tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post4967395772762008732..comments2024-03-29T12:06:50.339+01:00Comments on Maravi: MrKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-3372079245981599892015-08-24T12:50:01.156+01:002015-08-24T12:50:01.156+01:00Continued...
"There have been heavy spillage...Continued...<br /><br />"There have been heavy spillages and massive leakages. Acid has been leaking all over the place. The pollution control pond is handling too much material. <br /><br />No effort has been made to correct this scenario. Only one of four [waste] pipelines is running - the rest are in disrepair.<br /><br />"The company has very good plans on paper that have not MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-19668273965283518942015-08-24T12:49:43.679+01:002015-08-24T12:49:43.679+01:00(TIMES OF ZAMBIA, ALLAFRICA) Zambia: Villagers Sue...<a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201508241559.html" rel="nofollow"> (TIMES OF ZAMBIA, ALLAFRICA) Zambia: Villagers Sue Vedanta</a><br />23 August 2015<br /><br />MORE than 1,800 Zambian villagers in Chingola have taken mining giant Vedanta to court in the United Kingdom over toxic leaks.<br /><br />The London-listed mining giant has been polluting the drinking water of villages in Zambia andMrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-25015421963134578002015-08-02T03:39:27.430+01:002015-08-02T03:39:27.430+01:00Continued...
London law firm Leigh Day has issued...Continued...<br /><br />London law firm Leigh Day has issued proceedings in the high court in London on behalf of 1,800 people who claim to have been affected by the company’s pollution. “The case could take three years to resolve,” said Leigh Day senior partner Martyn Day, recently returned from Zambia, where lawyers and paralegals have been taking witness statements from people living near the MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-54155652721406229222015-08-02T03:39:14.681+01:002015-08-02T03:39:14.681+01:00(GUARDIAN UK) Zambian villagers take mining giant ...<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/aug/01/vedanta-zambia-copper-mining-toxic-leaks" rel="nofollow">(GUARDIAN UK) Zambian villagers take mining giant Vedanta to court in UK over toxic leaks</a><br />Fears of environmental catastrophe as report finds ‘constant contamination’ of streams around copper mine while locals report health problems and failed crops<br /><br />MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-2793307865674534762014-05-13T20:12:10.335+01:002014-05-13T20:12:10.335+01:00(YOUTUBE) Vedanta KCM's Anil Agarwal, March 20...<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98yKosnwb-Y" rel="nofollow">(YOUTUBE) Vedanta KCM's Anil Agarwal, March 2014, Bangalore, India.</a><br /><br />Please click the CAPTION symbol on the video menu bar to see the English translation!<br /><br />"That (KCM) company is giving us 500 million for the last nine years and a billion on top of it!"-This is an excerpt of the speech MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-19543333246792971332014-02-24T17:14:58.588+01:002014-02-24T17:14:58.588+01:00Continued...
"What we need is a good constit...Continued...<br /><br />"What we need is a good constitution than anything else so that tomorrow when I am not MP, I should also feel protected that the institutions are strong enough to promote the common good for every Zambian. I think we have had this mining taxes problem for a long time. What is wrong in the constitution? We need a constitution that will improve governance, not on what MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-11536707217947812662014-02-24T17:14:41.341+01:002014-02-24T17:14:41.341+01:00Hamududu calls for national consensus on mine taxe...<a href="http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=45414" rel="nofollow">Hamududu calls for national consensus on mine taxes</a><br />By Henry Sinyangwe<br />Mon 24 Feb. 2014, 14:00 CAT<br /><br />BWEENGWA UPND member of parliament Highvie Hamududu says there is need for a national consensus on mining taxes. Hamududu, who is also an economist, said Zambia risks going down as a MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-40711128811073777352014-02-23T17:58:49.992+01:002014-02-23T17:58:49.992+01:00Continued...
"For us to do that, we have to ...Continued...<br /><br />"For us to do that, we have to build capacity at ZRA, capacity at Ministry of Finance, and capacity at the Ministry of Mines so that we can understand the mining industry better than we do now. We need to invest in training staff to understand issues. But beyond that, we need to work with other countries. I know that there was a time when Namibia, DRC and Zambia used MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-70490469736213354662014-02-23T17:56:41.328+01:002014-02-23T17:56:41.328+01:00No mine can claim to be making losses - Mwansa
By ...<a href="http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=45361" rel="nofollow">No mine can claim to be making losses - Mwansa</a><br />By Gift Chanda<br />Sun 23 Feb. 2014, 14:00 CAT<br /><br />DR KALOMBO Mwansa says there is no mining company which currently can claim to be making losses. And Dr Mwansa, a former mines minister, has challenged Konkola Copper Mines to produce evidence toMrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-91075918502764758422014-02-19T15:59:03.972+01:002014-02-19T15:59:03.972+01:00Continued 1...
However, Magande noted that Zambia...Continued 1...<br /><br />However, Magande noted that <b>Zambia had continued to lose billions of money in the extractive industry.</b><br /><br />"Since 1926, millions of tonnes of Zambia's minerals have been extracted out of the ground and shipped away for billions of dollars. The dollars have not come into Zambia. The minerals will not come back into Zambia. Zambia has a history of MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-34233433555818249722014-02-19T15:58:36.539+01:002014-02-19T15:58:36.539+01:00Magande reminds govt of its windfall tax promise
B...<a href="http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=45186" rel="nofollow">Magande reminds govt of its windfall tax promise</a><br />By Abel Mboozi and Misheck Wangwe<br />Wed 19 Feb. 2014, 14:01 CAT<br /><br />THE change of government policies in the management of Zambia's natural resources will enable the country earn more from its God-given mineral wealth, says Ng'andu MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-53571845862059499312014-02-17T15:25:07.138+01:002014-02-17T15:25:07.138+01:00Milupi calls for effective mine tax regime
By Kaba...<a href="http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=45030" rel="nofollow">Milupi calls for effective mine tax regime</a><br />By Kabanda Chulu<br />Mon 17 Feb. 2014, 14:01 CAT<br /><br />THE government's failure to put in place an effective tax regime such as windfall tax will continue costing the country billions of dollars being made by the mines, says Alliance for Democracy MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-45137657716427009712014-02-14T01:25:03.116+01:002014-02-14T01:25:03.116+01:00Continued 2...
Finally, our press release on our ...Continued 2...<br /><br />Finally, our press release on our recent report highlighted the fact that Vedanta have created misconceptions in Zambia, such as the predominant idea that they are an Indian company when they are in fact British. We want to highlight the importance of this distinction here.<br /><br />Vedanta are registered and domiciled in Britain, where majority owner and Chairman AnilMrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-55271498758039570732014-02-14T01:24:18.938+01:002014-02-14T01:24:18.938+01:00Continued 1...
Secondly, Vedanta often repeat the...Continued 1...<br /><br />Secondly, Vedanta often repeat the mantra that they have invested $2.3 billion in KCM. This ‘investment’ is not a charitable gift to the Zambian state, but capital input to help them increase their profit from mining and processing activities, such as the new Nchanga smelter and the Konkola Deep Mining Project. It is not the Zambian state who will gain from these ‘MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-62991008421627173512014-02-14T01:22:52.090+01:002014-02-14T01:22:52.090+01:00From the Lusaka Times:
(LUSAKATIMES) Foil Vedanta...From the Lusaka Times:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.lusakatimes.com/2014/02/13/foil-vedanta-responds-tom-albaneses-refute-evidence-vedanta-zambia/" rel="nofollow">(LUSAKATIMES) Foil Vedanta responds to Tom Albanese’s refute of evidence against Vedanta in Zambia</a><br />Time Posted: February 13, 2014 6:56 am<br /><br />Tom Albanese, Chairman of Vedanta Resources Holdings<br />Foil Vedanta MrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-2260618479115790332014-02-13T18:22:41.298+01:002014-02-13T18:22:41.298+01:00Continued...
The report also looks at the real in...Continued...<br /><br />The report also looks at the real interests behind mining companies in Zambia.<br /><br />"There is also need to question foreign governments such as Norway and the UK, who play a duplicitous game of funding transparency and accountability projects on mining through NGOs and the Zambian government, while also profiting from the abuses of the very same mining companiesMrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14221184.post-44087727078293901422014-02-13T18:21:46.105+01:002014-02-13T18:21:46.105+01:00Report dismisses claims that KCM is loss-making
By...<a href="http://www.postzambia.com/post-read_article.php?articleId=44816" rel="nofollow">Report dismisses claims that KCM is loss-making</a><br />By Kabanda Chulu<br />Thu 13 Feb. 2014, 14:00 CAT<br /><br />THE Zambian government must not believe the perception created by Vedanta Resources that KCM is a loss-making company that needs to be rescued by the state, says a UK-based civil society groupMrKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801241362245253006noreply@blogger.com