The Panguna mine on the Pacific island of Bougainville is owned by Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper Ltd. Operation of the mine led to a war of independence against Papua New Guinea.
Women oppose Panguna …
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Protests against BHP Billiton at Australian AGM
Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton held its Australian AGM in Perth, Western Australia, on Tuesday 16 November.
The company came in for strong criticism on a number of issues and was presented with an alternative annual …
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Papua New Guinea gives green light to deep-sea mineral mine
Privatisation of the deep sea bed has already started, as companies move to exploit potentially highly valuable mineral deposits, lying up to 2 kms below the surface and spread over hundreds of square miles. But …
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US Court Orders Mediation in Rio Tinto Alien Tort Case
Nearly a decade into a court battle involving Rio Tinto and its alleged role in spurring civil war in Bougainville in the South Pacific, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is suggesting mediation.
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Panguna landowners claim maltreatment
LANDOWNERS of the Panguna copper mine, who went to war in 1988 over what they claimed then was utter disrespect and disregard for their existence and welfare, are claiming the same maltreatment as the National …
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BHP Billiton: other sides to the story
BHP Billiton presnted its annual report to shareholders at its London AGM on 21 October. At a meeting the evening before, London Mining Network presented BHP Billiton 2009-10 – other sides to the story: case …
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Rio Tinto asks US appeals court to dismiss Papua New Guinea human rights lawsuit
Mining giant Rio Tinto Plc tried to persuade an appeals court to dismiss a long running human rights lawsuit, one of a number of cases to test the reach of U.S. judges over corporations operating …
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Ocean exploration reaches perilous new depths
Plans to mine the deep sea bed aren’t anything new. Indeed, they have been around for at least as long as members of the United Nations have been tussling over who should “control” it. But …
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London-listed mining giants keen on new prospects
Two controversial Anglo-Australian mining giants who abandoned operations at Bougainville copper mine and the Ok Tedi mine in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea due to the Bougainville crisis and environmental damages are still …
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Civil war in PNG’s Bougainville changed attitudes to land, says nun
A nun running a rehabilitation centre in the Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville says the civil war changed attitudes to land and these now need to to be addressed.
The war was fought because …
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