Sesa Goa’s Karnataka mine has received statutory clearances from Supreme Court of India (SCI) to resume mining shortly. The SCI has given clearance for resumption of mining operations for A and B category mines in Karnataka subject to statutory clearances on April 18, 2013. Sesa Goa’s Karnataka mine falls under B category.
Sesa is India’s largest producer and exporter of iron ore in the private sector with operations in the states of Goa and Karnataka in India and a large integrated project site in Liberia, West Africa. The company is a part of Vedanta Resources, the London-listed FTSE 100 diversified metals and mining major.