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Vedanta AGM disrupted by worldwide protests again!
Protests were held in Delhi, Goa and London to coincide with Vedanta’s 1 August AGM. Click on image for details.
ENRC a step closer to going private
Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, the London-listed giant miner wrestling with a series of accusations of corruption and bribery, took a major step towards being de-listed Friday, after the largest investor backed the founders' US$4.5 billion takeover. ENRC has...
Earth Life Africa take action against Anglo American and Vedanta
Pickets were held in Johannesburg against the two companies' plans to build a coal fired power station in South Africa. See http://www.earthlife.org.za/?p=2630. Background information at http://www.earthlife.org.za/?page_id=2554.
Deep sea mining – out of our depth
Inside London’s Cumberland Hotel today a ‘deep sea mining summit’ is taking place, involving representatives from the mining industry, financiers and the British government. The industry is keen to get support – but the communities that will be most affected are...
Jolt for Vedanta as mining in Niyamgiri Hills voted out
In what could be a jolt for Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, the fate of the beleaguered proposal to mine bauxite in Odisha's Niyamgiri Hills was sealed on Monday, with the seventh of the 12 gram sabhas - at Phuldumer in Kalahandi district - rejecting the plan. Earlier, the...
Sesa Goa to invest $400 mn in Liberian mine in 2-3 yrs
Vedanta group firm Sesa Goa is looking at investing up to USD 400 million on its Liberian iron ore mining project in 2-3 years. It is gearing up to complete the first phase of mining in the West African nation by December, 2014. Since September 2012, Sesa Goa has been...
UK Court decision in gold miner’s silicosis cases
Lawyers for black South African miners react to the decision by the High Court in London that the Court has no jurisdiction over legal claims filed against mining giant Anglo American See...
Five lost years: how money from a US Hedge Fund and a British Mining Company kept Mugabe in power
Just ahead of Zimbabwe's elections (scheduled for today), Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), a British NGO, called for an investigation under US sanctions into past payments made by Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (‘Och-Ziff'), a New York hedge...
Colombian town rejects AngloGold Ashanti in local vote
The inhabitants of the Colombian Municipality of Piedras rejected big mining projects yesterday in a local referendum. The population was summoned to respond if they agree with the development of "exploration, exploitation, processing, transformation or transport of...
African Barrick Gold sued in UK over Tanzania mine deaths
African Barrick Gold Plc was sued over the deaths and injuries of Tanzanian villagers including one incident where five men were shot and killed at the North Mara gold mine in May 2011. At least 12 villagers filed a lawsuit in London accusing the company and North...