Vedanta Ltd. has shelved the plan to promote its copper smelter within the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, which accounted for nearly 40% of the metallic’s manufacturing within the nation, and has doubled down on its efforts to restart the plant, in response to individuals acquainted with the matter.

After scrapping the seven-month-old course of to dump the 400,000 tons-a-year Sterlite Copper plant, the corporate will now work with the native inhabitants to restart the manufacturing facility that was shut on environmental considerations, the individuals stated, asking to not be named as the knowledge isn’t public. Vedanta’s petition to raise an area authorities order to shut the plant will probably be heard by the Supreme Court on Feb. 21.