Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](http://www.foilvedanta.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Obituary of Biswa Ranjan Paramguru](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/obituary-of-biswa-ranjan-paramguru/) - Foil Vedanta are devastated to post this obituary of the dedicated public interest lawyer Biswa Paramguru who had been working alongside Foil Vedanta activists in India, and was tragically killed in a motorbike accident on 10th September 2025. In Loving Memory and Celebration of Biswa's Life and Work by Aishwarya Sarkar In 2019, I was - [Zambia Supreme Court holds Vedanta guilty of water poisoning](http://www.foilvedanta.org/uncategorized/call-out-protest-at-zambia-high-commission-2nd-april/) - 2nd April 2015. The Supreme Court of Zambia today upheld a 2011 High Court verdict which found Vedanta (KCM) guilty of water pollution which poisoned thousands of Chingola residents in 2006(1).Meanwhile in London protesters held a vigil outside outside the Zambia High Commission, drumming and holding banners in solidarity with the victims of Vedanta's water - [Supreme Court hears landmark jurisdiction case against Vedanta](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/supreme-court-hears-landmark-jurisdiction-case-against-vedanta/) - The latest hearing in the case of the Zambian communities consistently polluted by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of British miner Vedanta, was heard at the British Supreme Court on 15th and 16th January 2019. A vigil organised by solidarity organisation Foil Vedanta took place outside the court throughout the event in solidarity with - [Odisha government tries every trick in the book with Supreme Court Niyamgiri verdict](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/odisha-government-tries-every-trick-in-the-book-with-supreme-court-niyamgiri-verdict/) - When the Supreme Court announced its verdict to hand the decision on Vedanta's Niyamgiri mine back to the Dongria Kond and other affected people via a complex process of legal claim filing, gram sabhas and a final MoEF nod, both Vedanta and their opposition celebrated. The court judges knew what they had done. Rather than - [Obituary of Zambian activist James Nyasulu](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/obituary-of-zambian-activist-james-nyasulu/) - 12th July 2022. James Nyasulu, the much respected Zambian grassroots activist and former miners union leader, and partner of Foil Vedanta, died in hospital in Lusaka on 30th March 2022 from kidney failure. Though not known as a household name in Zambia, James Nyasulu dedicated his life to justice and fairness for the communities around - ['Vedanta's Billions: Regulatory failure, environment and human rights' - report released](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedantas-billions-regulatory-failure-environment-and-human-rights-report-released/) - Foil Vedanta and a coalition of organisations have released a damning report 'Vedanta's Billions: Regulatory failure, environment and human rights' days before Vedanta Resources' AGM and de-listing, described by Hywel Williams MP as 'deeply concerning and disturbing'. The report gives a comprehensive account of legal judgments against Vedanta across its global operations, and blames the - [Historic victory for Punjab farmers, and a blow for the private coal industry in India.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/historic-victory-for-punjab-farmers-and-a-blow-for-the-private-coal-industry-in-india/) - 21st April 2021. On 7th April 2021 the National Green Tribunal (NGT) sat for its latest hearing in a long running court battle over pollution of the area surrounding Vedanta Ltd subsidiary Talwandi Sabo Power Limited (TSPL)'s coal fired power plant in Mansa, Punjab. Following its earlier ruling which found that highly toxic emissions and - [Why the Vedanta-Sterlite Judgement Matters](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/why-the-vedanta-sterlite-judgement-matters/) - On August 18, 2020, Vedanta Ltd.’s Sterlite Copper received a double blow from the Madras high court. Justices T.S. Sivagnanam and Bhavani Subbaroyan ruled that Sterlite was responsible for a disastrous sulphur dioxide (SO2) leak in 2013, and that the decisions of the Tamil Nadu authorities to shut down the factory in 2013 and - [Zambian government 'divorces' Vedanta](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/zambian-government-divorces-vedanta/) - 28th June 2019. On the 20th of May, following weeks of protests and riots which had briefly brought tanks into Chingola, Zambia's President - Edgar Lungu – announced his government's intention to liquidate Konkola Copper Mines in order to 'divorce' Vedanta Resources as the majority shareholder and seek a new investor. Miners and residents of - [Vedanta boss avoids last AGM as protests rage](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedanta-boss-avoids-last-agm-as-protests-rage/) - 1st October 2018. Loud protests took place at the company's last London AGM today. Company founder and Chairman Anil Agarwal was not present, creating uproar among protesters and shareholders. Vedanta Resources officially de-listed from the London Stock Exchange at 8am this morning. Inside the meeting dissident shareholders asked questions about the police shooting of thirteen - [Can Zambian claimants get justice in the UK Supreme Court?](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/can-zambian-claimants-get-justice-in-the-uk-supreme-court/) - Report on the Supreme Court appeal hearing in the case Lungowe vs Vedanta, 15 - 16 January 2019. This report follows our previous detailed write up of the Court of Appeal hearing, entitled 'Police this gateway'. Court room 1 of the British Supreme Court was packed with journalists, solidarity activists, law students and other observers - [Landmark jurisdiction case won by Zambian farmers at Supreme Court](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/landmark-jurisdiction-case-won-by-zambian-farmers-at-supreme-court/) - The Supreme Court today announced its verdict in the landmark case of the Zambian communities consistently polluted by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of British miner Vedanta Resources Plc, allowing them to have their case against the parent company and its subsidiary tried in the UK. The ruling sets a strong legal precedent which - [Report on Supreme Court Niyamgiri mine hearing](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/report-on-supreme-court-niyamgiri-mine-hearing/) - This is a report from the 11th January hearing of the Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC) vs Union of India case at the Supreme Court of India. The previous ruling by Environment and Forests minister Jairam Ramesh in August 2010 prevented Vedanta from mining the Niyamgiri mountain due to violations of environment and forestry acts. The - [Inside report from the Supreme Court Niyamgiri case](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/inside-report-from-the-supreme-court-niyamgiri-case-3/) - This report comes from Foil Vedanta's friend in the court room as the Niyamgiri case continues... 19th February 2013 Last week, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court in the ongoing Vedanta case, saying the government and not the tribals and forest dwellers will have the final - [Protest at Vedanta HQ as Supreme Court decision announced](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/protest-at-vedanta-hq-as-supreme-court-decision-announced/) - Indian Supreme Court judges today handed the final decision on Vedanta's Niyamgiri mine to the Dongria Kond tribe and farmers living around the mountain. Two Gram Sabha's (village councils) or local self-government within 10km of the proposed mine should announce their decision to the Ministry of Environment and Forests within three months1. The decision will - [Video: Supreme Court verdict celebrated on Niyamgiri](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/video-supreme-court-verdict-celebrated-on-niyamgiri/) - This short footage was taken yesterday as Niyamgiri dwellers celebrated the Supreme Court's verdict, while also cautioning that the company and state officials must stay away from the process. In his interview Kutia Kond activist Kumuti Majhi states: "When the Orissa chief minister came to lay foundation [of Vedanta's project], if we were five of - [200 of Vedanta's victims flood Lusaka courtroom](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/200-of-vedantas-victims-flood-lusaka-courtroom/) - On Friday 6th February 200 people who were victims of a major pollution incident caused by Konkola Copper Mines in 2006, which poisoned the Kafue river and made thousands sick, flooded the Supreme Court of Zambia. They were attending the hearing of an appeal (by KCM) against the precedent judgement in January 2011 which awarded - [Make Pollution Political -1826 Zambian claimants Demand Justice in Supreme Court, London](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/make-pollution-political-1826-zambian-claimants-demand-justice-in-supreme-court-london/) - On 15th and 16th the Zambian communities consistently polluted by the subsidiary of British mining company Vedanta Resources will have their case heard at the Supreme Court in London, and we need your help to rally in solidarity outside and inside the court room, to send a clear message that we will not stand for - [Vedanta sponsored Jaipur Literature Festival disrupted in London](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedanta-sponsored-jaipur-literature-festival-disrupted-in-london/) - 20th May 2016. A massive thank you to all the writers, bloggers, activists and supporters who made the JLF boycott a huge success. Please read more on the London protest and and press coverage below: A group of protesters from a wide range of organisations today disrupted the Jaipur Literature Festival at London's Southbank - [Zambian villagers win right to have case against Vedanta & KCM heard in UK](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/zambian-villagers-win-right-to-have-case-against-vedanta-kcm-heard-in-uk/) - 7th June, 2016. On Friday 27th May the Hon Mr Justice Coulson published his judgment on the jurisdiction hearing between 1,826 Zambian villagers and Vedanta and it's Zambian subsidiary KCM which took place in April in London, finding in the villagers' favour that their case demanding compensation for personal injury and loss of livelihood due - ['Gunning down a protest' and 'Sense of betrayal': Frontline on Sterlite's Thoothukudi massacre](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/gunning-down-a-protest-and-sense-of-betrayal-frontline-on-sterlites-thoothukudi-massacre/) - 12th June 2018. These in depth articles by Ilangovan Rajasekaran were carried as a cover story in Frontline magazine, 22nd June print edition. The first covers the myriad police violations of 22nd May in Thoothukudi, including attempts to split the movement prior to the protest, and torture of youth after the fatal shootings. The second - [Talwandi Sabo Power laborers strike for unpaid wages](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/talwandi-sabo-power-laborers-strike-for-unpaid-waged/) - Aug 7, 2015. Banwali village, Punjab. Contract Labourers at Vedanta's Punjabi power company Talwandi Sabo Power Limited are striking today and protesting in front of the plant gates demanding payment for which they have been waiting for four months. The Talwandi Sabo plant will be Punjabs biggest greenfield power plant. It is being constructed by - [Prosperity or plunder?: The real story behind the global mining industry](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/prosperity-or-plunder-the-real-story-behind-the-global-mining-industry/) - 12th August 2015. This editorial on the ecological economics and social impacts of the global mining industry was published in the July/August edition of the socialist Hindi magazine Samayik Varta. Please click the link to read it in Hindi or download a PDF version of the article here: Prosperity or plunder? The real story behind - [Vedanta and Indian Government 'friends forever'.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/vedanta-and-indian-government-friends-forever/) - Cover story in December's Open Magazine (a major Indian glossy) reveals Vedanta's influence over the Indian government. ...See the full story below...... How Big Business Gets Its Way Companies like Vedanta are brazenly taking over governance in some parts of India Mihir Srivastava 22nd December 2012 » Ratan Tata, weeks before relinquishing control of the - [From Phulbari to Niyamgiri!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/from-phulbari-to-niyamgiri/) - Activists from Foil Vedanta joined the Bangladeshi community and other organisations today at the AGM of GCM Resources - the UK based mining company who want to displace 220,000 people for a giant open cast coal mine in Phulbari, Bangladesh. As 40 protesters shouted slogans outside the Institute of Directors (IoD) where the AGM was - [Protesters mob Vedanta HQ as verdict deferred again](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/protesters-mob-vedanta-hq-as-verdict-deferred-again/) - A loud group of protesters from Foil Vedanta and other grassroots groups mobbed the company's Mayfair headquarters today holding a banner reading 'FCA: de-list Vedanta'. The demonstration called for the Financial Conduct Authority to remove Vedanta from the London Stock Exchange for poor corporate governance and human rights crimes. Simultaneously the Indian Supreme Court deferred - [Join the Vedanta AGM protest! July 27th, London](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/join-the-vedanta-agm-protest-july-27th-london/) - Please join us for the 7th annual protest outside the AGM of Vedanta Resources, the now infamous UK registered Indian mining company who have this year been exposed by the Indian government for serial environmental and human rights violations. - [Remembering the 2010 Vedanta AGM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/2010-vedanta-agm/) - The protests at the 2010 Vedanta AGM brought a lot of attention to Vedanta's Niyamgiri operations. Here are a collection of the articles, videos and photos taken of the day. Join us for the 2011 AGM demonstrations! Articles: William MacNamara, 'Rights protests aim to swamp Vedanta AGM', "The FT', 27 July 2010. Peter Popham, 'Vedanta's - [Double Death – Aluminium’s Links with Genocide](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/double-death-aluminiums-links-with-genocide/) - By Felix Padel and Samarendra Das, Economic and Political Weekly, December 2005 “The evidence we present goes against the conventional history of aluminium, which tends to portray the industry as central to various countries’ economic power and prosperity, without understanding the financial manipulation and exploitation between and within countries, and the true costs.” Few people - [Vedanta excluded again by Norwegian pension fund](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedanta-excluded-again-by-norwegian-pension-fund/) - 16th March 2017. In its latest report, released on 9th March 2017, the Norwegian Council of Ethics has again excluded Vedanta from the Government Pension Fund's investment universe. The report is an indictment of Vedanta's pattern of operation at four subsidiaries in Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Zambia, finding "numerous reports of Vedanta’s failure to - [Eight days of protest on Niyamgiri](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/eight-days-of-protest-on-niyamgiri/) - 7th June, 2016. A seven day padyatra (foot march) involving occupants of up to 112 of the remote villages of the Niyamgiri hills ended on Sunday in Jaganathpur (Lanjigarh). The padyatra, led by the Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti and indigenous leaders from the villages, amplified demands to decommission Vedanta's Lanjigarh refinery and celebrated the recent victory - [Northern Governmental Organisations: between the free market and the nation state](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/northern-governmental-organisations-between-the-free-market-and-the-nation-state/) - A short version of this article was published in The Land magazine's summer edition 2015. A PDF of the full version below can be downloaded here:Northern Governmental Organisations. Northern Governmental Organisations: between the free market and the nation state Samarendra Das and Miriam Rose The NGO sector is one of the world's largest industries. In - [MPs sign open Letter of support for Foil Vedanta delegation in Zambia](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/open-letter-of-support-for-foil-vedanta-delegation-in-zambia/) - 15th October 2015. Green MP Caroline Lucas, Labour peer Lord Des Browne (of Laydton) and MSP Jackie Baillie have added their names to a letter of support for Foil Vedanta's current delegation to Zambia which will be monitoring the situation with communities around Vedanta's mines and processing plants. Open Letter of support for Foil Vedanta - [Victory for Zambian farmers suing Vedanta in UK](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/victory-for-zambian-farmers-suing-vedanta-in-uk/) - 13th October 2017. Judges today threw out Vedanta's appeal to the May 2016 High Court judgment allowing Zambian farmers to have their case against the company heard in the UK. The judgment adds further weight to precedents holding UK companies legally responsible for the actions of their subsidiaries. Judges today released their verdict on Vedanta's - [Fraud at the highest level: Tom Albanese and Guy Elliot may be banned from directorships](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/fraud-at-the-highest-level-tom-albanese-and-guy-elliot-may-be-banned-from-directorships/) - 20th October 2017. On Tuesday the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a fraud case against Rio Tinto and two of its executives Tom Albanese (until recently Vedanta's CEO) and Guy Elliot for inflating the value of a misguided coal deal with Mozambique in 2011. Rio Tinto was immediately fined £27.4 million by the Financial Conduct - [Fraud mining company GCM faces protests in London again](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/fraud-mining-company-gcm-faces-protests-in-london-again/) - 12th December 2017. Despite the cold, a loud and theatrical protest was again held outside the AGM of British mining company Global Coal Resources Management (GCM) at the Aeronautical Society in 4 Hamilton Place in London at 10am today. In solidarity with the communities in Phulbari, where three people were shot dead as paramilitary officers - [London ruling awards Zambia $139 million from KCM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/london-ruling-awards-zambia-139-million-from-kcm/) - 18th Jan 2018 In the third major London case against Vedanta subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) since 2014, the English High Court on January 2nd ordered KCM to pay $139 million plus costs to Zambian government entity ZCCM Investment Holdings (ZCCM-IH) for sums owed as part of a copper and cobalt price participation agreement dating - [Thoothukudi residents resist Sterlite expansion](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/thoothukudi-residents-resist-sterlite-expansion/) - 15th February. On Monday up to 500 people declared a hunger strike and indefinite protest against the planned expansion of Vedanta subsidiary Sterlite’s copper smelter in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu. Two days into the protest police rounded up and arrested 270 people including many women and children, eventually releasing all except eight so-called ringleaders including - [From Lonhro to Lonmin - the British colonial state's deadly extractivism](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/from-lonhro-to-lonmin-the-british-colonial-states-deadly-extractivism/) - 16 March 2018. The AGM of Lonmin Plc in London yesterday was met with angry protests as three delegates from Marikana in South Africa addressed crowds before attending the meeting. Families and victims of the Marikana massacre, in which 34 platinum miners were shot dead by private security and police while on strike in 2012, - [London and Tuticorin mass rally to ban Sterlite](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/london-and-tuticorin-mass-rally-to-ban-sterlite/) - 24th March 2018 A noisy protest took place at 42-44 Hill Street in Mayfair, London, today, as British Tamils armed with traditional Parai drums joined with major demonstrations in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, India, against the expansion of British company Sterlite's copper smelter in the State. The London protest, which took place at the $20 - [The anti-Sterlite movement: Saga of a struggle](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/the-anti-sterlite-movement-saga-of-a-struggle/) - 20th April 2018. This detailed history of the anti-Sterlite movement by Ilangovan Rajasekaran was first published in Frontline magazine on April 17. Reproduced with permission of Frontline and the author here. In Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi district, protests against Sterlite’s copper smelter plant get a second wind as local residents’ health and environmental concerns over the - [London protests condemn Thoothukudi Vedanta Massacre; Demand action in India and the UK](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/london-protests-condemn-thoothukudi-vedanta-massacre-demand-action-in-india-and-uk/) - 26th May 2018 An angry protest took place today at the Indian High Commission in London. The people were condemning the police firing which killed at least 13 unarmed protesters at an environmental demonstration against British company Vedanta Resources' copper smelter in Thoothukudi (Tuticorin), Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. There was a strong call from all - [Call out - Last London AGM protest, 1st October!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/call-out-last-london-agm-protest-1st-october/) - On 1st October Vedanta will hold their last AGM in London before de-listing from the London Stock Exchange, under pressure from MPs and activists following the Thoothukudi massacre in Tamil Nadu May. At this final AGM, Foil Vedanta will be celebrating the notable victory of Vedanta’s de-listing (which seriously curtails their corporate ambitions), and the - [The safety record at KCM is upside-down](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/the-safety-record-at-kcm-is-upside-down/) - This article by Buntungwa Ward Councillor, Soko Mumba, details attempts by Vedanta's Zambian subsidiary KCM to cover up circumstances surrounding the death of a worker earlier this year. It is not clear if Mr Mwape's tragic death is counted as one of the nine fatalities recorded in Vedanta's 2018 Annual Report, which make a mockery - [Cairn Lanka and the corporate takeover of the Tamil seas](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/cairn-lanka-and-the-corporate-takeover-of-the-tamil-seas/) - 26th January 2015. Just five days before January's Sri Lankan Presidential elections former Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka dropped a bombshell, accusing Mahinda Rajapaska's government of failing to collect $7 billion in inflated share value from Cairn Energy – the first oil company to discover gas in the Mannar basin. His firey argument - [Extractive Industries on Trial! Protest at the Responsible Extractives Summit 2015.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/extractive-industries-on-trial-protest-at-the-responsible-extractives-summit-2015/) - Please join us to oppose the 6th Annual Responsible Extractives Summit at Tower Bridge Hilton on Monday 29th June. Expose crooked executives from Shell, Vedanta, Rio Tinto, JP Morgan, Bechtel and more, co-opting UN's human rights mechanisms and using sustainability and CSR spin to cover up their extensive and ongoing crimes against humanity and the - [Protests at Zambia High Commission demand KCM publish profits and taxes](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/protests-at-zambia-high-commission-demand-kcm-publish-profits-and-taxes/) - Today more than 40 protesters from Foil Vedanta, the Afrikan diaspora and other organisations in London chanted, played drums and held banners and placards outside the Zambia High Commission in London. They demanded that some of the revelations in Foil Vedanta's groundbreaking report Copper Colonialism: British Miner Vedanta KCM and the copper loot of Zambia - [Global day of action against Vedanta draws thousands in London, Odisha and Goa!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/global-day-of-action-against-vedanta-draws-thousands-in-london-odisha-and-goa/) - 29th August 2012. More than 100 protesters from Foil Vedanta and other organisations crowded the entrance to Vedanta Resources' London AGM and poured red paint on the steps yesterday in an attempt to disrupt the meeting. In Goa and Odisha in India where Vedanta operates, parallel demonstrations involving thousands of people affected by the company's - [Global days of action against Vedanta's 2015 AGM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/global-days-of-action-against-vedantas-2015-agm/) - Join us for the 11th annual Global Days of Action against Vedanta Resources and its subsidiaries. On Monday the 3rd of August we will hold a loud and colorful demonstration outside Vedanta's Annual General Meeting in London in solidarity with the many communities suffering pollution, illness, oppression, displacement and poverty as a result of Vedanta's - [A Critical Legal History of Mining in Goa](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/a-critical-legal-history-of-mining-in-goa/) - 14th July 2015. Krishnendu Mukherjee, Barrister and Advocate at Doughty Street Chambers, has been very involved in exposing the gross scale illegal mining carried out by Vedanta subsidiary Sesa Goa, and other iron ore miners in Goa. This article is a detailed analysis of the manipulations of legal procedures and previous judgements by mining companies - [Trial of mining execs at Responsible Extractives Summit](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/trial-of-mining-execs-at-responsible-extractives-summit/) - 29th June 2015. Representatives from Foil Vedanta, Women of Colour in Global Women's Strike, Black dissidents, All Africa Women's Group, Sorry you Feel Uncomortable, Survivial Guides and Parai Voice of Freedom today opposed the 6th Annual Responsible Extractives Summit at the Tower Bridge Hilton Hotel in London today. They held a theatrical trial of some - [Eight global demos against Vedanta in Afrika, India and London](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/eight-global-demos-against-vedanta-in-afrika-india-and-london/) - 3rd August Seven global locations in India and Africa held angry protests today and over the weekend opposing the activities of British-Indian mining company Vedanta while Vedanta's AGM at Ironmongers Hall, Barbican, London was mobbed by a loud rally organised by Foil Vedanta, accusing the company of pollution, human rights abuses and financial mismanagement. In - [KCM hides profits in Zambia by transfer mispricing](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/kcm-hides-profits-in-zambia-by-transfer-mispricing/) - 4th July. This explosive article appeared in today's Post Zambia newspaper. An arbirtration hearing in the London High Court of Justice heard on Tuesday how Vedanta has used a Dubai based subsidiary called Fujairah Gold to buy under-valued copper from its subsidiary KCM, and hide its profits, in a scam known as transfer mispricing. Fujairah - ['Zero harm' - Minutes of Vedanta Resources' 2017 AGM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/zero-harm-minutes-of-vedanta-resources-2017-agm/) - 7th September. This year was Vedanta's 14th AGM, since registering on the London Stock Exchange in December 2003, and the 14th year that dissident shareholders have attended the meeting to hold the company to account for their environmental and human rights abuses. The minutes published by activist shareholders every year, documenting the company's response to - [Vedanta's 2017 AGM again disrupted by protests](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/vedantas-2017-agm-again-disrupted-by-protests/) - 14th August 2017. Loud and theatrical protests were again held outside the AGM of British mining company Vedanta Resources' at the Lincoln Centre, Lincoln Inn Fields, London at 2pm today accusing the company of major environmental and human rights abuses across its operations. Parallel protests and meetings were held today by affected communities and their - [Global day of action against Vedanta's AGM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/global-day-of-action-against-vedantas-agm/) - The annual Global Day of Action against Vedanta will take place on Monday 14th August 2017, as their AGM is conducted in London. While the Vedanta board try to don the 'cloak of respectability' of their London listing, communities affected by the company's pollution, human rights abuses and tax evasion around the world will raise their - [Foil Vedanta responds to Tom Albanese on Vedanta in Zambia](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/foil-vedanta-responds-to-tom-albanese-on-vedanta-in-zambia/) - 12th February 2014 Last week several articles were published in the Zambian media reporting on a press briefing held by Vedanta executive Tom Albanese following a 'closed door meeting' he held with Labour and Social Security Minister Fackson Shamenda in Lusaka, Zambia, on the 7th February. Mr Albanese met with the Minister to refute claims - [Tom Albanese - blood on your hands](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/tom-albanese-blood-on-your-hands/) - On 6th March Tom Albanese, the former Rio Tinto CEO, was appointed CEO of Vedanta Resources, replacing M S Mehta. The newspapers are billing his appointment as an attempt to 'polish the rough edges off [Anil] Agarwal's Vedanta' and to save the company from its current crisis of share price slumps, regulatory delays and widespread - [How KCM is killing the Zambian Copperbelt. Part 1: water pollution](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/how-kcm-is-killing-the-zambian-copperbelt-part-1-water-pollution/) - 19th February 2016. In October 2015 Foil Vedanta visited Vedanta's Zambian subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) for the second time to investigate the legacy of pollution that has destroyed the environment and livelihoods around Chingola since 2004, when Vedanta bought controlling shares in KCM. KCM is Africa's largest copper mine and the largest mining company - [How KCM is killing the Zambian Copperbelt. Part 2: air pollution.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/how-kcm-is-killing-the-zambian-copperbelt-part-2-air-pollution/) - July 20th 2016. In October 2015 Foil Vedanta visited Vedanta’s Zambian subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) for the second time to investigate the legacy of pollution that has destroyed the environment and livelihoods around Chingola since 2004, when Vedanta bought controlling shares in KCM. KCM is Africa’s largest copper mine and the largest mining company - [Copper Colonialism - Foil Vedanta Zambia report launched](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/copper-colonialism-foil-vedanta-zambia-report-launched/) - 21st January 2014. In December Foil Vedanta activists made a trip to Zambia to investigate the operations of Vedanta subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Zambia's biggest copper miner, and to make links with grassroots movements, academics, journalists and those in the political system who may be questioning the unjust terms of copper mining in their - [Copper Colonialism report shakes Zambia](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/copper-colonialism-report-shakes-zambia/) - 10th March 2014. Over the past few weeks Foil Vedanta's report Copper Colonialism: British Miner Vedanta KCM and the copper loot of Zambia has been creating national level debate in Zambia and even globally. Vedanta's executives have now flown out to Zambia four times in the last month to try to minimise the reputational damage caused - [Copper Colonialism in Zambia - report launch, discussion and demonstration.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/copper-colonialism-in-zambia-report-launch-and-discussion/) - You are warmly invited and encouraged to attend one of these events in the coming weeks to launch our groundbreaking report, and join us in developing much needed grassroots solidarity at our demonstration over Vedanta and the UK government's neo-colonialism of Zambia for copper. For a summary of the issues read our two page newsletter - [“Police this gateway” - Report on London appeal hearing of Vedanta vs Lungowe](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/police-this-gateway-report-on-london-appeal-hearing-of-vedanta-vs-lungowe/) - 6th July. This report is a detailed account of hearings in Vedanta's appeal against Justice Coulson's 2016 judgment allowing the case of Zambian villagers polluted by KCM/Vedanta to be heard in the UK, which took place during the 5th and 6th July. At 9am on Wednesday 5th of July activists from Foil Vedanta Pan African - [Vedanta denies 'duty of care' to Zambian communities and faces protests at RCJ](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedanta-denies-duty-of-care-to-zambian-communities-and-faces-protests-at-rcj/) - 5th July 2017. The latest hearing in the case of the Chingola communities consistently polluted by Vedanta subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) began at the Court of Appeals in London today. A rally organised by Foil Vedanta with Pan African solidarity groups took place outside the court in solidarity with the victims of ongoing pollution - [‘A nice place to work in’? Experiences of Icelandic Aluminium Smelter Employees](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/a-nice-place-to-work-in-experiences-of-icelandic-aluminium-smelter-employees/) - This special report by Miriam Rose originally appeared on Saving Iceland website. In 1969 the first of three aluminium smelters was built in Iceland at Straumsvík, near Hafnafjörður, on the South West side of Reykjavík by Alusuisse (subsequently Rio Tinto-Alcan). In 1998 a second smelter was constructed by Century Aluminum (now a subsidiary of controversial - [Niyamgiri decries State human rights abuses and rejects NGOs](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/niyamgiri-decries-state-human-rights-abuses-and-rejects-ngos/) - On 2nd September indigenous Dongria Kondh and Dalit Bahujan residents of Niyamgiri mountain held a demonstration in Muniguda, Odisha, under the banner of Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti. The protest demanded an end to harassment, false arrests and murder of indigenous activists by police and paramilitary forces, and rejected the involvement of NGO's in their decades long - [London Stock Exchange targeted by Bangladeshi activists](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/london-stock-exchange-targeted-by-bangladeshi-activists/) - 31st August. This news from Phulbari Solidarity following their celebration of a decade of resistance to UK company GCM's open cast coal mine plans, and commemorating the death of three protesters shot by paramilitary forces in 2006. Friday the 26th August, marked a decade of halt to plans by an AIM-listed British company, Global Coal - [India, Zambia, London protest Vedanta's AGM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/india-zambia-london-protest-vedantas-agm/) - 5th August 2016 Protests have been held in India and Zambia in parallel with today's AGM of British mining company Vedanta Resources' at Ironmongers Hall, Barbican, London. Inside the AGM dissident shareholders asked incisive questions submitted by Zambian villagers who are suing Vedanta in the UK for twelve years of polluted water, as well as - [Global Day of Action against Vedanta - 5th August](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/global-day-of-action-against-vedanta-5th-august/) - The time has come around again for our annual Global Day of Action against Vedanta at their AGM. As usual we will bring the defiant energy of communities fighting (and winning) against Vedanta around the world to London! From pollution affected communities of Zambia who won their 9 years battle in their Supreme Court, and - [Authors pull out of Vedanta JLF, and a rebuttal to the organisers](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/authors-pull-out-of-vedanta-jlf-and-a-rebuttle-to-the-organisers/) - 17th May. On 14th May we released an open letter calling for the renowned authors and artists participating in the Jaipur Literature Festival at Southbank, London, to pull out of the event in view of its sponsorship by Vedanta Resources - dubbed 'the world's most hated company'. The letter has now been signed by over - [Boycott Vedanta sponsorship of JLF 2016](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/boycott-vedanta-sponsorship-of-jlf-2016/) - 14th May 2016. On May 21st the high profile Jaipur Literature Festival will take place in Southbank London with Vedanta as its key sponsor*. Foil Vedanta and Roundtable India have authored this open letter to the many renowned authors taking part, asking them to boycott the event in view of Vedanta's criminal activities.** The letter - [Vedanta's toxic debt tricks](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/vedantas-toxic-debt-tricks/) - 5th May 2016 With $2.9 billion in debt covenants and inter-company loans due in 2016 Vedanta is turning to increasingly controversial and irregular methods to bleed cash from its few profitable subsidiaries. Having already asset stripped the Zambian Konkola Copper Mines, being prevented by an employees union from getting access to Hindustan Zinc Ltd's $4.6 - [Vedanta AGM disrupted by worldwide protests again!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedanta-agm-disrupted-by-protests-again/) - 1st August 2013. Foil Vedanta's report with pictures: Today protesters from Foil Vedanta and other organizations held a loud carnival demonstration at the AGM of controversial FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta at the Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square London. A parallel demo was held in Johannesburg. Yesterday in Delhi almost a hundred people braved rains to - [Zambia: Evidence of corruption and miscarriage of justice in KCM water poisoning case](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/zambia-evidence-of-corruption-and-miscarriage-of-justice-in-kcm-water-poisoning-case/) - 2nd June. This article also appeared in the Lusaka Times on May 19th. On 2nd April the Supreme Court of Zambia upheld a precedent High Court verdict that Vedanta subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) is guilty of major water pollution which turned the Kafue into a river of acid in 2006 and poisoned thousands of - [Anil Agarwal anonymous in New York](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/anil-agarwal-anonymous-in-new-york/) - 7th February 2015 The New York Times has published an exposé of Vedanta boss Anil Agarwal as part of a series on the people behind shell companies buying up New York real Estate, entitled 'Towers of Secrecy' by Louise Story and Stephanie Saul. The section on Vedanta is copied below and the full article is - [Cairn Lanka and the corporate takeover of the Tamil seas](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/cairn-lanka-and-the-corporate-takeover-of-the-tamil-seas-3/) - 26th January 2015. Just five days before January's Sri Lankan Presidential elections former Minister of Power and Energy Champika Ranawaka dropped a bombshell, accusing Mahinda Rajapaska's government of failing to collect $7 billion in inflated share value from Cairn Energy – the first oil company to discover gas in the Mannar basin. His firey argument - [Surround GCM's AGM! Surround the dirty coal miners!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/surround-gcms-agm-surround-the-dirty-coal-miners/) - 10th December 2014. Bangladeshi activists, in conjunction with a diverse group of environmental and left political activists in London, heckled the investors of Global Coal Management Resources with their noise demo and coal play yesterday. Activists blocked the entrance to the Aeronautical Society by dumping coal in the doorway. They surrounded GCMs’ CEO Gary Lye - [Scottish Independence and the break up of Britain (a working class perspective)](http://www.foilvedanta.org/uncategorized/scottish-independence-and-the-break-up-of-britain-a-working-class-perspective/) - Hamish Paterson A speech originally given at the Foil Vedanta & Centre for World Environmental History Activist Academia forum, September 13th 2014. I would like to start by saying that since the two world wars the leading powers have learned nothing. Its the same old squabbles: religion and material wealth. Scottish independence could be the - [Activist Academia Forum - Sussex University, 12 - 13 September](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/activist-academia-forum-sussex-university-12-13-september/) - A two day event bringing international activists and academics together to reflect on academic pursuit and forms of knowledge production, and establish working links between those working against the impacts of neoliberalism, the extractive industries, including damage to communities, ecology, democracy and governance. Hosted by the Centre for World Environmental History (CWEH) University of Sussex. - [Activist Academia Forum - Sussex University, 12 - 13 September](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/activist-academia-forum-sussex-university-12-13-september-3/) - A two day event bringing international activists and academics together to reflect on academic pursuit and forms of knowledge production, and establish working links between those working against the impacts of neoliberalism, the extractive industries, including damage to communities, ecology, democracy and governance. Hosted by the Centre for World Environmental History (CWEH) University of Sussex. - [Marikana massacre anniversary demonstration](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/marikana-massacre-anniversary-demonstration/) - 2nd ANNIVERSARY DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE BRUTAL MARIKANA MASSACRE SOUTH AFRICA HOUSE, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, LONDON 2-5PM Sat 16th August 2014 . Join the facebook event! . and see MINERS SHOT DOWN film 7pm FRIDAY 15th AUGUST 2014 @ 365 Brixton Road, BRIXTON, LONDON, SW9 . THE MARIKANA MASSACRE WAS DELIBERATE. S.A. POLICE KILLED 34 AND INJURED - [Global protests rage against Vedanta AGM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/global-protests-rage-against-vedanta-agm/) - August 1st 2014. Protesters from Foil Vedanta, MPs and other organizations today held a loud and colourful demonstration at the AGM of controversial FTSE 250 mining company Vedanta at the Lincoln Centre, Lincoln Inn Fields, London. On 31st August parallel demos were held in Odisha, Delhi and Johannesburg. 400 miners protested Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines - [Lanjigarh expansion Public Hearing disrupted by hundreds](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/lanjigarh-expansion-public-hearing-disrupted-by-thousands/) - 31st July, 2014. Yesterday public hearings on the six fold expansion of the Lanjigarh refinery, at the base of the Niyamgiri Hills in Odisha, were disrupted by around 1000 local people including Dongria and Kutia Konds virulently opposing the expansion. . Some Konds waved their axes demanding that Vedanta (Sesa Sterlite) leave Lanjigarh immediately and - [International protest call out! Vedanta AGM, Friday 1st August](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/protest-call-out-join-us-at-vedantas-agm-friday-1st-august/) - Protest call out! Join us at Vedanta’s AGM, Friday 1st August. 14:00-16:00 The Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED Join us for our major annual demonstration at Vedanta’s AGM. We will bring the defiant energy of communities fighting (and winning) against Vedanta around - [MPs hear evidence for de-listing Vedanta and other UK listed mining companies](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/mps-hear-evidence-for-de-listing-vedanta-and-other-uk-listed-mining-companies/) - Speakers from Foil Vedanta and London Mining Network yesterday presented evidence in the House of Commons on the criminal behaviour of some London Listed mining companies, and called for better accountability measures and the de-listing of criminal companies. Focusing on contentious UK miner Vedanta Resources, they exposed new evidence of tax evasion, illegal land - [MPs hear evidence for de-listing Vedanta and other UK listed mining companies](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/mps-hear-evidence-for-de-listing-vedanta-and-other-uk-listed-mining-companies-3/) - Speakers from Foil Vedanta and London Mining Network yesterday presented evidence in the House of Commons on the criminal behaviour of some London Listed mining companies, and called for better accountability measures and the de-listing of criminal companies. Focusing on contentious UK miner Vedanta Resources, they exposed new evidence of tax evasion, illegal land - [KCM workers fight back](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/kcm-workers-fight-back/) - 7th July. In May this year Foil Vedanta released a video showing Vedanta boss Anil Agarwal mocking the Zambian parliament and bragging that he makes $500 million per year from Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), having bought the company for $25 million, against a $400 million asking price. The video caused outrage in Zambia, where KCM - [Afrikan Liberation Day protest targets Vedanta](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/afrikan-liberation-day-protest-targets-vedanta/) - Tues 3rd June. On Friday 30th May a group of Pan Afrikan activists and supporters held their annual Afrikan Liberation Day Demonstration outside the London headquarters of Vedanta Resources, highlighting it's role in plundering and neo-colonising Afrika - particularly in Zambia. The press release is copied below, and video's of the demonstration, which included Tamil - [Video reveals Agarwal's $500 million a year profit at KCM!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/uncategorized/video-reveals-agarwals-500-million-a-year-profit-at-kcm/) - 12th May 2014. A video released by activists from Foil Vedanta today, shows Vedanta boss, and 69% owner, Anil Agarwal, telling a large audience how he bought Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia for just $25 million, rather than the $400 million asking price, and receiving loud cheers when he states that the company brings in - [Obituary of Sunilbhai](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/1443/) - Tuesday 22nd April. On Monday night the world lost a brilliant and dedicated political activist, people's movement leader and socialist thinker. Sunil Gupta, better known as Sunilbhai was the general secretary of the Samajwadi Jan Parishad (the Socialist People's Council), a political party founded by the deeply respected socialist Kishen Pattnayak, and dedicated to supporting - [Lingaraj Azad - Niyamgiri movement leader and political activist](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/lingaraj-azad-niyamgiri-movement-leader-and-political-activist/) - 7th April 2014. This interview with Lingaraj Azad, one of the key Dalit leaders of the Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti, who won in their ten year struggle against Vedanta's bauxite mine last year, and a close associate of Foil Vedanta, was published in the Nov-Dec 2013 issue of Samayaik Varta. This English translation has just been - [Vedanta loses $10 billion investment at Niyamgiri and slips to FTSE 250](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedanta-loses-10-billion-investment-at-niyamgiri-and-slips-to-ftse-250/) - On Saturday 11th January the Ministry of Environment and Forests finally gave its statement formally rejecting permission for Vedanta's Niyamgiri mine. In late December another major disaster hit the company when low share prices got them officially demoted from the FTSE 100 to the FTSE 250, removing their 'blue chip' status. The failure of the - [Sulphur Dioxide leak grounds residents in Chingola, Zambia](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/sulphur-dioxide-leak-grounds-residents-in-chingola-zambia/) - This report comes from local residents and research direct from Zambia where a Foil Vedanta team is currently investigating British based Vedanta's copper subsidiary KCM and making links with Zambian communities. In the early morning of Friday 13th December high levels of Sulphur Dioxide were released from Vedanta subsidiary KCM's Nchanga copper smelter in Chingola, - [Thirty women's groups tell Priyanka Chopra to pull out of campaign](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/1275/) - Thirty women's organisations and other groups have now signed this open letter to Priyanka Chopra asking her to officially pull out of Vedanta's shameless Our Girls Our Pride PR campaign. The TV campaign with Indian channel NDTV aims to paint the notorious mining company as a saviour of women's rights, rather than the human rights - [Thirty women's groups tell Priyanka Chopra to pull out of campaign](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/1275-2/) - Thirty women's organisations and other groups have now signed this open letter to Priyanka Chopra asking her to officially pull out of Vedanta's shameless Our Girls Our Pride PR campaign. The TV campaign with Indian channel NDTV aims to paint the notorious mining company as a saviour of women's rights, rather than the human rights - [Vedanta's Our Girls Our Pride campaign is a farce and a sham](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/vedantas-our-girls-our-pride-campaign-is-a-farce-and-a-sham/) - 2nd September 2013. On the same day that the last of twelve villages voted Vedanta out of Niyamgiri for good, Vedanta announced a new major Corporate Social Responsibility and PR campaign to save its tattered reputation. The campaign, in partnership with the Vedanta funded station NDTV, entitled 'Our Girls, Our Pride', will focus on nutrition, - [Stop the Visit of Narendra Modi to the UK! Remember the Gujarat genocide of 2002](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/stop-the-visit-of-narendra-modi-to-the-uk-remember-the-gujarat-genocide-of-2002/) - Call out for action! Labour MP for Brent North - Barry Gardiner - has invited the Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi to come and address the House of Commons on the subject of 'The Future of Modern India'. Narendra Modi is the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and - [Niyamgiri unanimously rejects Vedanta!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/niyamgiri-unanimously-rejects-vedanta/) - 20th August, 2013. Yesterday Jarapa - the last of the twelve villages selected to vote on the proposed Niyamgiri mine - sealed the victory of the mountain and its people over Vedanta, as, like every other village, it unanimously opposed the mine. Niyamgiri has now spoken, and commentators agree that, though the Ministry of Environment - [Niyamgiri 10 - Vedanta 0](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/niyamgiri-10-vedanta-0/) - 9th August: Ten of twelve Palli Sabhas have now been held on the Niyamgiri hills and each one has unanimously rejected Vedanta's proposed mine, and laid claim to the whole mountain range for their cultural and religious rights. The latest meeting to be held was in Lakhpadar on 7th August where 97 voters virulently opposed - [Call out! Demand justice for the Lonmin massacre](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/call-out-demand-justice-for-the-lonmin-massacre/) - Please join our friends at Marikana Miners Solidarity Campaign to demand justice for the 34 miners killed and 270 injured by police on 16th August last year in South Africa. 16th August. 4 - 7pm. South Africa House, Trafalgar Square, London. - [Anil Agarwal denies everything inside Vedanta AGM](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/anil-agarwal-denies-everything-inside-vedanta-agm/) - While our loud and colourful demonstration was going on outside Vedanta's Grosvenor square Annual General Meeting, activist shareholders joined other investors inside the AGM to hold Anil Agarwal and his board directly accountable for the company's many crimes. This year the board seemed to have done some planning. Anil Agarwal had a list of standard - [Vedanta's oil in Sri Lanka](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/vedantas-oil-in-sri-lanka/) - The British Oil Interest in Sri Lanka Phil Miller, 2nd August 2013 Oil and gas are about to gush out of the sea around Sri Lanka. Vedanta Resources Plc, a UK-listed company, are set to profit from this long anticipated prospect through their subsidiary Cairn Lanka Pvt Ltd. Both the Sri Lankan government and Vedanta - [Pollution and harassment at MALCO](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/pollution-and-harassment-at-malco/) - This report comes direct from Mettur, Tamil Nadu, where Vedanta subsidiary MALCO operates a power plant and large red mud dump at the edge of the Stanley reservoir. The red mud dump and power plant have caused misery for the local community, who live practically on top of it, for years, and now MALCO are - [Niyamgiri is WON at seventh palli sabha!!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/niyamgiri-is-won-at-seventh-palli-sabha/) - Monday 29th July 2013. This morning the seventh village - Phuldumer - again voted unanimously to reject Vedanta's mine. This means the majority have now spoken, and Niyamgiri is saved by the people's vote as sanctioned by the Supreme Court of India! In Odisha activists are already celebrating after months of hard work to ensure - [Protest call out! Join us at Vedanta's AGM, 1st August.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/protest-call-out-join-us-at-vedantas-agm-1st-august/) - 1st August, 2pm. The London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, W1K 6JP. Join us for our major annual demonstration at Vedanta's AGM. We will bring the defiant energy of the Dongria Kond tribe to London, as they fight the final stages of their 10 years battle for survival against Vedanta's planned mega mine. Parallel demonstrations are - [Thundering no continues at latest Palli Sabhas!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/thundering-no-continues-at-second-and-third-palli-sabhas/) - 25th July 2013 The prospects for Vedanta's Niyamgiri mine are looking even more remote as the results of the Palli Sabhas being held on the command of the Supreme Court's April judgement on the mine, flood in. Five Palli Sabhas have now been held, affirming the thundering NO to the proposed mine expressed in the - [Dongria say emphatic no to mining in first Palli Sabha yesterday!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/dongria-say-emphatic-no-to-mining-in-first-palli-sabha-yesterday/) - On 18th July 2013 the first of 12 village council (Palli Sabha) meetings was held at Serkapadi village on the Niyamgiri Hills, and the 36 registered voters from the village who attended voted unanimously to oppose the Vedanta mine, a resounding NO which sets the tone for the following meetings. Supporting the attendees were hundreds - [Badapada: displaced women and children imprisoned for a month by Vedanta and police](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/badapada-displaced-women-and-children-imprisoned-for-a-month-by-vedanta-and-police/) - 19th June. This report, directly from a Foil Vedanta team on the ground in Niyamgiri, tells a shocking story of the month long imprisonment of a group of Dalit women and children displaced by Vedanta's Lanjigarh refinery. The testimonies provide clear evidence of the collusion of Vedanta and police working as one, and show the - [Vedanta's CSR: Resettlement 'prison' and false arrests at Lanjigarh](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/vedantas-csr-resettlement-prison-and-false-arrests-at-lanjigarh/) - 18th June, 2013. This report comes direct from members of the Foil Vedanta team on the ground in Niyamgiri: Vedanta Raj- Age of New License Raj and Draconian Policing On 7th June 2013, a four member team visited the Vedanta re-settlement colony in Lanjigarh, known as Vedanta Nagar, to interview a few people people settled - [Dongria pressure Governor to consult all villages in gram sabhas](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/dongria-pressure-governor-to-consult-all-villages-in-gram-sabhas/) - On Wednesday a group of eighteen Dongria Kond from the threatened Niyamgiri mountain range in Odisha, India descended on Bhubaneswar to meet the Odisha Governor SC Jamir demanding that all affected villages are consulted on how their religious and cultural rights would be affected by Vedanta's proposed mine. As a result the Scheduled Tribe and - [Police forces threaten Dongria not to oppose mine](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/police-forces-threaten-dongria-not-to-oppose-mine/) - Foil Vedanta Press Release, Friday 7th June 2013 Reports from the Niyamgiri hills have confirmed that CRPF special forces have been targeting villages who are opposing Vedanta's proposed mine, threatening them not to do so, and destroying grain stores and items of worship in their homesteads. One incident involved unprovoked firing - [UK MP's open letter demands fair process at Niyamgiri](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/uk-mps-open-letter-demands-fair-process-at-niyamgiri/) - This open letter signed by a number of UK MPs and other public figures expresses concern about the track record of Vedanta and asks UK parliamentarians and ombudsmen to monitor the upcoming decision making on Niyamgiri, and ensure it is fair and adheres to UK and international conventions: 14th May. Open Letter Dear: Hon. Members - [Six day protest march demands justice at Niyamgiri](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/six-day-protest-march-demands-justice-at-niyamgiri/) - This week more than 5000 Dongria Kondh tribals and other farmers and local people from grassroots group Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti conducted a six day foot march (Padayatra) to visit 104 villages on and around the Niyamgiri mountains. The marchers stopped in the villages to make them aware of the upcoming gram sabha (village council) hearings - [Police attack protesters at bauxite dam - Lower Suktel, Odisha. ](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/police-attack-protesters-at-bauxite-dam-lower-suktel-odihsa/) - On Monday 29th April more than 10 platoons of police attacked a peaceful gathering of around 2000 people who were sitting on the bed of the threatened Suktel river, which is being dammed for another major aluminium project in Odisha. In a brutal lathi charge 16 people were arrested and others injured. Most seriously injured - [Emergency call out! Final verdict on Niyamgiri tomorrow!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/emergency-call-out-final-verdict-on-niyamgiri-tomorrow/) - According to the Indian newspapers and inside information the final verdict on Vedanta's Niyamgiri mine will be delivered tomorrow morning (Thurs 18th April)! This is a hugely important day following ten years of struggle by the Dongria Kond who live on the mountain, as well as communities across India and the world. PLEASE join us - [Bandh against Sterlite shuts down Thoothkudi ](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/bandh-against-sterlite-shuts-down-thoothkudi/) - Shops, restaurants, taxi ranks and autorickshaws have shut shop in Thoothkudi, Tamil Nadu, today in a bandh (shutdown) called by members of the Anti-Sterlite People's Struggle Committee demanding permanent closure of Sterlite's Copper smelter. According to reports only a few medical shops and others selling essentials remain open, and police have been deployed around the - [Mass arrests as thousands demonstrate at Sterlite, Tuticorin.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/mass-arrests-as-thousands-demonstrate-at-sterlite-tuticorin/) - An estimated two thousand people have been arrested today as thousands more arrive in bus loads to demand the immediate shut down of Vedanta subsidiary Sterlite's Tuticorin copper smelter in Thoothkudi, Tamil Nadu. Shops all over the town were shut, and there were violent attacks from the police as protesters from a large number of - [Sterlite copper smelter closed by authorities](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/sterlite-copper-smelter-closed-by-authorities/) - Following mass rallies after a major gas leak last weekend Vedanta subsidiary Sterlite's copper smelter in Tamil Nadu has been closed until further notice. On Tuesday (2nd April) the fate of the plant will be decided once and for all in the Supreme Court. 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On Saturday 23rd March a toxic chemical gas thought to be sulphur dioxide spilled from the plant and caused coughing, - [Killings and repression but anti-Posco struggle remains defiant](http://www.foilvedanta.org/uncategorized/killings-and-repression-but-anti-posco-struggle-remains-defiant/) - On the evening of Saturday March 2nd three village activists opposing Korean steel company POSCO's mega-steel project in Odisha were killed by a bomb thrown by pro-POSCO goondas. Police later gave statements to the media claiming that the three activists were in fact making a bomb which exploded and killed them. This version of events - [Mining causes poverty through the logic of the Resource Curse](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/mining-causes-poverty-through-the-logic-of-the-resource-curse/) - An answer to Venky Vembu's article 'Jairam is wrong: It isn't mining that causes poverty' written after Jairam Ramesh's januray visit to Niyamgiri mountain. By Felix Padel and Samarendra Das The comment from Jairam Ramesh that mining often leads to greater poverty (reported Economic Times 14th January) is a welcome admission from a senior Minister - [Mining causes poverty through the logic of the Resource Curse](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/mining-causes-poverty-through-the-logic-of-the-resource-curse-3/) - An answer to Venky Vembu's article 'Jairam is wrong: It isn't mining that causes poverty' written after Jairam Ramesh's januray visit to Niyamgiri mountain. By Felix Padel and Samarendra Das The comment from Jairam Ramesh that mining often leads to greater poverty (reported Economic Times 14th January) is a welcome admission from a senior Minister - [UK investigation launched as MoEF repeats no to Niyamgiri mine](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/uk-investigation-launched-as-moef-repeats-no-to-niyamgiri-mine/) - Today the Indian Supreme Court held its latest hearing on Vedanta's planned mega-mine which threatens the Dongria Kond tribe who live in the Niyamgiri hills. In the court the Ministry of Environment and Forests submitted its affidavit which re-affirmed their previous decision to refuse the bauxite mine on the grounds of violation of the Forests - [UK investigation launched as MoEF repeats no to Niyamgiri mine](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/uk-investigation-launched-as-moef-repeats-no-to-niyamgiri-mine-3/) - Today the Indian Supreme Court held its latest hearing on Vedanta's planned mega-mine which threatens the Dongria Kond tribe who live in the Niyamgiri hills. In the court the Ministry of Environment and Forests submitted its affidavit which re-affirmed their previous decision to refuse the bauxite mine on the grounds of violation of the Forests - ["De-list Vedanta!" protest at FSA headquarters](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/de-list-vedanta-protest-at-fsa-headquarters/) - In London today activists from Foil Vedanta and other grassroots groups held a silent symbolic demonstration outside the Financial Services Authority headquarters in Canary Wharf, calling for the new Financial Conduct Authority to de-list Vedanta from the London Stock Exchange for poor corporate governance and human rights crimes in Niyamgiri and elsewhere. They handed over - [London protesters join five thousand in India to stop Vedanta mine](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/london-protesters-join-five-thousand-in-india-to-stop-vedanta-mine/) - A noisy group of protesters armed with horns, megaphones and pots and pans crowded the entrance to the India High Commission today demanding that the Indian Government stop the controversial Niyamgiri mine in Odisha, India. Meanwhile five thousand tribals and farmers living around the Niyamgiri hills held one of largest demonstrations on the mountain since - [Vedanta ash pipe sprays toxic waste over farm land in Jharsuguda](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/vedanta-ash-pipe-burst-sprays-toxic-waste-over-farm-land-in-jharsuguda/) - On Monday 5th November a fly ash pipe burst, pouring toxic ash over more than 15 acres of farm land at Vedanta Aluminium's Jharsuguda aluminium complex in Odisha. In response women and local farmers from Kurebaga Panchayat gathered outside the gates of the factory demanding compensation for the land that had been destroyed. 38 were - [Film screening and discussion at Sussex University, 29th Nov.](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/film-screening-and-discussion-at-sussex-university-29th-nov/) - [UK govt support for Cairn and Vedanta deal revealed](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/uk-govt-support-for-cairn-and-vedanta-deal-revealed/) - Foil Vedanta members' research exposed this story on the extent of corporate influence on the UK government over the contentious Cairn-Vedanta deal in 2010. The British government show no regard for Indian and Sri Lankan people as they push Vedanta on them using diplomatic force. The Cairn-Vedanta deal is currently being investigated in the Indian - [Obituary: Keith Robin Fassenfelt](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/obituary-keith-robin/) - On Wednesday 24th November Foil Vedanta's friend Keith passed away following a seizure which occurred in his sleep several years after he was diagnosed with a brain tumour. He was 56 years old. Keith was a committed activist and played a major role in the Vedanta AGM demonstrations in 2011 and 2012, including taking part - [Solidarity For Koodankulam Struggle From UK ](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/488/) - (from Countercurrents.org)20 October, 2012 A number of Foil Vedanta members were represented at this meeting in the House of Commons. We send our solidarity to those affected and fighting this dirty and dangerous technology being forced upon them. Doctors, academics, legal workers and activists at a packed meeting in the House of Commons in - [Join us at Stop Koodankulam protest, Wednesday 24th October](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/join-us-at-stop-koodankulam-protest-wednesday-24th-october/) - Protest outside Indian high commission. This protest is part of the international day of action. Protests will also take place on the same date in Belgium, Germnay, Malaysia,India, Sri Lanka. Wednesday 24 October 4pm to 7pm India House Aldwych WC2B 4NA Nearest tube: Holborn Stop the project to build a nuclear power station at Koodankulam - [Photos from Vedanta AGM demo 2012](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/photos-from-vedanta-agm-demo-2012/) - [Stop the 2012 AGM!](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/stop-the-2012-agm/) - Stop Vedanta's Profit from Death and Destruction! Join us at the eighth annual AGM protest: 28 August 2012 2.00 pm Lincoln Centre, 18 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3ED Nearest tube Holborn (Piccadilly & Central lines) or Chancery Lane (Central). British Government's special relationship with Vedanta • The UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) and - [Vedanta's pollution of water in Zambia](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/vedantas-pollution-of-water-in-zambia/) - This report from Southern Africa Resource Watch, one of the organisations on the ground in Zambia, was written for Foil Vedanta for the 2012 Vedanta AGM demonstration. It reveals the ongoing pollution of groundwater for hundreds of people in the Shimulala community near Vedanta's Konkola Copper Mines. SHIMULALA COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION BY KCM One of - [Carnival of Dirt ](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/carnival-of-dirt/) - Friday 15 June 2012, the ghosts of London's mining industry will come out to haunt it! Join Foil Vedanta and other mining campaigns from around the planet for a carnival like no other. Wear black and join the carnival of dirt! Schedule: 11am Breakfast - St Pauls A ceremony to celebrate those who stand up - [Carnival of Dirt](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/carnival-of-dirt-3/) - Friday 15 June 2012, the ghosts of London's mining industry will come out to haunt it! Join Foil Vedanta and other mining campaigns from around the planet for a carnival like no other. Wear black and join the carnival of dirt! Schedule: 11am Breakfast - St Pauls A ceremony to celebrate those who stand up - [NO to Koodankulam: Protest in LONDON in front of the High Commission](http://www.foilvedanta.org/actions/no-koodankulam/) - NO nuclear power plant in Koodankulam! Picket the High Commission of India, Aldwych, London WC2B Friday 18th May 2012 4.00pm – 7.00pm In the face of massive protests from local people, the Indian government, in collaboration with Russian company Atomsroyexport, has been constructing a large-scale nuclear power plant in Koodankulam in south India. More than - [Kandhamal 2008 Documentary and Screenings](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/kandhamal/) - In 2007 and 2008, Kandhamal, a district of the eastern Indian state of Odisha, witnessed organised attacks on Christians in some of the worst communal violence of India’s history. Through survivors’ testimonies, new documentary Kandhamal 2008 examines how Hindu supremacist groups turned two communities – Adivasi (indigenous) Konds and Pano Dalit Christians – against each - [Protest at Cairn Energy headquarters - “No Oil for Vedanta!” ](http://www.foilvedanta.org/news/protest-at-cairn-energy-headquarters/) - At 2.30pm today 10 people arrived unannounced at the offices of Cairn Energy at the Clydesdale Plaza in central Edinburgh. They installed themselves at the grand entrance to the building, blowing whistles and shouting: “No oil for Vedanta! Stop, stop, stop the deal!” and “Vedanta out of Sri Lanka”, attracting the attention of the floods - [Battles over Bauxite in East India: The Khondalite Mountains of Khondistan](http://www.foilvedanta.org/articles/battles-over-bauxite-in-east-india-the-khondalite-mountains-of-khondistan/) - By Samarendra Das and Felix Padel (Article for ‘The Global Economic History of Bauxite’, Canada 2010) Most critiques of the aluminium industry focus on refineries and smelters, which are among the worst culprits of global heating. But bauxite mining excavates a huge surface area, and has caused environmental devastation in Jamaica, Guinea, Australia, India and ## Pages - [About Foil Vedanta](http://www.foilvedanta.org/about/) - Foil Vedanta is an independent grassroots solidarity organization focused primarily on the FTSE 250 British-Indian mining company Vedanta Resources PLC. Foil Vedanta targets the company in London where it is registered, as well as linking with people’s movements where Vedanta is destroying lives and devastating the land in India, Zambia, Liberia, South Africa and elsewhere. - [Home](http://www.foilvedanta.org/home-2/) - [Downloads](http://www.foilvedanta.org/downloads/) - Please download and share these pdfs far and wide: 'Vedanta's Billions: Regulatory failure, environment and human rights' (2018) - a report summarising Vedanta's legal and human rights violations at seven major operations across India and Zambia. Foil Vedanta leaflet 2017 Foil Vedanta leaflet Tamil focused Foil Vedanta leaflet Afrika focused How KCM is killing the - [Our Friends](http://www.foilvedanta.org/links-2/) - Round Table India – a tool for young Dalits to interact with each other. Saving Iceland – direct action movement to protect Iceland’s wilderness. Rights Action Group TnT – Trinidad and Tobago environmental and anti-smelter movement. 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Foil Vedanta targets the company in London where it is registered, as well as linking with people’s movements where Vedanta is destroying lives and devastating the land in India, Zambia, Liberia, South Africa and elsewhere. - [Threatened areas](http://www.foilvedanta.org/threatened-areas/) - Vedanta are aggressively expanding in a quest to fulfil Anil Agarwal’s ambition to become a diversified mining and metals corporate to match the likes of BHP Billiton. At each new site they make grand investment and employment claims, flood local communities with money and CSR schemes, and issue flashy Sustainability reports. 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Some of these abuses are - [Vedanta’s London listing](http://www.foilvedanta.org/vedantas-london-listing/) - Vedanta Resources was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in December 2003, with the help of mining kingmaker Brian Gilbertson, the first Chair of Vedanta, who had previously masterminded the biggest-ever mining merger, between Billiton and BHP in June 2001. The launch was also supported by DfID official Piers Harrison, and former High Commissioner - [Contact us](http://www.foilvedanta.org/contact-us-2/) - [contact-form-7 id="2687" title="Contact form 1"] - [Get involved](http://www.foilvedanta.org/get-involved/) - We have experienced the power and effectiveness of real solidarity over our years of campaigning. For the affected communities, feeling the support of a global network can keep up morale even in the hardest times, giving them energy to continue the fight. 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The launch was also supported by DfID official Piers Harrison, and former High Commissioner - [Get involved](http://www.foilvedanta.org/about/get-involved/) - We have experienced the power and effectiveness of real solidarity over our years of campaigning. For the affected communities, feeling the support of a global network can keep up morale even in the hardest times, giving them energy to continue the fight. 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