For a short video of the protests against Vedanta on the day of its 2010 AGM in London, see http://www.vimeo.com/13758175. The film is by Mikey Watts. Thanks to Stik Person for the ‘hands off Niyamgiri’ banner...
Imagine it: a room full of suits in London’s austere and business-like Institute of Civil Engineers, engaged in a passionate debate about religion. That was the scene on Wednesday at the annual general meeting of the London-based and LSE-listed mining company...
Protesters descend on FTSE 100 mining group’s AGM – but chief executive describes criticism as ‘lies’ Vedanta Resources’ highly successful financial year, and its annual meeting, were overshadowed yesterday when more than 100 protesters, some...
Today, shareholders will be attending the AGM of Vedanta Resources, a UK-listed mining company whose operations in Orissa, India, have been the subject of international criticism. An existing alumina factory at the foot of the Niyamgiri hills is alleged to be...
Members of the British Parliament have proposed an Early Day Motion (EDM) on Vedanta. If you live in the United Kingdom, please encourage your own MP to sign EDM 552. EDM 552 VEDANTA RESOURCES PLC20.07.2010 Williams, Hywel That this House notes the unethical practices...
The Attorney-General of India has given the government a free rein to refuse forest clearance for Vedanta Aluminium’s bauxite mining proposal in the Niyamgiri Hills of Orissa. The project has been put on hold, while a committee led by NAC member N.C. Saxena...
Responsible investment research specialists, EIRIS, yesterday published a series of best practice recommendations designed to address investors’ concerns about environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices at Vedanta Resources (the FTSE 100 mining Company...
Sesa Goa to buy land in Orissa, Jharkhand; plans to set up steel plant India’s largest private sector producer and exporter of iron ore, Sesa Goa Ltd, is acquiring land in the eastern states of Jharkhand and Orissa with an eye on manufacturing steel, managing...
The environmental and human rights record of the miner Vedanta Resources will be put under the spotlight during its annual meeting next week, when the India-based group will face protests from pressure groups and an attempt by activist shareholders to remove members...
Rainforest Information Centre in Australia has launched an email campaign to protect Niyamgiri, a sacred mountain in Orissa, India, the Dongria Kondh, an indigenous tribe who worship this mountain as their god as well as the elephants, tigars and leopards who live...
Third blow for Vedanta in a month as mine faces new probe In the third major blow to Vedanta in a month, the Chief Secretary of the Indian state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) has ordered a new investigation into the rights of the Dongria Kondh tribe affected by Vedanta...
A high-level Canadian civil society investigation into alleged grievous human rights abuses at a nickel mine in Guatemala in 2007 has confirmed that local people were viciously attacked by police and mine security, forcibly evicted from their homes, and that several...
