Clampdown on Vedanta

Alumina refinery’s illegal expansion under scanner

Rumours rife over environment ministry's permission to Vedanta Aluminium

Bending rules

How Vedanta's refinery came up

Is it a forest?

How different agencies see it

Our quality of mercy

The balancing act

Tribunal cancels three environmental clearances; upholds three

Heavy metal

Thin end of wedge

Why Vedanta's success will be bad news

Big impact

Mining will tax area's natural resources

Battle for Niyamgiri turns ugly

Odisha government tries to manipulate forest rights claims of Niyamgiri tribals

Vedanta and lessons in conservation

Cheated for bauxite

Andhra Pradesh circumvents all regulations to mine bauxite from tribal land

8% FOREVER

Per capita emissions will remain competitively low  

Some sectors will struggle to be the best, some can’t as they operate in tropical India

SC declines mining clearance to Vedanta

Some sectors perform at the global best levels, others can reach there

Niyamgiri answers

People veto bauxite mining, but Vedanta is unlikely to let go of the bounty

Letters

Gods must be dazed

Environment ministry recognises religious rights, pushes ecological concerns behind

In short

News 360° - Briefs

Tartaric acid in, aluminium out

Cheaper, eco-friendly method to tackle soil toxicity

Science and Technology - Briefs

Cancel bauxite mining agreements in tribal area: Union tribal minister urges Andhra Pradesh governor

'Mining plans cause growth of extremism in the Scheduled tribal areas'

Electoral bonds: At least 4 companies that gave over Rs 100 cr have history of violating green norms, tribal rights

We looked at four companies whose mining & infrastructure projects have been opposed by locals; cumulatively, they paid Rs 1,664 crore to …