India’s environment minister has ordered that the proposal by UK-listed Vedanta to expand its Orissa alumina refinery six fold, be held in abeyance.
The decision seems effectively to put the highly-controversial Nyamgiri mine project on …
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Indian minister halts fresh Vedanta bid to mine Niyamgiri
Indian tribe stands firm as Vedanta mine appeal adjourned
One of the world’s most controversial mines is back in the spotlight after hundreds protested against renewed efforts to mine India’s Niyamgiri Hills. Dongria Kondh and Niyamgiri supporters held their own ‘public hearing’ in Orissa …
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Clampdown on sacred ritual as Vedanta mine appeal approaches
Security forces cracked down on the Dongria Kondh tribe as they prepared for a religious festival last weekend at the top of India’s most contentious mountain. Hundreds are determined to attend the Niyamraja ritual in …
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Amnesty International refutes Vedanta’s claims
In July 2011, Amnesty International issued a report, “Generalisations, omissions, assumptions: The failings of Vedanta’s Environmental Impact Assessments for its bauxite mine and alumina refinery in India’s state of Orissa”.
The Business & Human Rights …
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, 9 August 2011
Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, for 9 August, the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People
… In India, social unrest and conflicts over land acquisition for development …
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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.
India: Vedanta Orissa projects ban must be upheld
Amnesty International press release, 24 July 2011
Ongoing attempts by UK-based mining company Vedanta Resources to overturn an Indian government decision blocking a proposed bauxite mine and expansion of an alumina refinery in Orissa should …
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No environment clearance for Vedanta, Centre tells green tribunal
Vedanta’s environment clearance to mine the Niyamgiri hills has been withdrawn as the rejection of forest clearance had made the green nod ‘inoperable and infractuous’, the environment ministry told the National Green Tribunal on Thursday …
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India’s Ministry Says No Green Nod For Vedanta’s Bauxite Mine Project
Vedanta Resources PLC’s bauxite mining project in eastern India hasn’t received environmental clearance, the Indian government has said. Reacting to a Times of India report that an environment panel had reviewed and cleared the project …
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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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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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