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Tamil Nadu government had recently allowed it to operate solely for oxygen production
Chennai: The once-shuttered Vedanta Sterlite Copper Smelter Plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin has rolled out the first consignment of 4.8 tonnes of medical oxygen. This comes after the Tamil Nadu government, which closed the plant via an order in 2018 owing to environmental issues, permitted its temporary opening for production of Medical Oxygen alone nearly two weeks ago.
According to a statement from Sterlite Copper, one of their oxygen plants has commenced production from May 12, the first tanker carrying 4.8 tonnes of liquid oxygen is going to Tirunelveli/Thoothukudi and that two tankers would be dispatched daily, following which production capacity will be scaled up.
Tamil Nadu: Vedantaâs Sterlite plant rolls out first batch of medical oxygen, to ramp up supply
âThe oxygen supplied is of 98.6% purity and has received the necessary medical-grade certifications. File photo
Updated: May 13, 2021, 06:06 PM IST
The once-shuttered Vedanta Sterlite Copper Smelter Plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin has rolled out the first consignment of 4.8 tons of medical oxygen. This comes after the Tamil Nadu Government, which closed the plant via Government order in 2018 owing to environmental issues, permitted its temporary opening for production of Medical Oxygen alone, nearly two weeks ago.
According to a statement from Sterlite Copper, one of their oxygen plants has commenced production from May 12, the first tanker carrying 4.8 tons of liquid oxygen is going to Tirunelveli/Thoothukudi and that two tankers would be dispatched daily, following which production capacity will be scaled up.
Vedanta s Sterlite Copper dispatches first batch of medical-grade oxygen from Tuticorin
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“The first tanker carrying 4.8 tonnes of liquid oxygen is going to Tirunelveli / Thoothukudi. We will be dispatching two oxygen tankers on a daily basis, to begin with, and gradually scale this up as we expand production,” the company said in a statement on Thursday.
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Vedanta’s copper smelter in Tuticorin, Tamilnadu, has been shut for the past 3 years after the Madras High Court in August 2020 ordered the company to close down due to environmental violations. This matter is pending a hearing in the Supreme Court.