UK Supreme Court rules in favour of Zambian communities to sue British company in UK courts
Two thousand villagers in Zambia have been granted the right to sue the mining conglomerate Vedanta Resources, a transnational company headquartered in London and its Zambian subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) in UK courts. The company is accused of polluting the communities’ water supply and dumping chemicals from its mining activities.
During the court hearing, the mining company argued that the...
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