really go into the details as to how much production capacity is coming from the Tuticorin plant.