2014 – Rio Tinto refuses to clean up in BougainvilleĀ
The governments of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea start planning how to clean up the severely polluted site of the Panguna mine. Rio Tinto was meant to play a supporting…
The governments of Bougainville and Papua New Guinea start planning how to clean up the severely polluted site of the Panguna mine. Rio Tinto was meant to play a supporting…
As tensions in Bougainville increase due to injustices related to the Panguna mine, the mine is forcibly shut down and eventually abandoned in 1989. With the Bougainville population bearing all…
Operations start at the Panguna copper-gold mine in Bougainville, an island off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The mine is operated by Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL), a subsidiary of…
…that his administration is not allying with any of those wanting to redevelop the Panguna mine, formerly owned by Rio Tinto, the impacts of which sparked and independence war. Reclaiming…
…and Rio Tinto to resolve alleged human rights and environmental violations caused by waste pollution from the abandoned Panguna mine. Progress on Bougainville Rio Tinto complaint There’s been a further…