…Jan. 19, the main union’s president said on Tuesday. 9) Rio Tinto’s legacy in Bougainville Bougainville Panguna mine: Indefinite moratorium imposed at troubled site The Bougainville Government has imposed an…
When the great – no doubt sometimes also good, but frequently woefully ignorant – among mining outfits (and their desk-bound investment advisors) look at a risk-laden, problematic, prospect like Bougainville…
…of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) and Panguna landowners. This will see Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) return to reopen the Mine before June 2019….
Rio Tinto may have walked away from Bougainville, but a legacy of conflict remains. The ‘Bougainville Hardliners’ have strongly opposed the Autonomous Bougainville Government’s decision to re-open the Panguna Mine…
The company which used to the run the controversial Panguna copper mine on the island of Bougainville is now trying to reopen it with the support of the island’s Government….