Coroner & Legal
Hodgman Liberal Government subsidies to Vedanta’s Mt Lyell mine
Recent police shootings of demonstrators in Tamil Nadu in India protesting against Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper Smelter raises serious questions over the Hodgman Government’s $35 million subsidies to Vedanta Resources Mt Lyell mine in Queenstown.
Foil Vedanta is a grassroots organisation focused primarily on the British-Indian mining giant Vedanta Resources PLC. Foil Vedanta wants Vedanta, allegedly the worst miner in the world, to be struck off the Stock Exchange in London where it is registered.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/FoilVedanta/about/?ref=page_internal
SBS News reported tonight that:
‘The protesters have been demanding the closure of a copper plant owned by British mining giant Vedanta Resources which they say is causing environmental damage.
The protests have intensified after Vedanta, owned by an Indian billionaire but with its head office in London, sought to expand the plant.
India caste protests turn deadly as thousands take to the streets
The plant – which is currently non-operational – has a 400,000-tonne annual capacity.
It was shut briefly after an alleged gas leak in March 2013 that left hundreds with breathing difficulties, nausea and throat infections.’
The Hodgman Liberal Government has provided $35 million in subsidies to Vedanta Resources at a time the company is considering a study on establishment of a zinc smelter in South Africa:
http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/releases/strong_support_for_west_coasts_mining_future
The results of the inquest into the deaths of three miners at Mount Lyell raises serious questions about the price workers have paid for Vedanta’s cutting corners at Mt Lyell mine while using funds for operations which breach environmental and human rights law and paying for legal actions against affected communities in Zambia and India.
https://www.theadvocate.com.au/story/5361804/mount-lyell-mine-boss-fronts-inquest/\
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