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Miners, smelters still divided on copper processing charges
Excerpt: “However, a third source involved in the talks said the problem for Freeport is that Grasberg’s concentrate will risk exceeding the maximum permitted fluorine content of 1,000 parts per million, or 0.1%, in top copper consumer China.” FILE PHOTO: Truck is seen on a road in the Grasberg copper and gold mine operated by […]
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Analysis showed presence of contaminated ground water around Sterlite plant in TN : Govt
NEW DELHI: Noting groundwater contamination in an around the Sterlite Copper plant at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, the government on Monday told the Rajya Sabha that the analysis of samples from the unit showed the presence of heavy metals in water beyond permissible limit. “The analysis of groundwater samples, from the Sterlite industrial unit, by […]
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Sterlite: Indian police accused of killing at least 11 protesters
Demand for investigation after demonstrators shot protesting against copper smelter pollution in southern India. Rights groups and residents demanded an investigation after police in southern India opened fire and killed at least 11 people during a protest over alleged environmental pollution by a UK-owned copper smelter. Tensions were high in the Indian city of Thoothukudi on […]
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Sterlite – here’s proof: The data on how the smelter is likely cause for water pollution
From court-ordered reports, studies by the TNPCB, Central Pollution Control Board and NGOs, every assessment found evidence of water contamination. On 3 April, 2018, villagers in Kumareddiapuram thwarted attempts by Thoothukudi district officials to dismantle the public handpumps that were yielding yellow-coloured water reportedly contaminated by Sterlite’s copper smelter. The hamlet, which is located within […]
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Sterlite polluting Thamirabarani, shut it down: Stalin
CHENNAI: The DMK on Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government to order Sterlite Industries to shut down its unit in Tuticorin district if it continued to pollute the area. The party’s working president M K Stalin urged the government to protect the people in the district from the pollution caused by the company’s copper smelter […]
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Sterlite’s pollution problem
On March 23, Tuticorin residents woke up to itchy eyes, burning throat and breathing trouble. As they suffered an unusual morning, they first thought it was a gas leak, and then, rumours spread that it was “because of Sterlite”. Sterlite Industries, a part of London-based Vedanta Resources, runs India’s biggest copper smelter in the region. […]
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