Government approves controversial mine
The Indian government has given Britain’s Vedanta Resources final approval to start a controversial bauxite mine in the hills of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
News from the Dongria Kondh
Tribes stage mass protest against British mining company Vedanta
Several hundred tribespeople today staged a protest against FTSE-100 company Vedanta, as it bids massively to expand its controversial aluminium refinery in Lanjigarh, Orissa.
Joanna Lumley narrates new film about remote tribe
British actress Joanna Lumley has narrated a new film for Survival International. ‘Mine: story of a sacred mountain’ reveals the hidden story of the remote Dongria Kondh tribe in India and their battle to stop a vast bauxite mine destroying their land and
Troubles mount for Vedanta – OECD accepts Survival complaint as chairman faces fraud inquiry
UK mining giant Vedanta Resources was dealt a blow today as the OECD agreed that all the complaints made by Survival about the company’s planned bauxite mine in Orissa merit further consideration.
Tribe refuses food and medicine from British company
Dongria Kondh villagers in Orissa have refused to accept medicine and food from Vedanta Resources, in protest at the company’s plan to mine the tribe’s mountain.
Tribe forms human chain to keep British company off sacred mountain
Hundreds of members of the Dongria Kondh tribe, together with many tribal and non-tribal allies, formed a human chain at the base of their sacred Niyamgiri mountain on the 27th January to prevent British mining giant Vedanta from bulldozing it.
7,000 march against British mining company Vedanta
Thousands of protestors in India marched against British mining firm Vedanta on Saturday, to oppose the company’s plans to mine a sacred mountain and feed its aluminium refinery.
New Year card for Vedanta’s shareholders predicts Indian tribe’s destruction
Key shareholders in British mining giant Vedanta Resources received a New Year card this morning, congratulating them on their involvement in the impending destruction of the remote Indian hill tribe, the Dongria Kondh.