The controversial Panguna mine, which lay derelict for more than 30 years following the eruption of a civil war on the remote islands of Bougainville – now an autonomous region of about 300,000 people ...

The world’s second-largest miner, Rio Tinto, and Bougainville community members, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, have reached an agreement to identify and assess legacy impacts of the ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Rio Tinto Ltd said on Wednesday it has reached an agreement with stakeholders of the Bougainville community to look into potential environmental damage and human rights breaches ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, December 05, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As a member of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment (PMLIA) Oversight Committee, Rio Tinto today welcomed the release of the PMLIA report ...

Bougainville's President John Momis says Rio Tinto and its subsidiary Bougainville Copper won't automatically be allowed to run the Panguna copper mine if it reopens. Consultations are taking place ...

An ongoing independence referendum does not address the key question at the root of the conflict: the future of the Panguna mine. Over 2,000 residents, including chiefs, elders, and politicians ...

With just under six months before Bougainvilleans go to the polls to decide if they want independence from Papua New Guinea, last month’s APEC leaders’ meeting in Port Moresby gave fresh impetus to ...

PANGUNA, Bougainville (Mekamui News/Pacific Media Watch): On the April 13, a cloudy and wet day, we took a chance to visit Panguna mine. Before we left Arawa, we thought that it will be sunshine in ...

SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Papua New Guinea's government is paving the way for lifting a moratorium on mining in the semi-autonomous island of Bougainville, home to the Panguna copper mine. Bougainville, ...

Fat profits are being made by speculators confident they can beat a Chinese takeover of one of the world’s great copper and gold deposits on the Pacific island of Bougainville even though it hasn’t ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rio Tinto and Bougainville community members, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, have reached an agreement to identify and assess legacy impacts of the ...