The Mines and Communities website (http://www.minesandcommunities.org) has published a collection of articles about lead and the dangers posed by its mining, processing, transportation and use. “As lead is all around us, it is in us, too” So remarked...
Mining industry organisation International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has published “Human Rights in the Metals and Mining Industry: Overview, Management Approach and Issues”, the first in a line of publications which, it says, affirms the organisation’s...
URGENT ACTION! From the human rights team of the Process of Black Communities and other organisations: 6th August is the date fixed for the eviction of the black community in La Toma, in the Suárez municipality in north Cauca, Colombia. La Toma´s Afro-descendant...
Last month, Vedanta was indicted on several acts of pollution at its smelter in Orissa. See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=9388. It’s also being accused of illegal land acquisition for the same project. See...
Church of England to meet Vedanta management on Niyamgiri A persistent campaign by activists to stop Vedanta from mining in Orissa’s Niyamgiri mountains for bauxite has got a boost from the Church. The Church of England, that has invested in the company’s stocks, said...
In what seems to be a striking decision on behalf of community activists trying to resist damage and displacement, a magistrate in South Africa’s Limpopo Province has dismissed charges laid against three women brought before his court. They were accused of...
