Opponents of Anglo American subsidiary to be sentenced
Jubilee South Africa Press Statement 30 August 2010 Sekiming activsts who stood up to Anglo Platinum and its Section 21 company will be sentenced on 1 September 2010. Sixteen community members in Sekiming have been convicted of “public violence” related to a community protest against Sekiming Section 21 company members and a contractor [...]
A famous battle is won – now to end the war!
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 been surprising had India’s environment minister not halted the project in mid-stream. It’s also little wonder that both domestic and [...]
Anti-Vedanta activism hits the spotlight in Tamil Nadu
Vedanta’s aggressions against Dongaria Kondh, Dalit and other communities in Orissa, aren’t the only examples of the UK company’s unlawful behaviour, now confirmed by India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests. Manifold indictments of the company’s environmental pollution and illicit expansion at its Tuticorin copper smelter in Tamil Nadu date back further than allegations surrounding Vedanta’s [...]
Vedanta’s Balco accused of encroachment, environment ministry orders probe
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 its subsidiary Sterlite Industries. The probe was ordered in response to allegations that the Balco plant has occupied forest land. [...]
Goldcorp staff face criminal charges over mine pollution after CAFOD investigation
Authorities in Honduras have filed criminal charges against senior officials of Entremares – a wholly-owned subsidiary of mining giant Goldcorp – based on evidence from aid agency CAFOD of severe water contamination. The data gathered at the San Martin gold mine in the Siria Valley area of Honduras revealed dangerously high acidity and metal concentrations [...]
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