[Assam] [WaterWatch] Fw: [alcant-intl] ALCAN TO SELL 45% STAKE IN KASHIPUR PROJECT!!!!!!!!!

[mc mahant]

Utkal's Alumina/Bauxite should last a millenia if not more.
Good sense prevailed and the Canadians saw sense.They said No to cheating!
Will Delhi's middlemen?
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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:31:13 -0700Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:31:12 -0700To: ecwatch at yahoogroups.com; orissamining at yahoogroups.com; focusorissa at yahoogroups.com; epgorissa at gmail.com; Waterwatch at yahoogroups.comFrom: achyutdas at agragamee.orgDate: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:19:57 +0530Subject: [WaterWatch] Fw: [alcant-intl] ALCAN TO SELL 45% STAKE IN KASHIPUR PROJECT!!!!!!!!!





Dear Friends,
 
Hello!
 
There is a good news to share with you all.
 
I am forwarding a mail from Alcant, the Canadian Advocacy group that Alcan has withdrawn from Utkal Alumina International Limited (UAIL) which is vigorously involved at Kashipur for Bauxite mining and alumina refinery. UAIL has also  directy and indirectly played a role in Maikanch Police Firing in December, 2000.
 
Please inform all our friends who have supported the anti-mining struggle at Kashipur.
 
With best wishes,
 
Achyut
 
 
 
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Achyut DasDirectorAgragameeKashipur - 765015Rayagada OrissaIndia
 
phone: 06865 285174/ 0674 2551123/2557936fax: 06865 285174/0674 2551130e-mail: agragamee at satyam.net.in           achyutdas at agragamee.org
 
website: www.agragamee.org
----- Original Message ----- 
From: alcantinindia at yahoo.com 
To: alcant-quebec at lists.riseup.net ; alcant-canada at lists.riseup.net ; alcant-intl at lists.riseup.net ; alcantinindia at lists.riseup.net 
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 9:28 AM
Subject: [alcant-intl] ALCAN TO SELL 45% STAKE IN KASHIPUR PROJECT!!!!!!!!!

Yes the subject heading you read is correct.  Today Apri 12th 2007 Alcan announced that it would sell its entire 45% stake in Utkal Alumina International Limited.  This result is truly a testament to the amazing grassroots work that you have all put in over the past several years.  Every rally you attended, every letter that you wrote, every person you spoke to about Alcan’s hypocrisy has helped make this happen.You spoke truth to power and truth prevailedIt would impossible to list all of the groups or individuals that should be recognized but I would like to acknowledge a few of the groups across Canada who helped make this happen:  RRSE, CAW, Miningwatch Canada, Amnesty International, QPIRG, CKUT, Kairos and many more.Most importantly it is only due to the strength, the resolve and the sacrifice of our brothers and sisters in India, the Kashipur people’s movement or the PSSP  that anything has been accomplished.  And for them the struggle continues as UAIL will move forward as will our solidarity.Our work is not over. 1) While Alcan has withdrawn its shares, according to its press release, it will still provide Alcan technology to UAIL and profit off of the destruction of the Kashipur region.  If as TD Newcrest analyst Greg Barnes says the Utkal project “does not fit with Alcan's approach to sustainability,” Alcan should not be involved with it in any way.2) Several people’s lives have been ruined through jailings, beatings, displacement, and even death due to Alcan’s involvement. Alcan must compensate these people for their losses.3) We must support the people of Kashipur in their continued struggle against UAIL and whatever companies may join India’s Hindalco in this conglomerate.There is much work to be done we will follow up to discuss what our next moves will be but for a moment acknowledge what you have achieved.Alcan’s Press Releasehttp://micro.newswire.ca/release.cgi?rkey=1504124589&view=67557-2&Start=0Globe and Mailhttp://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070412.walcanstaff0412/EmailBNStory/Business/homeLes Affaireshttp://www.lesaffaires.com/article/0/economie/2007-04-12/437905/le-dilemme-indien-dalcan.fr.html

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