Sesa Goa is the largest iron ore producer and exporter of Goa. Since 2007 Vedanta Resources is the majority shareholder of Sesa Goa. Sesa Goa's main mining operations are at Codli and Sonshi. Sesa Goa also has other mining sites in villages such as Pissurlem in Sattari and Advalpal in Assonora.  Besides mining activities in Goa, Sesa Goa is also mining in Karnataka and Orissa.

Open cast iron ore, manganese and bauxite mining in Goa causes major social and environmental threats, including air pollution, atmospheric dust, water pollution and scarcity, destruction of agricultural fields, fisheries losses, human right problems, and more.

Local communities and civil society groups have raised serious concerns about the impacts of mining in Goa. Read more.

Sirigaon Litigation
In June 2008 Sirigaon village residents filed a petition to the Bombay High Court claiming dried up well and siltation as a result of the mining activities. The Bombay High Court ordered an independent government body to investigate the case (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute). In 2009 a report from this government body confirmed the depletion of water supplies and the land situation. It recommended that the companies (among others Sesa Goa) should “replenish the aquifier, restore the damaged rice fields and stabilise mine waste”. These actions are estimated to cost $1.4 million over 18 months. Read more.

Advalpal Litigation
In 2009 a public interest litigation was filed by a nine-year-old child of Advalpal village through his mother Sharmila Naik together with the Goa Foundation. The petitioners alleged that Sesa Goa was indulging in hazardous mining in violation of the approved mining plan. On September 17, 2009 the High Court of Bombay (interim order) restrained  Sesa Goa from undertaking Phase I and II mining in Advalpal. The Court ordered Sesa Goa to write a proposal for removing illegal mining dumps in Advalpal before the next hearing, likely in October 2009. Read more.