India shuts down key copper plant amid pollution uproar

Vedanta's smelter accounts for 40% of country's refining capacity

YUJI KURONUMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- The south Indian state of Tamil Nadu ordered a copper plant controlled by resources group Vedanta to close on Monday night following months of protests against pollution, knocking out 40% of the country's refining capacity for the vital industrial metal.

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