In recent years there have been several accusations of severe human rights abuses being committed by “security” forces employed by one of the world’s largest gold miners, Barrick of Canada, at its Porgera mine in …
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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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Report on the London AGM of Rio Tinto, 15 April 2010
Introduction
This was Jan du Plessis’ first AGM as Chairman, and he gave plenty of time for questions on the annual report. There were numerous questions on the convictions of Rio Tinto officials in China …
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BOUGAINVILLE: Mekamui Message: No More Mining, No More Bloodshed.
See http://vimeo.com/10794473.
Clive Porabou took a strong message to London. When he attended the Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting on 15 April, he told them ‘no more mining’ on Mekamui (Bougainville Island).
Bougainville Copper …
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Women’s group opposes reopening of Bougainville mine
Women representing an indigenous landowner’s group on the Papua New Guinean island of Bougainville say they’re opposed to reopening the mine that was at the centre of a bloody civil war. Local anger towards the …
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Bougainville: No sign that war-torn mine will re-open
But there are questions over Rio Tinto subsidiary’s recent role
Bougainville’s vice-president has said that the “future and re-opening of the Panguna copper mine is to be decided by the Panguna landowners themselves” - while …
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Xstrata’s Frieda project to be largest open pit mine in the world
The Frieda copper gold project in the Sandaun Province of Papua New Guinea is shaping up as one of the largest open-pit greenfield copper projects in the world, according to Highlands Pacific managing director John …
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