Vedanta: another “mishap”, more workers up in arms
Just a month before a massive chimney collapse killed at least 45 workers at Vedanta’s Korba power plant in Chhattisgarh, another “mishap” struck the company’s Mt Lyell copper mine in Tasmania, Australia. Many tonnes of mud swept into the Australian mine’s underground workings, following heavy rains – an uncanny precursor to what occurred at the [...]
Culprit company announces huge expansion of Goa mines
Not to be out-manoeuvred by adverse publicity attaching to its abject failure to protect workers in Chhattisgarh, UK-listed Vedanta has announced a massive expansion of its parlous iron ore mining in Goa and elsewhere in India.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9502.
London Calling the shots on Vedanta – and some British banks
There seem to be few new tactics that may be adopted in the seemingly interminable battle to force mining companies into being both honest and just. However, on September 22nd, what some have described as a “unique event” took place in one of the global cradles of corporate obscurantism and obduracy – London. Vedanta, a [...]
Communities in Colombia reject AngloGold Ashanti
Communities in the municipality of Bolivar in the Colombian province of Cauca held a demonstration on 18 September to protest against the presence of London-listed South African multinational AngloGold Ashanti. A community forum was held in the municipal arena, addressed by a representative of the company. Grassroots and trade union organisations and student representatives from [...]
UK COMPANY VEDANTA’S INDIAN DISASTER
Press release from London Mining Network : Update 1
25 September 2009
No firm death and injury count is yet available relating to victims of the September 23rd disaster at UK-listed Vedanta’s power plant construction site in Korba, India, when a partly-constructed chimney collapsed on top of a hundred or more workers.
The construction was part of Vedanta’s [...]
