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Gautam Adani Secures Ore for $1.2 Billion Copper Smelter In Gujarat's Mundra
Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate has signed contracts to buy 1.6 million tons a year of copper concentrate for the world's largest single-location smelter for the industrial metal.
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CBI Names 71 Anti-Vedanta Protesters For Tamil Nadu Violence: Report
India's federal police have charged 71 people for rioting and arson during deadly protests over environmental concerns at Vedanta Ltd's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu three years ago, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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A Year On, Anti-Vedanta Protesters Still Await Justice
A year after police killed 13 people protesting against pollution from a copper smelter in the hardscrabble southern port city, tensions within the community and between residents and the police are still running high.
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Vedanta's Sterlite Copper Appoints New CEO Amid Battle To Reopen Smelter
Vedanta Ltd on Friday named metals industry veteran Pankaj Kumar as Sterlite Copper chief executive, amid struggles to reopen its smelter in Tamil Nadu that was shut last May after police killed 13 demonstrators protesting against the plant.
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Vedanta Moves High Court For Reopening Sterlite Plant In Tamil Nadu
Vedanta group firm Sterlite on Wednesday moved the Madras High Court seeking a direction to allow the reopening of its copper smelter unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu which was closed last year over pollution concerns.
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Just 43 Non-Lethal Bullets Used Before Sterlite Crackdown Killed 13: RTI
Tamil Nadu police used just 43 non-lethal bullets - 18 rubber and 25 plastic - before firing 69 rounds of live ammunition, a National Human Rights Commission inquiry into the deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May last year has found. At least 13 people were killed in the operation in Thoo...
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Sterlite Plant Can't Be Allowed To Operate, Supreme Court Told
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi can't be allowed to operate as it was involved in a series of violations resulting in an alarming level of groundwater pollution.
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Supreme Court Clears Reopening Of Sterlite Plant In Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Vedanta to reopen its copper smelter in Tamil Nadu by refusing to stay an order from the environmental court, the company's lawyer said.
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US Journalist Working On Sterlite Documentary Asked To Leave India
An American journalist who was working on a documentary on the health impact of the Sterlite copper smelter plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin has flown back, after he was directed by the police to leave the country, citing violation of visa conditions.
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Sterlite Protesters Shot In Head, Chest - Many From Back, Says Report
Twelve of the 13 protesters killed when police opened fire on a demonstration against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May were hit by bullets in the head or chest, and half of those were shot from behind, autopsy reports show.
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Gautam Adani Secures Ore for $1.2 Billion Copper Smelter In Gujarat's Mundra
Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate has signed contracts to buy 1.6 million tons a year of copper concentrate for the world's largest single-location smelter for the industrial metal.
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CBI Names 71 Anti-Vedanta Protesters For Tamil Nadu Violence: Report
India's federal police have charged 71 people for rioting and arson during deadly protests over environmental concerns at Vedanta Ltd's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu three years ago, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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A Year On, Anti-Vedanta Protesters Still Await Justice
A year after police killed 13 people protesting against pollution from a copper smelter in the hardscrabble southern port city, tensions within the community and between residents and the police are still running high.
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Vedanta's Sterlite Copper Appoints New CEO Amid Battle To Reopen Smelter
Vedanta Ltd on Friday named metals industry veteran Pankaj Kumar as Sterlite Copper chief executive, amid struggles to reopen its smelter in Tamil Nadu that was shut last May after police killed 13 demonstrators protesting against the plant.
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Vedanta Moves High Court For Reopening Sterlite Plant In Tamil Nadu
Vedanta group firm Sterlite on Wednesday moved the Madras High Court seeking a direction to allow the reopening of its copper smelter unit at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu which was closed last year over pollution concerns.
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Just 43 Non-Lethal Bullets Used Before Sterlite Crackdown Killed 13: RTI
Tamil Nadu police used just 43 non-lethal bullets - 18 rubber and 25 plastic - before firing 69 rounds of live ammunition, a National Human Rights Commission inquiry into the deadly crackdown on demonstrators protesting against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May last year has found. At least 13 people were killed in the operation in Thoo...
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Sterlite Plant Can't Be Allowed To Operate, Supreme Court Told
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Vedanta's Sterlite copper smelting plant in Thoothukudi can't be allowed to operate as it was involved in a series of violations resulting in an alarming level of groundwater pollution.
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Supreme Court Clears Reopening Of Sterlite Plant In Tamil Nadu
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Vedanta to reopen its copper smelter in Tamil Nadu by refusing to stay an order from the environmental court, the company's lawyer said.
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US Journalist Working On Sterlite Documentary Asked To Leave India
An American journalist who was working on a documentary on the health impact of the Sterlite copper smelter plant in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin has flown back, after he was directed by the police to leave the country, citing violation of visa conditions.
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Sterlite Protesters Shot In Head, Chest - Many From Back, Says Report
Twelve of the 13 protesters killed when police opened fire on a demonstration against Vedanta's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu in May were hit by bullets in the head or chest, and half of those were shot from behind, autopsy reports show.
