Vedanta’s future plan may trip on past hurdle Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta group’s plan to buy the Government of India’s residual 29 per cent stake in Hindustan Zinc Ltd (HZL) by December will hit a block with the Central Bureau of...
States and corporations need to do more to prevent the violation of indigenous peoples’ rights as a result of business-related activities, a United Nations independent expert body has said. “Indigenous peoples are among the groups most severely affected by the...
A major investigation into India’s illegal mining practices that led to the arrests of public officials for corruption was wound up last week without explanation, sparking concern about the extent of government complicity in illegal activities. (One of the...
Vedanta Resources said it has sought an alternate bauxite mine from Odisha government to run its Lanjigarh alumina refinery, which is staring at uncertain future due to local tribals rejecting the proposal to carry out mining in the Niyamgiri hills. See...
Marikana Massacre: the truth is coming out The justification given by SAPS, that they opened fire on mineworkers at the first killing scene on 16th August 2012 because they were under attack, has been blown out of the water. This follows discovery of a SAPs hard drive...
About 2,000 people, including environmentalists and horse-riding farmers, rallied in downtown Montevideo, Uruguay’s capital, to protest against three large scale mining-related projects expected to begin before year-end. The crowd asked the government to stop...
