Spectre of Panguna looms over Porgera - former PNG deputy prime minister
The Porgera gold mine was re-opened with fanfare earlier this year, after a three year shut-down during which the government ...
Rio Tinto class action begins over Bougainville mining disaster
An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the ...
Landmark report uncovers human rights abuses at Rio Tinto gold mine in Bougainville, 35 years after closure
A large-scale study of social and environmental impacts from Rio Tinto's abandoned Panguna mine in Bougainville finds a ...
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Bougainville Copper Limited
Rio Tinto says it is willing to discuss the future of the island's Panguna copper mine with concerned locals. Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper’s Panguna mine has lain dormant since 1988 ...
Rio Tinto Faces Class Action Over Bougainville Mine Impact
A class action against Rio Tinto has been filed in a Papua New Guinea court in relation to a long-shuttered copper mine that ...
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1st LD Writethru: 6.4-magnitude quake hits 57 km S of Panguna, Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted 57 km south of Panguna, Papua New Guinea at 06:13:34 on Monday local time (20:13:34 GMT on Sunday), the U.S. Geological ...
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Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster
An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea.