Back to court for Vedanta Resources’ controversial mine - Survival International http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/7088

India’s Supreme Court is to consider a new bid to green-light FTSE 100 Vedanta Resources’ infamous bauxite mine in Orissa state, east India.The mine was dramatically blocked in August last year, after independent investigators found it would ‘destroy’ the Dongria Kondh tribe who live in the area. The tribe mounted a hugely successful international campaign to save their homeland, earning the support of celebrities such as Michael Palin and Joanna Lumley.The Orissa government has always supported Vedanta’s mine, and is petitioning the Supreme Court to reverse the ban through the state-owned company Orissa Mining Corporation (OMC). The OMC had previously signed an agreement with Vedanta to build the controversial mine.