Vedanta Mining Project

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  Vedanta Assures Investors Are Lined Up as Foxconn Withdraws From $19 Billion Deal

  Taiwan's Foxconn has withdrawn from a semiconductor joint venture with mining baron Anil Agarwal's Vedanta as the venture struggled to get a technology partner to make chips that are used in mobile phones to refrigerators and cars. In a statement, Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said it "has determined it will not move fo...

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  Vedanta Selects Gujarat for $20 Billion Semiconductor Project in Partnership With Foxconn: Report

  Vedanta, the Indian multinational mining company has reportedly selected Gujarat for its semiconductor project. This will be the company’s first major step in its $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,59,070 crore) joint venture with the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn.

• Vedanta's 50,000-crore project in Odisha rejected by all 12 villages

  Vedanta Resources plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha - a project worth Rs 50,000 crores - are in serious jeopardy after all 12 villages whose opinion was sought have voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• Odisha tribals set to block Vedanta bauxite project

  Vedanta Resources plans to mine bauxite to feed its alumina refinery in Odisha have suffered a blow after a majority of local residents voted against mining around the hills they consider sacred.

• POSCO's Rs 65,000 crores Odisha project boosted by Supreme Court order

  POSCO's planned Rs 65,000 crores project in India got a boost on Friday after the Supreme Court said the government will decide on giving the South Korean steelmaker's long-delayed plant preferential access to iron ore.

• Government clears draft Mining Bill

  Call it the Rahul Gandhi effect or maybe it was his Niyamgiri visit which did the trick. The natives of mining affected areas could be in for some good news.The Group of Ministers(GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has given a go ahead to the draft Mining Bill.The Bill seeks that miners share about 26 percent of profits with local peo...

• Jairam says no to Vedanta mining project in Orissa

  It's a battle that's being presented as India's real-life Avatar - mountains that are sacred for very different reasons to the tribals that live around them, and a UK corporate giant. (Read: Vedanta responds to charges of environmental violations)Now, the Environment Ministry has stepped in to keep Vedanta - a company promoted by Anil Agarwal - fro...

• Tribal leader tortured in Orissa

  The Dongaria Kondh tribals from Kalahandi Orissa, became an international talking point among environmentalists. Their story mirroring the Naa'vi, the blue-skinned nature-loving aliens of the 2009 movie Avatar, who are massacred by greedy human miners drew much acclaim.However, for the Dongaria tribe and its firebrand leader Lodo Sikaka, the repres...

• Vedanta stalemate: Orissa Chief Minister to meet Manmohan Singh

  Facing heat from the Centre over mining projects in his state, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is expected to raise concerns over recommendations of a government panel on the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday.Patnaik said he would apprise the Prime Minister on the adverse effects the recommendations would have on investments ...

• Are Orissa tribals winning their battle against Vedanta?

  The Dongria Kondh are a primitive tribal community who live in the pristine hills around Niyamgiri in Western Orissa's Kalahandi district. On youTube, a series of spots campaigns have been running for their rights against a corporation named Vedanta. The mountain, the Dongria Kondhs worship, is the centre of rich deposits of bauxite that Vedanta wa...