Rio Tinto to quit Bougainville's Panguna mine
After many years of majority ownership of the Bougainville‘s Panguna mine, Rio Tinto has announced the sale of its majority stake in Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) to an Australian equity…
Goodnight children – sleep well: the 2016 Rio Tinto AGM
…Limited and the Panguna Mine I’d like to ask 3 questions seeking to clarify Rio’s position with respect to its majority shareholding in Bougainville Copper Limited and with respect to…
The Presidential leak, PNG’s bid for Bougainville Copper and the policy challenge ahead
…condemnation from the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG). With good reason, the Papua New Guinea state deployed brutal violence during the 1990s in an effort to keep Bougainville’s Panguna copper mine…
Would restarting Bougainville's Panguna contribute to sustainable development?
The decade-long civil war, unleashed on the indigenous inhabitants of Bougainville between 1988 and 1998 is unique in recent South Pacific history. Directly and indirectly it cost the lives of…
Would restarting Bougainville’s Panguna contribute to sustainable development?
The decade-long civil war, unleashed on the indigenous inhabitants of Bougainville between 1988 and 1998 is unique in recent South Pacific history. Directly and indirectly it cost the lives of…