People in some of the poorest communities in the world are seeing their health, livelihoods and traditional ways of life being destroyed as UK-based mining companies move in.

ActionAid have been working with local communities to expose corporate abuse by the mining industry.

Anglo American

A UK listed mining company with subsidiaries and operations around the world.

Rural communities in South Africa have lost their land and access to clean water as a result of mining by Anglo Platinum, majority owned by Anglo American.

Vedanta

A UK company with operations in Australia, India and Zambia

For generations, three tribal groups have lived in the lush forests of Niyamgiri mountain, Orissa, foraging in the forests for fruits and flowers that are used as food, drink and medicine.

Now their future is increasingly under threat because a combined mining and refinery project is being developed in the heart of their ancestral land by Vedanta's subsidiary, Sterlite Industries India Ltd.

In response, villagers from the surrounding area have been protesting and are gaining support locally, nationally and internationally.