As the Mining Bill is debated before Bougainville’s parliament, which will deliver up Panguna to Rio Tinto, and potentially turn the rest of Bougainville into an industrial wasteland, the Bill’s…
THE proposed Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) bel kol awareness currently underway throughout Central Bougainville is not going down well with some locals….
I am appalled that BCL [majority owned by Rio Tinto] is still claiming ownership of mining tenements in Bougainville as governed by the Bougainville Copper Agreement Act. ABG must fight…
Proposed changes to mining laws on on the island of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea may adversely affect rights held by unit of Rio Tinto Group (RIO), the world’s second-biggest…