Tuticorin plant shutdown will affect 30,000 jobs: Sterlite
Vedanta-run Sterlite Copper's CEO P Ramnath has said Tamil Nadu government's decision to shut its copper smelter in Tuticorin will affect around 30,000 direct and indirect jobs. He added that hundreds of firms dependent on the Tuticorin smelter for copper are also likely to be impacted due to supply disruptions while India's import bill may go up by $2 billion.