Orissa: Vedanta Fights Back Over Indian Hill Tribe’s Sacred Mountain

Orissa: Vedanta Fights Back Over Indian Hill Tribe’s Sacred Mountain   FTSE 100 mining giant Vedanta is challenging a ban on mining the sacred mountain of India’s Dongria Kondh tribe. The Orissa High Court will hear the case on Wednesday 2 February.   The Dongria Kondh, whose plight has been compared to the fictional Na’vi in Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, won an historic victory against Vedanta last year. India’s Environment Ministry blocked Vedanta’s multimillion-dollar bid to create an...

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