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Vedanta's Q1 profit tumbles 23.5% as Covid-19 lockdown hurts output, demand

Vedanta's Hindustan Zinc, also Asia's most valuable zinc producer, reported a 23% drop in June-quarter profit on lower prices and production

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Vedanta Resources is in talks with banks for a further $600 million to finance the delisting after already securing $3.15 billion in loans and bonds, according to people familiar with the information.

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Billionaire Anil Agarwal’s Indian commodities conglomerate Vedanta Ltd. posted a 23.5% drop in quarterly profit as one of the world’s strictest lockdowns hit production and demand.
 
Group net income slumped to Rs 1,033 crore ($141 million) in the three months to June from Rs 1,351 crore a year earlier, the company said in a statement late Saturday. Sales fell 25.9% to Rs 15,687 crore.

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Vedanta’s main businesses include zinc, aluminum and oil and gas, all of which have been hit by a slump in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic Agarwal’s London-based Vedanta Resources Ltd. is in the

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