Despite Vedanta’s roaring hoardings of ‘Mining Happiness’, forceful grabbing of adivasi land by the company in Lanjigarh has always been a burning issue. Adivasis had been knocking all possible doors for justice: from the local administration to...
The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has asked for a review of Vedanta’s track record in the country’s mining and power sector before approving its $9.6-billion acquisition of Cairn India, a move that may further delay the controversial transaction that...
India-focused miner Vedanta Resources posted a 29 percent jump in full-year earnings per share, on the back of strong metal prices and a background of robust demand for commodities. See...
The Swedish government’s Ethical Council monitors company investments by the country’s four state pension funds. Among its prime targets are several resource extraction companies, including Rio Tinto and Freeport (because of their waste disposal practices...
Another landslide has tragically swept away small-scale miners in the Philippines, in the gold rich Compostela Valley on Good Friday. Even as rescuers struggled through the mud, the military were destroying the miners’ houses to stop them returning – and...
Violent crackdown on villagers peacefully opposing British company’s coal mine On the afternoon of May 5th, a peaceful anti-coal demonstration by local villagers in Bangladesh suddenly turned bloody. The resort to violence is the latest in a series of events...
