British-funded mine accused of damaging buildings in Guatemala
A new report on building damage in San Marcos Department, Guatemala, says that the most probable cause of the cracked houses near the Marlin Mine, a project of Montana Exploradora, subsidiary of the Canadian Mining Company Goldcorp, are the explosions and heavy transport used by the company. Among the investors in Goldcorp are British-based AXA [...]
Report on the European tour by Indigenous women from Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru
organised by LMN member group LAMMP, October 2009 It could be considered that the testimonies here discussed are nothing more than anecdotal information, but this is far from true. The rural and indigenous women from Ecuador, Guatemala and Peru who took part in the European tour organised by LAMMP in October brought emblematic cases illustrating [...]
Vedantoxics
Vedanta and its subsidiaries have been accused of numerous violations of the law. Apart from various legal cases against it because of its Lanjigarh smelter and its Niyamgiri project, mining researcher Roger Moody has produced the following list of just some of the cases against the company. 2006 May 2006: Vedanta fined 50,000 Rupees by [...]
Vedanta’s top dog is biting on coal
Vedanta Resources plc spent $1.8bn in the six months to September 30, to expand capacities in aluminium, zinc, copper, iron ore and electricity. Since March this year, the company has raised $3.35bn for expenditure in 2010 – which it calls a “peak year” for growth.Since it landed on London in late 2003, Vedanta has become [...]
Lead-mining: the ugly truth about Xstrata’s Mount Isa
Daphne Hare moved to Mount Isa, a remote Queensland mining town, in 2002, hoping for a share of the good times. The town, situated next to Australia’s biggest lead mine and smelter, was booming, thanks to global demand for the metal, used mainly in car batteries. Ms Hare found a well-paid job at a busy [...]
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