RPT-WRAPUP 1-India court clears two major mines, steel projects

was allowed the use of large swathes of forest land to build a $12 billion plant, while Britain's Vedanta Resources Plc (VED.L: ) was permitted to mine bauxite in hills held sacred by an ancient tribe. The stand-offs over the projects in eastern Orissa state reflect a larger anger among Indian farmers and tribes fighting to save their land from factories as the country's economic priorities shift from agriculture to... [read full story]