Vedanta: literature, protests and court cases in London

Vedanta: literature, protests and court cases in London

At the end of May, a High Court judge in London allowed 1,826 Zambian villagers to take legal action against mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc through the UK Courts. The villagers allege serious pollution by the company’s subsidiary Koncola Copper Mines (KCM)...
Soni Sori and the Battle for the Forest

Soni Sori and the Battle for the Forest

This guest post by Kerima Mohideen is the first in an occasional series looking at women involved in resisting the impacts of the international mining industry. Eight per cent of the Indian population are Adivasis (Indigenous people),which amounts to over 84 million...
The Killing fields of Korba

The Killing fields of Korba

This article, by Nostromo Research, first appeared on the Mines and Communities (MAC) website on 6 August 2014. It’s not often that MAC can offer a true “exclusive” – something no-one else has yet published and which addresses one of the worst...