Lisa Nandy MP and John McDonnell MP called yesterday for the British Government’s Financial Services Bill to be amended so that companies wishing to list on UK Stock Exchanges would need to report on their …
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Vedanta deprived of awards
Vedanta Aluminium’s Indian safety record is tarnished: Now it won’t get two prestigious UK awards
A subsidiary of controversy-dogged UK mining company Vedanta Resources has suffered not just one – but two – serious setbacks …
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Goan farmers fear environmental disaster, courtesy Vedanta
London-listed Vedanta Resources’ iron ore subsidiary, Sesa Goa, is the biggest mining company in India’s internationally-renowned “holiday state”. Most tourists are blissfully unaware of the company’s impacts. But, for many Goan farmers, the massive overburden …
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Vedanta charges ahead in India
London-listed Vedanta Resources has yet again fallen foul of Indian law. Its Sesa Goa subsidiary is finally to be prosecuted for alleged fraud connected with iron ore trading. Meanwhile, residents in Goa itself accuse Vedanta …
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Vedanta casts more oil on troubled Indian waters
Ever since its triumphant listing on the London Stock Exchange in December 2003, Vedanta Resources has moved several big steps forward, yet suffered several setbacks at the same time.
Last month, the company announced it …
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Vedanta’s PR Campaign Backfires in India
On a recent visit to Bhubaneswar, the capital of the large eastern state of Odisha, I found the airport plastered with advertisements and slogans expressing the nurturing, socially conscious side — caring for the poor, …
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Once more into the breach – Vedanta
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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Indian minister halts fresh Vedanta bid to mine Niyamgiri
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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London Calling reveals Vedanta son’s mission to bring health and happiness to India’s rich
Yet another junior member of the notorious Anil Agarwal clan has spread their wings with the blessing of the pater familias. Last month, the Vedanta Resources’ executive chairman’s daughter was revealed as leading the company’s …
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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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India loses $210bn in coal sales in “mother of all scams”
Vedanta, Tata, ArcelorMittal and Adani are among a hundred companies, said to have benefited from the “fixing” of recent Indian coal contracts – to the tune of US$210 billion. Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has …
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Vedanta’s girl has got the “X Factor”!
Vedanta Resources’ cynical campaign, to create an impression of “happiness” among communities impacted by its destructive activities, has been widely ridiculed. Now, it turns out that Vedanta’s supremo, Anil Agarwal, has been grooming his own …
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