India’s National Green Tribunal was to decide whether UK-listed Vedanta can re-open its Tuticorin copper smelter in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The plant has been shut since March, following toxic leaks which a growing body of residents allege have caused numerous instances of ill-health. The state pollution control board also wants the smelter to be kept closed.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=12285&l=1.