July 28 (Reuters) - Anglo American Plc AAL.L , has rebuffed informal approaches by Indian mining and metals tycoon Anil Agarwal, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
Agarwal, who has majority control of Hindustan Zinc Ltd HZNC.NS through Vedanta Ltd VDAN.NS , contacted Anglo to discuss potential ideas including a combination with the Indian zinc miner, Bloomberg also reported. (http://bloom.bg/2aNIASf)
Vedanta had sweetened its offer for taking over subsidiary Cairn India Ltd CAIL.NS last week, after an initial bid had been stymied for a year. American , Vedanta Ltd and Hindustan Zinc, were not immediately available for comment.