People in Tucson are asking questions about Vedanta and Sterlite, an Indian/British company seeking to take over Asarco, as venerable an old American/non-America mining company as you would find anywhere.
Now it appears the folk in Tucson are simply doing what an 8,000-strong tribe in India is doing: expressing concern about Vedanta and Sterlite and their commitment to mining, resource development, and land restoration.
The battle in India is ugly. Consider the salvos by Vedanta:
Vedanta argues that the area involved is a tiny fraction of the Kondh’s traditional lands, and will be returned to its natural condition once the mining is over. It has also pledged to bring health care, sanitation and education to an area where many die of preventable diseases, and where tribe members have in the past sold their babies to buy food.
