The IEA’s special report Energy and AI, out today, offers the most comprehensive, data-driven global analysis to date on the growing connections between energy and AI. The report draws on new datasets and extensive consultation with policy makers, the tech sector, the energy industry and international experts. It projects that …
Education,Training Initiatives Help Firms Earn Trust Of Villagers Rakhi Mazumdar KOLKATA THERE was a time little Arsu Tadu hated going to school. She had to walk six kilometres every morning to reach a rundown shed, which was the local school in her neighbouring village near Rukka in mineral-rich Jharkhand. At …
LONDON In a major setback to mining giant Vedanta Resources, a British charity on Thursday has announced that it had sold all its stake in the firm. The sell off was due to concerns over human rights and environmental issues. The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, which is based in York, …
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Tuesday alleged that the government and Vedanta had failed to protect Orissa's indigenous communities from health hazards of mining. However, the mining major hit back saying these claims were based on "outdated document". In a report released on Tuesday, Amnesty alleged that the 8,000-strong …
Amnesty International has lambasted Vedanta Resources, the London-based mining company, for violating the human rights of local communities, including their right to water, food, health and work by operating a heavily polluting alumina refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa. In a report released today, Amnesty came down heavily on the Indian authorities, …
New Delhi, Feb. 9: Vedanta Resources is under fire from heaven and earth, and even Hollywood has been asked to join in. Tribal rights campaigner Survival International has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron, through an advertisement in US entertainment magazine Variety, to help it stop the company from mining …
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London February 09, 2010, 0:25 IST Survival International, a London-based NGO, has appealed to the director of the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, James Cameron, to lend his support in fighting against London-listed mining and metals major Vedanta Resources from setting up its aluminium plant in Orissa. Survival …
NEW DELHI: They are an indigenous people struggling to defend their land against mining interests who threaten their homes, culture and sacred deity. Sounds familiar? No, they are not blue-skinned aliens and this is not the plot for the blockbuster film Avatar. Instead, it is the real life story of …
VEDANTA Resources, the Anil Agarwalcontrolled mining and metals conglomerate, continues to battle a maelstrom of allegations over its proposed mining work in Niyamgiri, Orissa. The Church of England, a shareholder in London-listed Vedanta, last week exited its investment alleging unclear rehabilitation policies. The Church of England isn
BHUBANESWAR: Human right activists, tribal leaders and social activists in Orissa Sunday welcomed the Church of England's decision to sell its shares in British mining major Vedanta due to its dissatisfaction with the company's rights' record in the state. "It is a great step by the Church. It understood the …
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London February 6, 2010, 0:49 IST Withdraws investment over Orissa project. Metals and mining major and Anil Agarwal-controlled Vedanta Resouces today received a moral blow to its proposed mining project in Orissa after the Church of England withdrew its investments in the company, citing ethical reasons …
This new report by Amnesty International documents how an alumina refinery operated by a subsidiary of Britain-based Vedanta Resources in Orissa is causing air and water pollution, that threatens the health of local people and their access to water. Plans to mine bauxite and expand a refinery in Orissa, eastern …
Co Plans To Raise Aluminium Capacity 25 Fold, Silver 12 Times ANIL Agarwal-promoted $ 6.6 billion Vedanta Group is planning major expansion of its metals business and is set to spend $2 billion (around Rs 9,000 crore) over the next two to three years to significantly enhance capacity. The company …
PANAJI: The lawyers of mining company Vedanta on Wednesday assured the High Court of Bombay at Goa that the firm would remove the mining dumps at the edge of its mining lease at Advalpal village in north Goa. Petitioners, a nine-year-old Akash Naik and the Goa Foundation, have moved the …
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, a mega health camp was organised by Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) here on Sunday. The camp was aimed at treating and providing medical attention to inhabitants of the town besides an open invitation to all residents of peripheral villages. Over 40 …
ANIL Agarwal's Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) fears fresh trouble at its proposed bauxite mining site in Orissa. In a letter to the police superintendents of Rayagada and Kalahandi last week, Vedanta's COO-Lanjigarh, Mukesh Kumar said: "We are seeing increased movement of foreigners from various countries in the area. We also came …
The Vedanta Group has asked the Orissa government to restrict the entry of foreign non-government organisations (NGOs) in the area where it proposes to mine bauxite, as part of its $8-billion project in the state, saying they were instigating locals.
