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. [...]
BHP Billiton streets ahead of the rest
The latest numbers show BHP Billiton is continuing to widen its hefty lead on its global diversified mining peers. BHP Billiton’s results for its fiscal year to 30 June 2010 unravel much about why the group recently launched a USD 40bn hostile bid for PotashCorp, the world’s biggest miner of raw materials for fertiliser (NPK, [...]
CATAPA worried about increased violence in Guatemala
Press release from LMN member group CATAPA concerning Goldcorp’s Marlin mine With the greatest urgency CATAPA asks the suspension of all activities of the Marlin mine and the application of the other precautionary measures which the Interamerican Commission for Human Rights requested of the Guatemalan government. The 20th of May the Interamerican Commission for Human [...]
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