Posts tagged "alumina"

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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No environment clearance for Vedanta, Centre tells green tribunal

Vedanta’s environment clearance to mine the Niyamgiri hills has been withdrawn as the rejection of forest clearance had made the green nod ‘inoperable and infractuous’, the environment ministry told the National Green Tribunal on Thursday …
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Orissa high court rejects Vedanta refinery expansion

Amnesty International has urged the Indian authorities to order the immediate clean-up of an alumina refinery in the state of Orissa, following a high court decision to reject plans for its expansion by a subsidiary …
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India’s Ministry Says No Green Nod For Vedanta’s Bauxite Mine Project

Vedanta Resources PLC’s bauxite mining project in eastern India hasn’t received environmental clearance, the Indian government has said. Reacting to a Times of India report that an environment panel had reviewed and cleared the project …
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Pollution from Vedanta’s Lanjigarh smelter leads to complaint

Andhra Pradesh government to approach Indian government over pollution due to Vedanta plant

Andhra Pradesh government has decided to approach the Centre with regard to the pollution of river Vamsadhara in Srikakulam district due to …
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Rio Tinto faces charges over Gove fuel spill

Mining giant Rio Tinto is expected to face court in the Northern Territory over a petrol spill at its alumina refinery on the Gove Peninsula, about 1,000 kilometres east of Darwin.

In June last year, …
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India: Toxic sludge leak from Vedanta’s red mud pond threatens rural communities

Amnesty International has warned that thousands of families in the Indian state of Orissa are facing serious health risks during the imminent monsoon season following reports of leaks at the Vedanta Aluminium refinery’s main ‘red …
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With the chimney collapse began the downfall

Following concerns about the track record of the UK-based Vedanta Resources, the Indian Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Delhi has asked for a review of the company’s past performance in India’s mining and power sectors …
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Vedanta – once more unto the breach!

Second red mud spill reported in Orissa

The Norwegian government seemed to have got it right when it dumped its holding in  London-listed Vedanta in 2007, effectively damning the company as a “serial offender”. In …
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Vedanta at Lanjigarh: developer or landgrabber?

Despite Vedanta’s roaring hoardings of ‘Mining Happiness’, forceful grabbing of adivasi land by the company in Lanjigarh has always been a burning issue. Adivasis had been knocking all possible doors for justice: from the local …
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Indian Supreme Court gives Vedanta a month on Niyamgiri

The Supreme Court has given a month’s time to the Centre, the Orissa government and UK-based Vedanta’s Indian arm Sterlite Industries on the challenge made by the state’s mining corporation to the cancellation of environmental …
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Red mud spill at Vedanta plant

The people surrounding the Vedanta Alumina Project at Lanjigarh narrowly avoided a disaster on 5th April 2011. A crack developed in the dam holding back the company’s toxic red mud waste pond after a 45 …
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