India:British mining company under pressure over mine 20 August 2008British mining company Vedanta is under intense pressure over its plans to mine the Dongria Kondh tribe’s land in India, as a Scottish investment group sells its shares and Amnesty International joins the campaign in support of the tribe.
UK:Vedanta promises no mining without tribe's 'permission' 31 July 2008British mining giant Vedanta's Chairman Anil Agarwal told the company’s AGM today that his company would only go ahead with its highly controversial bauxite mine in Orissa, eastern India, with the ‘complete permission’ of the Dongria Kondh tribe.
UK:Survival to protest outside London PR firm 27 May 2008Survival will protest tomorrow, Wednesday 28 May 2008, outside London PR firm FINSBURY (45 Moorfields, London EC2Y 9AE) urging them to resign their account representing Anil Agarwal and his company Vedanta, in the interest of human rights.
India:Tribe – ‘Vedanta is destroying us for profit’ 15 May 2008As FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta announces record profits today, India’s remote Dongria Kondh tribe is claiming the company will destroy them forever if it goes ahead with plans to mine their sacred mountain.
