The election of Michael Sata to president of Zambia is not sitting well with copper miners who fear the 73-year-old, known as “King Cobra” for his aggressive style, will pick the pockets of mining companies, …
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Vedanta’s refinery expansion plan suffers another setback
Vedanta has suffered another setback in its fight-back to expand the aluminium refinery in Orissa after the Union environment ministry had struck down its environment clearance for violations.
The Cuttack bench of the Orissa High …
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Apex court reserves order on Vedanta subsidiary’s plant
The Indian Supreme Court has reserved its order on a plea of Vedanta subsidiary Sterlite Industries Ltd. (SIL), which has sought permission to continue operating its Tamil Nadu-based copper smelting plant which was ordered shut …
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Sesa Goa to suspend mining in Karnataka
Vedanta Group firm Sesa Goa said it will stop mining in Karnataka’s Chitradurga with immediate effect, following the Indian Supreme Court’s order banning mining in Chitradurga and Tumkur districts.
Vedanta guilty of violations at Indian copper smelter: Supreme Court orders pollution control measures
In October last year, the Madras High Court ordered Sterlite Industries – a subsidiary of UK-listed Vedanta Resources – to cease operating its Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) copper smelter in Tamil Nadu. Local citizen environmentalists had provided …
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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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Vedanta named in expose of mining corruption in India
One of the worst-ever examples of mining-related corruption has been exposed in the Indian state of Karnataka. There have been numerous breaches of law by many companies – including Vedanta Resources.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=11110&l=1.
Arundhati Roy …
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Protest at Cairn Energy headquarters – “No Oil for Vedanta!”
On 18 August ten people arrived unannounced at the offices of Cairn Energy at the Clydesdale Plaza in central Edinburgh. They installed themselves at the grand entrance to the building, blowing whistles and shouting: “No …
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Interim stay on court order for closure of Sterlite to continue till August 25
The Indian Supreme Court has extended the interim stay on the Madras High Court order directing closure of Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu till August 25. Sterlite is a subsidiary …
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HudBay gets out of Guatemala – but won’t escape
Canada’s HudBay Minerals is about to sell all its interests in Guatemala’s Fenix project. Almost certainly one of the prompts for its withdrawal is the murder of a man, and the alleged gang-rapes of eleven …
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Vedanta subsidiary to buy 51% of Liberian iron ore firm for $90m
Sesa Goa, the iron ore mining arm of Vedanta Resources, has completed a transaction to acquire a controlling stake in Liberia’s Western Cluster Iron Ore project for $90 million.
See http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page39?oid=133150&sn=Detail&pid=92730.
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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