Some of the landowners affected by Rio Tinto subsidiary BCL’s Panguna project have decided that they would like the mine reopened, but on their terms. About 100 representatives from the six Panguna mine lease affected areas met in Buka for two days at the Kuri Village Resort to start the official negotiation process to review the Bougainville Copper Agreement.
See http://www.minesandcommunities.org/article.php?a=10570.