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Student Anti-Mining Activist "Disappeared" in El Salvador
Although dealing with a Canadian junior company, people are calling for a full investigation into the murder of Juan Francisco Durán Ayala, the fourth such death in two years that local organizations believe are linked to the presence of Vancouver-based Pacific Rim...
Voice of Indian activists being silenced
One of India's leading social activists - well known for his opposition to unacceptable mining projects - has been arrested on what appear to be trumped-up charges. A north Indian religious leader, who led his community in a fight to stop stone mining and crushing,...
Resisting India's Great Iron Ore Heist
Villagers confront the country's biggest minerals project Last week we reported on the resistance by hundreds of villagers, seeking to prevent seizure of their land and betel nut groves in Orissa. They are literally lying down in the face of the biggest proposed...
EIB halts Glencore lending on governance concerns
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has frozen all new loans to Glencore and its subsidiaries, citing "serious concerns" over the group's corporate governance. The allegations center on claims that the world's largest metals commodities' trader has withheld tax payment...
Argentine Environmental Group Files Complaint Against Xstrata Copper
The environmental and human rights organization CEDHA along with two other environmental groups, lodged a complaint today against Xstrata Copper in Australia, accusing the multinational mining company of destroying glaciers and permafrost in two of its operations in...
India: Police poise to forcibly evict villagers for POSCO's project
Late last week, thousands of villagers lay down (literally) on land coveted by POSCO for India's biggest planned industrial project in Orissa, in an attempt to prevent hundreds of armed police from evicting them. As we went to press the villagers - supported by...
La Colosa: the quest for El Dorado in Cajamarca, Colombia
New report from LMN member group Colombia Solidarity Campaign Gold prices have surged in recent years. As a result of the 'investor friendly' climate promoted by the Colombian government’s 'democratic security' policies, multinationals have been awarded mining rights...
India: Toxic sludge leak from Vedanta’s red mud pond threatens rural communities
Amnesty International has warned that thousands of families in the Indian state of Orissa are facing serious health risks during the imminent monsoon season following reports of leaks at the Vedanta Aluminium refinery’s main ‘red mud pond’, a vast reservoir of toxic...
Worker Killed in Vedanta subsidiary Accident
Amalanathan, a 28-year old crane maintenance mechanic, was electrocuted and killed in Vedanta-subsidiary Sterlite Copper's premises. According to workers, Amalanathan died on the spot. According to a Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party worker, it was...
With the chimney collapse began the downfall
Following concerns about the track record of the UK-based Vedanta Resources, the Indian Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in Delhi has asked for a review of the company’s past performance in India’s mining and power sectors before approving its $9.6 billion acquisition of...