Vedanta Resources subsidiary Sterlite Copper must wait a further two weeks to find out if it can restart its 400,000 tonne per year Tuticorin copper cathode smelter in Tamil Nadu, meaning copper concentrate scheduled for the smelter will continue to flow into the spot market.
The smelter was closed at the same time as protests against its planned doubling of capacity reached fever pitch towards the end of March. The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board denied the company's application to restart the smelter after maintenance, a decision Sterlite - which declared force...