2014 – Rio Tinto refuses to clean up in Bougainville
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…
1989 – Abandoning the Panguna mine and the destruction it caused
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…
1972 – Waste dumping starts in Bougainville
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…
Remembrance, resistance and legal proceedings
…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…
Mining-affected communities remember, rise up, resist – and even investors are unnerved
…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…