Bottom line shocker for Vedanta

Half-year earnings per share at mining giant Vedanta took a dive due to lower attributable profit from our subsidiaries.

Half-year earnings per share at mining giant Vedanta took a dive due to lower attributable profit from our subsidiaries.

The shares took a bashing, falling 70p to 1,180p in early trading in an admittedly weak mining sector, despite the company unveiling year-on-year increases in both revenue and profit for the half year ended 30 September on the back of production growth in zinc, silver, copper, aluminium and power.

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