“[The Indian] government should order Vedanta Ltd. to cease operations in Thoothukudi, make the company clean up the ecological damage it has wrought, and ensure that victims receive fair compensation. Only that will be a real deterrent”.
Embattled platinum miner Lonmin faces a fresh wave of protests ahead of its 109th and final AGM in London this week. Relatives of mine workers killed in the Marikana massacre of 2012 will picket the meeting on Thursday to demand the company pay compensation and improve workers’ accommodation.
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact’s Call to Repeal the Petition Declaring the former Secretary-General of AIPP, Joan Carling, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Corpuz-Tauli, and other indigenous leaders and human rights defenders as Terrorists and Outlaws
Whilst other businesses worry about Brexit, well-placed mining companies and politicians with ideas of ‘Empire 2.0’ seem to be gearing up to exploit it – with worrying repercussions for communities.
The planning inspectorate has refused planning permission to Provectus who applied to mine at Hilltop, very close to homes at Old Tupton, Claycross and Holmgate!
