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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Vedanta’s children are literally getting “peanuts”
It was once dubbed “Food for Work” by the Indian government.
Since 2005, its more sophisticated version – the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) – supposedly guarantees 100 days of manual employment for every …
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Indian Supreme Court agrees to hear Orissa’s plea against Centre on Vedanta
The Indian Supreme Court has agreed to hear an Orissa government plea challenging the Centre’s decision to cancel environmental clearance given to Vedanta bauxite mining project in Niyamgiri Hills.
A bench headed by Justice P …
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Vedanta allegedly brands tribal opponents “terrorists”
An extremely serious allegation has been made against UK-listed Vedanta Resources plc. The company is accused of sponsoring a briefing to para-militaries, employed to “safeguard” its aluminium operations in Orissa, where they were told to …
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Vedanta Aluminium to raise over 2.2 billion pounds for Orissa project
Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta Aluminium is in the process of raising Rs 16000 crore (160 billion rupees, just over £2.2 billion) for its aluminium project in Orissa, sources with direct knowledge said. Another source said the …
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Vedanta’s Reputational Collapse
UK film-maker, Simon Chambers, last month visited Korba town in India’s Chhattisgarh state which, in late 2009, suffered one of the country’s worst recent industrial catastrophes. He discovered there was more to this “natural disaster” …
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