UK company brazenly flouted construction rules
Two and a half years ago, Vedanta’s BALCO subsidiary was accused of illegally constructing a coal-fired power plant whose chimney collapsed, killing at least forty two workers in the …
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Once more into the breach – Vedanta
Apply Chhattisgarh’s special security law to Essar, says Congress
The opposition Congress Party has asked Chhattisgarh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to proceed under the state’s stringent public security law against the Essar group, which is alleged to have provided huge protection money to …
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Essar accused of funding opposing armed groups in India
Commentary by Nostromo Research
The release of a wikileak (below) last week raises questions about the operations (and governance) of one of the largest companies recently registered on the London Stock Exchange – one which …
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Vedanta AGM 27 July 2011
Anger erupted inside and outside Vedanta’s annual meeting on Wednesday as campaigners protested against the mining company’s environmental and human rights record.
Vedanta collapses
Leaflet distributed at Vedanta AGM, 27 July 2011
Matters of grave concern: Vedanta Collapses
Taking place here today (27 July 2011) is the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of one of the world’s 20 leading mining companies, …
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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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Vedanta rebuff in Chhattisgarh
Villagers of one of India’s most-impoverished areas broke down at a public hearing held here and asked Vedanta Resources officials to “kill them now rather than forcibly trying to take over their land”.
The mandatory …
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Agarwal’s juggernaut rolls on regardless
- if not through the fields of Academe
India’s home-grown, but foreign-fed, mining supremo Anil Agarwal never lets the opportunity slip to postpone the (almost) inevitable. His UK-listed company, Vedanta, backed by the Orissa state …
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Vedanta subsidiary accused of unlawful deforestation
A subsidiary of the Vedanta mining group in India has cleared forest land apparently in violation of Supreme Court orders, the BBC has learned. Papers made available to the BBC reveal that Sterlite Industries cut …
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World’s “worst” mining company in the dock – again!
Vedanta’s Balco killings could land directors in court
Hardly a month passes without yet another serious accusation being levelled against Vedanta Resources plc – the mining company which, some have argued, is the “worst” on …
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Chhattisgarh: Vedanta Resources Brews Controversy Over Bauxite Mining In Maikal Hills
After the Niyamgiri ban, a controversy is brewing in Chhattisgarh over bauxite mining by Vedanta Resources, the UK-based conglomerate, in the Maikal hill ranges in Kawardha district with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into …
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UK safety organisation makes an appalling error
London Calling indicts BSC’s failure to watch Vedanta
The British Safety Council (BSC) is one of the world’s leading safety watchdogs. It employs 90 staff members and operates in 50 countries including India.
Yet, late …
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