RE-OPENING AN OLD WOUND
In recent months, there has been much discussion of the possibility of re-opening the Panguna copper mine on the Pacific island of Bougainville (Mekamui). The mine is owned by Rio…
Mining in Bougainville: the opposition
…New Guinea. Women oppose Panguna review THE women and children of Bougainville are not ready for the reopening of Panguna mine, said a representative of the Bougainville Indigenous Women’s Landowners…
Panguna gets the nod
Some of the landowners affected by Rio Tinto subsidiary BCL’s Panguna project have decided that they would like the mine reopened, but on their terms. About 100 representatives from the…
Panguna landowners claim maltreatment
LANDOWNERS of the Panguna copper mine, who went to war in 1988 over what they claimed then was utter disrespect and disregard for their existence and welfare, are claiming the…
Civil war in PNG’s Bougainville changed attitudes to land, says nun
…The war was fought because of the damge being done by the Panguna mine, run by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. Sister Garasu says during the conflict many lost a…