Kashipur Bauxite Project

Halifax Initiative Publishes Canadian Mining Map
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

The Canadian mining map was produced by the Halifax Initiative during the National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries. The Roundtables, which took place between June and November of 2006, fulfilled one of the recommendations made in the groundbreaking report, Mining in Developing Countries and Corporate Social Responsibility, tabled by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) in June 2005.

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Panel Recommends Alcan Bauxite Project in India Be Abandoned
Monday, October 16, 2006

An eight-member multidisciplinary panel of the Indian People's Tribunal headed by Justice S.N. Bhargava (Ret'd.) enquired into alleged human rights and environment violations related to a bauxite mining project proposed by Utkal Alumina International, Ltd. (UAIL) in the Baphlimali Hills, located in Kashipur Block, Rayagada District of Orissa, and 45% owned by Canada's Alcan.

Kashipur Bauxite Project, Rio Tinto Alcan
Police Violence Against the Peoples of Kashipur Must Stop Immediately!
Saturday, August 13, 2005

URGENT ACTION ALERT

This urgent action expires December 16, 2004.

Contents of this message:

  1. Urgent information on Kashipur, India
  2. Taking immediate action, what you can do about it
  3. Sample letter to Alcan officers and Orissa Chief Minister
Kashipur Bauxite Project, Rio Tinto Alcan
Kashipur Alert: Sixteen Tribals, Mostly Women, Critically Injured - Massive Lathicharge on Adivasis: Tense Standoff Between Agitated Tribals and Police in Kashipur
Saturday, August 13, 2005

Independent Media Update 01/12/2004

Based on telephonic contact with correspondents in Rayagada (please refer to our earlier report on 26th Nov. 2004).

Kashipur Bauxite Project, Rio Tinto Alcan
Report from the Third International Women and Mining Conference in India
Saturday, August 13, 2005

From October 1 to 9 MiningWatch's Catherine Coumans attended the Third International Women in Mining Conference in Visakhapatnam, Andra Pradesh, India. She made a brief presentation based on the research she has coordinated for MiningWatch Canada on women, mining and health in collaboration with Canadian women in West Labrador.

Kashipur Bauxite Project, Newsletter 17: Autumn 2004, Women, Rio Tinto Alcan
Brutal Police Action on Tribals in Kashipur: Orissa Government Using Police Force to Start Alumina Plant
Wednesday, December 1, 2004

Joint Appeal to all Citizens and Organisations and Political Parties to Protect the Democratic Rights of the People and the Right to Protect their Livelihoods and Life

Kashipur Bauxite Project, Rio Tinto Alcan
Massive mobilization and march to urge Alcan executives and shareholders to pull out of a destructive mining project in Kashipur
Wednesday, April 14, 2004

WE CAN WIN THIS!

This is our ONE big chance to make the demands of those in Kashipur be heard by the people that have the power to decide!

LET'S BE LOUD AND CLEAR on Thursday April 22nd!
LIFE IS GREATER THAN INVESTMENT!

Kashipur Bauxite Project, Rio Tinto Alcan
ALCAN Juggling with the Futures of Marginalized Peoples in India: Three Villagers Already Killed by Violent Repression
Wednesday, December 10, 2003
(Montreal) As the fourth World Social Forum prepares to converge in Mumbai in January, much attention is focusing on Montreal-based aluminum multinational ALCAN and its questionable activities in the Forum's host country. On December 16, 2003 from 12-1 PM (EST) Montrealers ...
Kashipur Bauxite Project, Rio Tinto Alcan
Tribal People in India Confront Alcan Investment: Three Die
Sunday, March 25, 2001

On December 16, 2000, conflict over the development of a bauxite mine and alumina plant in the Kashipur region of Orissa in India turned violent with the killing of three innocent tribal people. During a meeting of villagers opposed to the mine, armed police entered Maikanch village and opened fire. Abhilas Jhodia (25 years of age), Raghu Jodhia (18) and Jamudhar Jhodia (43) died, and 8 others sustained serious injury.

Kashipur Bauxite Project, Corporate Accountability, Newsletter 05: Winter 2001, Rio Tinto Alcan
Urgent Action: Support Tribal People in India Confronting Alcan Investment
Wednesday, January 17, 2001

On December 16, 2000, conflict over the development of a bauxite mine and alumina plant in the Kashipur region of Orissa in India turned violent with the killing of three innocent tribal people (Adivasis). During a meeting of villagers opposed to the mine, armed police entered Maikanch village and opened fire. Abhilas Jhodia (25 years of age), Raghu Jodhis (18) and Jamudhar Jhodia (43) died, and 8 others sustained serious injury.

Kashipur Bauxite Project, Corporate Accountability, Rio Tinto Alcan

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