Investment research and advisory body PIRC issued a critical report on Vedanta in advance of the company’s AGM.
The report is available at http://www.pirc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vedanta%202010.pdf.…
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‘Voice of responsible shareholders’ slams Vedanta
India: Vedanta Orissa projects ban must be upheld
Amnesty International press release, 24 July 2011
Ongoing attempts by UK-based mining company Vedanta Resources to overturn an Indian government decision blocking a proposed bauxite mine and expansion of an alumina refinery in Orissa should …
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Slide show on nuclear power and uranium mining
London Mining Network believes that the use of uranium produces a radioactive legacy which threatens the wellbeing of thousands of generations to come.
Concern about climate change has led some commentators to support nuclear energy …
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Draft declaration on coal mining
London Mining Network, in consultation with JATAM (the Indonesian mining advocacy network) has developed the following Draft Declaration on Coal Mining. Many organisations have rightly drawn attention to coal’s contribution to destructive climate change. This …
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World Rainforest Movement newsletter on mining and communities
Issue 167 – June 2011
Mining is a destructive activity that has particularly serious impacts on forests and on the communities who depend on them. It is a direct cause of deforestation and some of …
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La Colosa: the quest for El Dorado in Cajamarca, Colombia
New report from LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign
Gold prices have surged in recent years. As a result of the ‘investor friendly’ climate promoted by the Colombian government’s ‘democratic security’ policies, multinationals have been …
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British Parliamentarian calls on Anglo American to assist dying miners
Anglo American’s AGM is on Thursday, 21 April at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster.
Liberal Democrat Peer Lord Avebury has joined Rights and Accountability in Development and the AIDS and Rights Alliance for …
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Pollution row hits mining firm supplying Olympic medals
Pollution from the copper mine chosen to produce metal for the medals awarded at the 2012 London Olympics is responsible for up to 200 premature deaths each year, campaigners have claimed.
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Rio Tinto: are they telling us the whole truth?
People from communities directly affected by Rio Tinto’s activities around the world, people who work with those communities, and experts on the operations of the company, have contributed to a background report which London Mining …
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New report released on RBS coal finance during RBS-sponsored Climate Week
‘Dirty Money – Corporate greenwash and RBS coal finance’ takes the case of the Royal Bank of Scotland, an international bank with interests across the fossil fuel sector that is promoting itself as a genuine …
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CORE publishes briefing on UK company reporting
Over the last six years, developments in UK law on company non-financial reporting requirements have proven particularly challenging to follow. Beck Wallace has just produced for CORE a short briefing which attempts to provide an …
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The deadly costs of continuing to rely on coal
A new scientific study, published by the New York Academy of Sciences, estimates that the burning of US coal costs the nation up to US$500 billion a year in “hidden” health, economic and environmental costs. The …
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