Copper unit comes a cropper

Sterlite Industries' proposed copper smelting unit and jetty are a threat to the well-being of the people of Ratnagiri. A recent report on the …

MINING MALAISE

PLEA REJECTED

Agitation resurrected

A living nightmare

Thousands of people, including orphan children, face a bleak future living in the world's most polluted city

Curse of copper

After fouling 10 Madhya Pradesh villages with heavy metals and acid, HCL is set to expand its mine

PERU

Coppering the net

Fibre optic cables,, though touted as 21st century's big hope, can still be given a run by the copper wires in the race for providing ultra-fast …

Close, or else

Protesters against Meta Strips in Goa threaten a civil disobedience movement

Court halts Sterlite expansion

Vedanta subsidiary hid facts while seeking clearances  

Bright idea

Catalysis breakthrough makes chemical production green

Profits vs pitfalls

Chile: copper mine water use rising, desalinitaion industry expected to gain heavily

Seawater desalination plants are forecast to cover a third of water demand by miners in 10 years

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Peru

Meta Outstripped

The pace of construction at a controversial copper plant in Goa has not slackened despite protests from the people and the church

Environment ministry, Tamil Nadu Pollution Board must own up to Tuticorin killings

Until we reform environmental governance fundamentally, cases like Sterlite will keep happening and environmental conflicts will only grow

MONEYMAKERS

Metal shield

AT CROSSROADS

Dealing with the past

After a 23-year-long battle, Tamil Nadu's Sterlite plant finally shuts down, permanently

On Monday evening, the state government passed a government order to shut down Vedanta group's Serlite copper smelting plant permanently

Anti-Sterlite stir: Tension continues as kin of those killed don’t get dead bodies

Activists say the government plans to cremate the protestors who died in police firing on its own

Anti-Sterlite stir: Parts of Tuticorin return to normal, but activists say it’s far from over

Despite a court order, ban on internet has not been lifted and activists claim police are harassing people

Copper is great at killing superbugs – so why don't hospitals use it?

Lack of knowledge and perceived cost issues could be holding back the fight against the superbugs