Women's group opposes reopening of Bougainville mine
…war. Local anger towards the Panguna copper mine was at the heart of the civil war that gripped Bougainville during the 1990s. The mine was run by a Rio Tinto…
Bougainville: No sign that war-torn mine will re-open
But there are questions over Rio Tinto subsidiary’s recent role Bougainville’s vice-president has said that the “future and re-opening of the Panguna copper mine is to be decided by the…
“Avatar is real” say tribal people
…claimed the film tells the real story of their lives today. See http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=15576. See also comment on similarities between Avatar and the Bougainville struggle against Rio Tinto’s Panguna mine: http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com/2010/02/avatars-secret-history-lesson-on-our.html….
Rio Tinto's legacy in Bougainville
Two short video productions provide background and update For background to this story, see https://londonminingnetwork.org/?s=Bougainville. See recent video at Panguna Mine, Bougainville, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg6q7AGhmo8; some background to this video is…
Bougainville: after 20 years absence Rio Tinto returns to scene of crime
…subsidiary arrived in the province following a twenty years’ enforced absence. In May 1989, BCL staff fled the Panguna minesite as the island’s Revolutionary Army (BRA) declared independence, not only…