Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Bhavesh Arun Karekar & Others Vs MoEF&CC & Others dated 15/04/2024. The matter related to non-compliance of the terms and conditions of Consent to Operate and Environmental Clearance (EC) granted to M/s. Ashapur Meinchem Ltd., village …
Dubai-based minerals trading company Trimex International EZE Ltd today moved the Supreme Court claiming $600,000 as damages from Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources. In its petition, Trimex sought appointment of the second arbitrator and the presiding arbitrator as per the clause in a contract …
Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL) has condemned the findings of the UK National Contact Point, a UK-based government agency, which accused London-based Vedanta Resources, the parent company of VAL of overlooking the interests of the local communities in Orissa.
AKSHAYA KUMAR SAHOO Vedanta is sourcing bauxite from Gujarat and its BALCO project in Chhattisgarh , so it is paying hefty sums on the transportation. Procedural delays, bureaucratic hassles and lack of political will may result in the possibility of yet another foreign direct investment (FDI) project shying away from …
The global aluminum industry, as part of its program of materials stewardship, is encouraging industry to collect and reuse aluminium by "mining the infrastructure of society". For such urban mining to take place, industries need to understand comprehensively the complete life cycle of aluminum and its products. Members of aluminum …
This essay contends that the economic liberalization, privatization and globalization (LPG) model of development in India is virtually depriving the tribal people and other agriculture dependent poor people of their traditional means of sustainable livelihood by promoting the unregulated growth of mineral-based industries in the tribal regions of India. In …
KORAPUT: People and the villages in the periphery of NALCO at Damanjodi in Koraput district could enjoy the benefits of real development to a greater extent if the village leaders, district administration and NALCO authorities who are the three key players responsible for the growth to happen could bring better …
Contrary to assurances given by the Goa government to crack down on rampant mining in forest areas, its report submitted to the union Ministry of Environment and Forests has recommended drastic reduction of eco fragile zones near wildlife sanctuaries. Environmentalists as well as opposition parties have slammed the government over …
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London August 05, 2009, 1:12 IST UK-based metals major Vedanta Resources came under more pressure as it was revealed today that one of its group companies, Balco, is a supplier of refined aluminum to the Indian defence sector. This information is now being used by human …
New Delhi, Aug 4 Centre today warned the Vedantagroup that it can be prosecuted if it resorts to "illegalmining" of bauxiteat Nyomgiri in Orissa since the AnilAgarwal-controlled firm has been given only in-principleapproval. "They have got environmental approval in-principle. Theyhave not got full forest clearance. If mining is taking placein …
Booker Prize winning writer Arundhati Roy and British human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger were among a group of high-profile figures who lent their support to a protest held here outside the offices of the mining company, Vedanta Resources, demanding that it withdraw its plans to construct a massive bauxite mine …
S Kalyana Ramanathan / London July 28, 2009, 0:53 IST Campaigners from Hamburg-based (Germany) think-tank World Future Council, along with British charity ActionAid, today protested against the Church of England and Middlesbrough Borough Council for investing their pension funds in UK-based metals and mining company Vedanta Resources Plc (with an …
The Niyamgiri Hills, which range over 250 kilometres across the districts of Rayagada, Kalahandi and Koraput in Orissa, are home to more than 8,000 Dongaria Kondhs and other tribals who are now wholeheartedly engaged in what they have been doing for centuries: defending their hills, forests and streams. This time, …
Plans to bulldoze an Indian mountain sacred to local people were controversial enough... before shareholder data revealed that a raft of UK household names, ranging from Jaguar cars to the Church of England, own shares in the company behind the mine, Vedanta Resources plc.
Hyderabad: Maoists in Visakhapatnam and the Andhra Pradesh Government are headed for a violent confrontation over mining of bauxite in the forests of Jeralla and Galikonda tribal areas on the Eastern Ghats, barely a week after the state Government agreed to supply raw bauxite to Jindal and RAK Aluminum Limited …
