Local councils come under fire for Vedanta investments
A number of local authorities in Britain, with investments in Vedanta, are coming under some pressure, among them: London Borough of Wandsworth Leicestershire County Council Cheshire West and Chester and London Borough of Havering.
Vedanta accused of illegal refinery expansion
Niyamgiri Surakshya Samiti (NSS) alleged that Vedanta Alumina, which has put up a one million tonne per annum capacity alumina refinery plant at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, took up expansion work without obtaining any environmental clearance. See http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/15/stories/2009081553810300.htm.
Women, children and Anglo American
Women and children struggle against Anglo American… “Bell of Valor of Women and Children” (Kampana ng Katapangan ng mga kababaihan at Kabataan) is a short video documentary about women and children defending their land and survival against Anglo-American Mining Company,one of the biggest mining companies of the world, in joint venture with Manila Mining Company [...]
Women Lead Opposition to Gold Mine in Colombia’s Central Mountains
They’re young, educated, angry – and they’re women. They are prominent leaders of a social movement in Colombia which is fighting against a mine proposed by Africa’s leading gold mining outfit, London-listed AngloGold Ashanti. Now they’re waiting to hear whether their protests will be recognised by the powers that be. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9423.
Largely unexplored rainforest slated to be levelled for gold mining in Colombia
Serrania de San Lucas is a rainforest-covered massif rising to 2,300 metres (7,500 feet) in northern Colombia. Despite being little-explored and containing several endangered species, the forest is threatened by industrial gold mining operations, according to the local conservation group ProAves. Already the forest has been reduced to 10 percent of its original 2.5 million [...]
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