India’s environment ministry damns Vedanta’s Nyamgiri mine
It wasn’t a foregone conclusion. However, following the unequivocal high-level condemnation of Vedanta’s proposed bauxite mining of the Nyamgiri hills in Orissa, a fortnight back, it would have …
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There is fresh trouble for Vedanta Resources. The environment ministry has ordered a probe into allegations of encroachment of forest land by its Balco plant in Chhattisgarh. Vedanta has 51% stake in the plant, through …
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Anil Agarwal and his cronies had it coming. Their company, Vedanta Resources, last week confronted a far more vocal and aggressive presence at its London annual general meeting than ever before. For the first time …
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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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… and urges broader campaign against “criminal” company
For the past six years, UK-listed Vedanta Resources has been castigated by Adivasi (Indigenous Peoples) groups, environmentalists and human rights organisations, for numerous alleged violations of Indian …
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New York-based Rainforest Alliance has certified Tata (Tetley brand) teas as “sustainable”. The first products carrying this highly sought-after stamp of approval will be selling in the UK before April, and throughout the world over …
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A charge sheet has been filed against Vedanta subsidiary Balco’s CEO and nine others by Chhattisgarh Industrial Health and Security Department in the Chimney collapse case.
For background on this case, see …
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Indian police have filed manslaughter charges against three local managers of the Britain-based Vedanta mining group in connection with an industrial chimney collapse that killed 40 workers (see http://londonminingnetwork.org/2009/09/uk-company-vedanta%E2%80%99s-indian-disaster/ for background). The three men, all …
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Sixteen years of fraud?
Vedanta Resources’ launch on London’s stock exchange in late 2003 was the second biggest UK floatation of that year – and the largest-ever by an Indian company. It had taken several …
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At a September seminar in London with investors in Vedanta, mining researcher Roger Moody of Nostromo Research gave the following paper on risks to banks from investments in the company.
Roger has 26 years experience …
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Indian police have arrested an executive and two other officials from the Indian subsidiary of Vedanta, the UK-listed mining company, for alleged negligence in connection with the collapse of a power plant chimney that killed …
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Vedanta and its subsidiaries have been accused of numerous violations of the law. Apart from various legal cases against it because of its Lanjigarh smelter and its Niyamgiri project, mining researcher Roger Moody has produced …
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