Vedanta Resources plc is a global diversified metals and mining company headquartered in London that operates in India, Australia, and Zambia. It produces copper, zinc, aluminum, lead, and iron ore. The company has faced criticism for its operations in Niyamgiri Hills in India that threaten the Dongria Kondh people and wildlife habitat. Safety incidents at its mines have killed or injured workers. It is working to improve its environmental and social impact through corporate social responsibility programs.
4. Vedanta Resources plc is a global
diversified metals and mining company
headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the
largest mining and non-ferrous metals company in
India and also has mining operations in Australia
and Zambia. Its main products are
copper, zinc, aluminium, lead and iron ore. It is
also developing commercial power stations in India
in Orissa and Punjab.
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6. Copper
Sterlite Industries (India)
Ltd: It is registered office
headquartered in Tamil
Nadu, India . It has been a
public listed company in
India since 1988
Zinc
Konkola Copper mines :
Vedanta
Owns 79.4% of KCMs share
capital
And has management control
over the company.
Hindustan zinc limited :
HZL is
Headquartered in
Udaipur.
Sterlite own 64.9% of
the share
capital in HZL.
7. Aluminium
Vedanta Aluminium Ltd.
Is headquartered in
Orissa and Vedanta
owns 70.5% of the
share capital of Vedanta
Aluminium and Sterlite
owns the remaining
25.5%
Iron Ore
Sesa Goa Ltd. Sesa
Goa is headquartered
in Panaji in India,
Vedanta owns 57.1%
of Sesas stock
8. Vedanta has been criticised by human rights and activist groups,
including Survival International, Amnesty International and
Niyamgiri Surakshya Samiti because of the company's operations
in Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, India that are said to threaten the lives
of the Dongria Kondh people who populate this region. The
Niyamgiri hills are also claimed to be an important wildlife habitat
in Eastern Ghats of India as per a report by the Wildlife Institute of
India[ as well as independent reports/studies carried out by civil
society groups.[ In January 2009, thousands of locals formed a
human chain around the hill in protest at the plans to
start bauxite mining in the area. The Union Environment Ministry
in August 2010 rejected earlier clearances granted to a joint
venture led by the Vedanta Group company Sterlite Industries for
mining bauxite from Niyamgiri hills
Evironmental damage
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10. Safety
Concern
In 2007 unsafe mining operations led to 18 deaths and
1,246 injuries involving own
Employees and contractors
11. A chimney under construction by Gannon Dunkerley and
company at the Balco smelter
In Corba, Chattisgarh collapsed on 23rd September 2009 killing
atleast 40 workers
12. Vedanta’s mine would destroy the home of the
Dongria Kondh
Vedanta wanted to mine for bauxite in the
Niyamgiri hills but the tribal said it would destroy
there forest.
14. •Vedanta plans new holding company
•Jobs,invesment should top agenda of new
government:Vedanta Chief
•Vedanta restarts Odhisa alumina refinery
15. Company has not yet revived but because of many cases of
frauds illegal mining and environmental damage but it has
started corporate social responsibility in many countries such
as-
It has started the protection of tasmanian devil which is
endangered spicies in all over australia by starting a “Save
THE Devil Foudation”
Vedanta has also started helping people who are differntly
abled by giving them training in skill courses
Vedanta is also focusing more and more on sustaining
environment,health and safety of their employees etc ,so that
it can have a good image of themselves in this corporate
world
16. llective management of their resources. As we know that Vedanta
operations are predominantly in developing economies of India and
Africa so they are focusing on development of these societies and in
the communities where they operate by these ways –
Female Empowerment- Their main activity in working to empower
women is through our support for over 1,200 women’s Self Help Groups
(SHGs).
Community Asset Creation-many areas of their operations often lack
basic amenities and infrastructure. Their community asset creation
programme facilitates the building and development of infrastructure
projects in partnership with national and local governments.
This includes the building of schools in rural and remote locations
Integrated Village Developoment- The Integrated Village Development
Programme aims to achieve the holistic development of villages. The
plan covers infrastructure support and the health, education,
environmental, livelihood, energy and human resources needs of local
people. It also encourages local people to participate in the co