India should maximise its potential in this area natural resources industry: Vedanta Chairman
New Indian ExpressNEW DELHI: Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal urged India to tap its vast potential in natural resources, as the natural resources industry fueled growth in many developed economies. While addressing shareholders during the 59th Annual General Meeting, Agarwal highlighted that India has explored only 30% of its geological potential so far. “The natural resources industry has provided the very foundation for the growth and development of several developed global economies – the United States, Australia, Middle East, Canada, and Europe. He also pointed out that while public discourse often focuses on lithium, cobalt, and nickel, resources such as copper, aluminium, zinc, and silver are equally fundamental to the sunrise sectors of the new economy, and India has abundant reserves of these materials.