India: Executive Summary of Report: Don’t Mine Us out of Existence: Bauxite Mine and Refinery Devastate Lives in India

Index Number: ASA 20/004/2010
Date Published: 9 February 2010
Categories: India

Communities living in south-west Orissa in eastern India are at threat from the expansion of an alumina refinery and plans for a new bauxite mining project. This document is the executive summary of the report which describes how local communities have been effectively excluded from the decision-making process, and the land these people live on is or will soon be used to make profit for others.