Marikana massacre, 55 seconds later: Cease fire? What cease fire? Fifty-five seconds after police in Marikana yelled “cease fire”, officers were still shooting live ammunition at koppie one. There is no evidence yet to justify the continued firing at the mineworkers....
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd’s hope to source bauxite from Sijimali and Kutrumali mines in south Odisha’s Rayagada and Kalahandi districts has hit a legal roadblock. The company is desperate to get hold of new sources of bauxite now that its planned mine in the...
Vedanta Resources Plc’s Zambian unit is suing the southern African country’s revenue authority over a 3.2 billion-kwacha ($586 million) tax charge relating to exports of copper cathode. Konkola Copper Mines Plc wants the Lusaka High Court to quash Zambia Revenue...
Greenland’s industry minister called it the largest commercial project in the autonomous Danish territory’s history. London Mining is expected to seek investment partners for the multi-billion dollar project. Some opponents say the open-cast mine will...
We, Indigenous women from the seven sociocultural regions of the world, met at the World Conference of Indigenous Women – ‘Progress and challenges regarding the future we want’ in Lima, Peru, from October 28-30, 2013. Our gathering included elders and youth,...
Britain, in partnership with Her Majesty’s overseas territories and crown dependencies, remains “by far the most important part of the global offshore system of tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions”, the Queen will be told tomorrow in a letter from...
