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Zambia claimants inch closer to compensation by UK' s Vedanta

A mining site. The UK Supreme Court has allowed more than 2,000 claimants from Zambia to sue Vedanta for compensation over water pollution

By  MICHAEL CHAWE

More than 2,000 villagers in Zambia have won the second round of their unprecedented search for compensation over water pollution by Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a subsidiary of UK's Vedanta Resources.

The villagers have since 2007 been seeking justice against the company for poisoning their water sources and destroying farmland.

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