India examines cost of mining more closely

Guardian: Citing the need to protect the environment and local residents, Indian courts and government bodies have started blocking – or even cancelling – a growing number of industrial projects. Last month the high court in Madras ordered the closure of a copper smelter operated by the London-listed mining conglomerate Vedanta, to protect "mother nature" from "unabated air and water pollution". In August, the environment ministry prevented Vedanta from opening a bauxite mine on tribal lands in eastern......

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