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….
News from Bougainville – affects Rio Tinto
Abandoned Bougainville mine still an environmental headache Rio Tinto’s subsidiary, Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) is on record as wanting to return to the eponymous Pacific island, and re-open one of…
Bougainville Women oppose re-opening of Panguna Mine
According to the CEO of Bougainville Copper, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, the Panguna mine is to re-open within the next five years. His words were a direct contradiction of…
Report on the London AGM of Rio Tinto, 15 April 2010
…the Madagascar mine). Panguna Mine, Bougainville (for video, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb8G-x_ioBk) Clive Porabou from Bougainville said that the company’s BCL subsidiary had caused massive destruction to land in Bougainville and its…
Rio Tinto: A Shameful History of Human and Labour Rights Abuses And Environmental Degradation Around the Globe
…standing strong and committed to winning a fair contract at the mine in Boron. Panguna Mine, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea On the island of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, the people…