…victims still await justice, writes Kristian Lasslet. The war was sparked by local outrage at pollution caused by the Panguna mine, run by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. See http://newmatilda.com/2013/03/28/civil-war-boardroom….
Citizens of Bougainville, involved in the horrendous military conflict waged on the island for a decade, have been expressing views about the prospective re-opening of the Panguna mine. In early…
…has told Radio Australia’s Pacific Beat the re-opening of Rio Tinto‘s giant Panguna copper mine will be on his terms. “Rio Tinto will have to deal with us,” he said….
…Australian subsidiary, CRA, was in control of the Panguna mine until the start of the 1988 “revolution” which forced the company out the following year. Rio Tinto’s Bougainville Copper Ltd….
…the agreement on the mine known as Oyu Tolgoi, raising tensions and comparisons with another Rio copper mine more than two decades ago. That project known as Panguna on the…
