Save Niyamgiri from Vedanta

The Environment Minister  came out strongly against the mine, criticised it on several grounds and accused the company of breaking the law. This is the biggest victory we’ve had in the campaign to stop the mine that would destroy the sacred homeland of the Kondh people.

The Kondh people are delighted with the news. Investors are less happy. Vedanta’s shares lost £300 million in value after the announcement.Your support has helped raise the Kondh’s battle to an international level. In February 2010, two key investors, The Church of England and Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, withdrew their investments from the company on ethical grounds.

This sends a powerful message to Vedanta’s other shareholders about the risks of investing in a company with such a poor human rights and environmental record.

ActionAid has been campaigning to stop this mine being built for six years and will continue to stand alongside on the Kondh both on the ground in Niyamgiri and internationally.

Local communities are still calling on Vedanta to clean up the ‘red mud pond’ built to contain toxic sludge from the company’s nearby aluminium refinery. Leaks from this pond pose serious threats to people’s health and the local environment. Dangers that rise dramatically as monsoon season approaches.

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