British mining firm in legal battle to stop Zambian farmers from suing it for polluting their source of water
Vedanta Resources is being blamed for turning Zambia’s longest river bright blue
Environmental activists from Foil Vedanta hold a banner outside the Supreme Court in London, demanding justice for pollution by a British copper mining company in Zambia
[Samarendra Das/Foil Vedanta]
BRITISH mining giant Vedanta is fighting a last-ditch legal battle to stop nearly 2,000 Zambian villagers suing over pollution.
Vedanta Resources Plc is being blamed for turning Zambia’s longest river, the Kafue, bright blue after toxic pollution poured out from a pit run by the company’s subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM).
The pollution is said to have poisoned water sources for 40,000 Zambians, who were unable to obtain compensation through their local courts.
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