Imagine it: a room full of suits in London’s austere and business-like Institute of Civil Engineers, engaged in a passionate debate about religion. That was the scene on Wednesday at the annual general meeting of …
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Vedanta’s very embarrassing silence
Vedanta Resources: the world’s most hated company?
Protesters descend on FTSE 100 mining group’s AGM – but chief executive describes criticism as ‘lies’
Vedanta Resources’ highly successful financial year, and its annual meeting, were overshadowed yesterday when more than 100 protesters, some …
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Question over funds for investment in Vedanta
Today, shareholders will be attending the AGM of Vedanta Resources, a UK-listed mining company whose operations in Orissa, India, have been the subject of international criticism. An existing alumina factory at the foot of the …
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Motion against Vedanta in UK Parliament
Members of the British Parliament have proposed an Early Day Motion (EDM) on Vedanta. If you live in the United Kingdom, please encourage your own MP to sign EDM 552.
EDM 552
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Forest Ministry free to say ‘no’ to Vedanta
The Attorney-General of India has given the government a free rein to refuse forest clearance for Vedanta Aluminium’s bauxite mining proposal in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa.
The project has been put on hold, while …
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EIRIS recommends governance steps to tackle investor concerns at Vedanta
Responsible investment research specialists, EIRIS, yesterday published a series of best practice recommendations designed to address investors’ concerns about environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices at Vedanta Resources (the FTSE 100 mining Company with interests …
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Vedanta subsidiary wants land for steel production
Sesa Goa to buy land in Orissa, Jharkhand; plans to set up steel plant
India’s largest private sector producer and exporter of iron ore, Sesa Goa Ltd, is acquiring land in the eastern states of …
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Vedanta faces protests at AGM over ethical record
The environmental and human rights record of the miner Vedanta Resources will be put under the spotlight during its annual meeting next week, when the India-based group will face protests from pressure groups and an …
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Take action on Vedanta
Rainforest Information Centre in Australia has launched an email campaign to protect Niyamgiri, a sacred mountain in Orissa, India, the Dongria Kondh, an indigenous tribe who worship this mountain as their god as well as …
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Further delays for Vedanta
Third blow for Vedanta in a month as mine faces new probe
In the third major blow to Vedanta in a month, the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) has ordered …
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Formal Human Rights Complaint re HudBay in Guatemala
A high-level Canadian civil society investigation into alleged grievous human rights abuses at a nickel mine in Guatemala in 2007 has confirmed that local people were viciously attacked by police and mine security, forcibly evicted …
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Urgent Action: Shooting of Community Leader Opposing Goldcorp Mine
Goldcorp is a Canadian company but among its major investors are British-based AXA Investment Managers UK Ltd (US$4.3 million), Blackrock Commodities Income Trust plc, and City Natural Resources High Yield Trust PLC, according to the …
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