Other fields operated by the Vedanta group company include the Mangala, Bhagyam and Saraswati fields.

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Sterlite, a subsidiary of the UK-based Vedanta mining group, runs a copper smelter in Tuticorin town.

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He moved 60 places up to 10th position thanks to the rising share prices of mining group Vedanta Resources.

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India's top court has said local villagers will have a say on whether to allow mining group Vedanta to extract bauxite in the state of Orissa.

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Billionaire Anil Agarwal, who owns 54% of U.K.-listed Vedanta and serves as its chairman, pipped Lakshmi Mittal and Kumar Mangalam Birla of the Aditya Birla Group to acquire Sesa Goa, which was founded in 1954 and is based in the western Indian state of Goa.

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