Bauxite Mine and Refinery Devastate Lives in India

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………………………………….3

2. TAINTED HISTORY: VEDANTA’S INROADS INTO ORISSA ……………………………………..9

3. UNDERMINING RIGHTS: THE MINE AT NIYAMGIRI …………………………………………..17

4. REFINING THE PROCESS: MISINFORMATION AND LACK OF CONSULTATION ON REFINERY PLANS …………………………………………………………………………………………34

5. LOCAL LIVES BLIGHTED: REFINERY POLLUTION OF AIR AND WATER…………………..

45 6. HUMAN RIGHTS, STATES AND COMPANIES……………………………………………………76 7.

RECOMMENDATIONS …………………………………………………………………………………84

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Don’t Mine Us Out of Existence

A Report by Amnesty International

February 2010