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Vedanta plans to set up Rs 10K-crore copper smelter unit in coastal region

Company's plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi was shut in 2018 after police firing on protesters killed 13 people.

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T E Narasimhan Chennai
Vedanta Group is looking to set up a new copper smelter plant in the coastal region of the country at a cost of around Rs 10,000 crore.
 
This comes at a time when the group’s copper plant in Tamil Nadu remains shut for nearly three years, causing a Rs 5 crore loss every day. The plant was shut in 2018 after protests from locals. This led to police opening fire, killing 13 people.
 
Vedanta Ltd, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources, has called for expressions of interest (EoIs) from state governments for setting up a copper smelter unit in