Vedanta AGM report

Notes on the Vedanta AGM held at the Lincoln Centre, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Tuesday 28 August 2012. Chairman Anil Agarwal said that it had been a ‘transformational year’ and that the company had achieved a ‘robust performance’. There had, however, been 22...

India orders Vedanta subsidiary to shut coke unit on pollution

Sesa Goa, owned by miner Vedanta Resources, must shut its 280,000 metric tons per year metallurgical coke unit in western Goa state after complaints about pollution, a State Pollution Board official said. Shares of Sesa Goa extended losses by 3.73 percent at 180.45...

Human rights groups to protest Vedanta AGM

London Mining Network press release What: AGM of controversial London-listed mining company Vedanta When: Tuesday 28 August at 3pm Where: Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED Controversial, India-based mining company Vedanta will again be the...

Vedanta’s pollution of water in Zambia

This report from Southern Africa Resource Watch, one of the organisations on the ground in Zambia, was written for Foil Vedanta for the 2012 Vedanta AGM demonstration. It reveals the ongoing pollution of groundwater for hundreds of people in the Shimulala community...