Really, Rio Tinto? Resistance goes online
…to ask about Rio Tinto’s responsibility for its Panguna copper-gold mine in Bougainville, which it operated from 1974-1989, but her question was read out, meaning that Keren was unable to…
Communities demand justice from UK mining giant as it holds AGM behind closed doors
…Mongolia government so as to avoid paying all its taxes. In the pacific island of Bougainville, the company pulled out of its Panguna gold-copper mine in 1989 after sparking a…
Rio Tinto ONLINE WEEK OF ACTION!
…Rio Tinto’s toxic mining legacy. -2 minutes SOCIAL MEDIA Share this post about Bougainville (a Pacific island) where Rio Tinto owned a copper-gold mine, Panguna, that was so toxic it…
Communities demanding redress from Rio Tinto
…and economic health of Arizona. Members of the Coalition include Local, indigenous, grassroots and national organisations. BOUGAINVILLE The mine Panguna was one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines….
PRESS RELEASE: New report names top British companies responsible for toxic mining legacies
…Tinto was the majority owner of the Panguna mine in Bougainville, operated by Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL), for 45 years. It dumped toxic mining waste the copper-gold mine in Bougainville…