Death threats, mining waste, and Covid-19
…our homes, meeting frequently online. As you’ll have seen from our most recent mailing, our planned April speaker tour with visitors from Bougainville, Australia, Madagascar and the USA is cancelled,…
PRESS RELEASE: New report names top British companies responsible for toxic mining legacies
…Tinto was the majority owner of the Panguna mine in Bougainville, operated by Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL), for 45 years. It dumped toxic mining waste the copper-gold mine in Bougainville…
Rio Tinto’s legacy in Bougainville, and alternatives to mining
…Even more topical is the news about Rio Tinto’s legacy in Bougainville. Bougainville is an island to the east of Papua New Guinea (PNG) which, because of the vagaries of…
PRESS RELEASE: Alternative awards ceremony to turn spotlight on mining industry
…2018 for working conditions that led to their silicosis, and British-Australian Rio Tinto for Innovation in Sustainability, which has cut and run from its mining operations in Grasberg, Bougainville and…
More AGMs, and uranium mining
…Volker Boege about the legacy of UK mining company Rio Tinto in Bougainville and Indonesia, and learn more about our work. Recently we attended the AGM of Antofagasta and, as…