The dog ate my homework: another year at Rio Tinto
…Bougainville. She said: 86. “The disposal by Rio Tinto of its controlling stake in Bougainville Copper Ltd was far too long in coming, but may surely be welcomed by shareholders….
Death and destruction caused by mining in West Papua, but Rio Tinto denies responsibility
…to its legacy in Bougainville, off the east coast of neighbouring Papua New Guinea. Rio Tinto subsidiary BCL was forced to abandon its Panguna copper and gold mine there because…
Bougainville: Moratorium re-confirmed on Panguna mine
The long-lasting, intense, debate over a re-opening of the ill-fated Panguna copper-gold mine (formerly owned by Rio Tinto) in Bougainville, seems to have reached an interim resolution. (See: Bougainville announces…
Coal in England, and worker deaths in South Africa
…the ill-fated Panguna copper-gold mine (formerly owned by Rio Tinto) in Bougainville, seems to have reached an interim resolution. PNG Industry News has now confirmed that: “The doors to Bougainville…
Bougainville Panguna mine: Indefinite moratorium imposed at troubled site
The Bougainville Government has imposed an indefinite moratorium on mining at the troubled Panguna site — once the world’s biggest open-cut copper mines, formerly controlled by Rio Tinto….