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Vedanta falls 6% as HC refuses to allow reopening of Sterlite copper plant
The Madras HC refused to stay the Tamil Nadu government order shutting down the Sterlite Copper plant in Thoothukudi
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Margin pressure, global factors to impact copper industry's financials
LME copper prices started declining and have remained suppressed ever since the US-China trade war began
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TN govt order to close unit is 'naked' discrimination, Sterlite tells HC
It said the order was only a knee-jerk reaction of the state to "appease" a section of public with vested interest
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Tamil Nadu moves top court against NGT order to open Sterlite plant
The NGT had on December 15 set aside the state government's order to shut the smelter after police firing on May 22 and killed 13 people who were in a crowd protesting against the unit's expansion.
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HC orders status quo, restrains Sterlite from re-opening copper plant
The Madras High Court Friday ordered status quo as existed before the National Green Tribunal set aside a Tamil Nadu government order for closure of Sterlite's copper plant in Tuticorin. Justices K K Sasindhran and P D Audikesavalu of the Madurai Bench also restrained the Vedanta group from taking any steps to reopen the unit. Hearing a petition against reopening of the Sterlite unit following the December 15 NGT order, the court directed that status quo will continue till January 21 and ordered the state government to inform by then whether it intended to file an appeal against the tribunal verdict. The bench issued notice to the state chief secretary and the Chief Executive Officer of Sterlite to file their counter. On an appeal by the Sterlite, the NGT had quashed the May 28 order of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) for permanent closure of the plant in the wake of protests by locals, holding that that it was "non-sustainable" and "unjustified". Sterlite had
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SC asks NGT to consider maintainability of Sterlite case against closure
The state government had challenged the NGT's order in the apex court
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Misinformation, protests by NGOs led to Sterlite Copper plant closure: CEO
Ramnath said a myth was spread that Tuticorin is the cancer capital of Tamil Nadu and every death that happens in the district is linked to Sterlite Copper
