Saving civilization: the 2017 Rio Tinto AGM
…that the costs of re-opening the Panguna mine would exceed US$5 billion, and this does not account for the expenses of concluding several essential ‘due diligence’ studies. It would take…
Bougainville to continue pursuit of Rio Tinto
The President of Bougainville, John Momis, says his government is going ahead with legal action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the destruction caused by the Panguna mine. Rio Tinto…
New Zealander details Panguna involvement 28 years on
In 1988, before civil war broke out in Bougainville, New Zealander Martin Ward was there, leading a team studying the impacts of the contentious Panguna copper mine (controlled by Rio…
Rio Tinto condemned for 'walking away' from Bougainville environmental disaster
The Bougainville Government is launching an international campaign to pressure Rio Tinto and the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments to fund the clean-up of the Panguna mine environmental disaster….