Panguna

John Momis: Not the brightest bulb

On 29 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG exposed

Majority oppose mine's return

On 29 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Post Courier

OPPOSITION to the opening of the Panguna copper mine is near universal, the much criticised Jubilee Australia Research Centre study "Voices of Bougainville" has found.

Alluvial Gold lures girls out of classes in Bougainville

On 27 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Post Courier

MANY school-age girls in the Panguna and Bana districts of Bougainville are not attending school, say authorities.

The girls are engaged in the lucrative gold mining business – panning the length and breadth of Panguna rivers, among the tailings from the decommissioned Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) mine.

Bougainville landowners say NGO should be ashamed

On 26 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Radio New Zealand

The nine landowner associations around the Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville are mystified by claims local villagers oppose a return to mining.

The NGO, Jubilee Australia, spoke to 65 villagers and says many remain traumatised by the civil war, have not been properly consulted and do not back a return to large scale mining.

But the nine landowner groups say the research is wrong and Jubilee Australia should be ashamed.

Voices of Bougainville: Nikana Kangsi, Nikana Dong Damana (Our Land, Our Future)

On 18 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Jubilee Australia released its report ‘Voices of Bougainville: Nikana Kangsi, Nikana Dong Damana (Our Land, Our Future)’ at a gathering of academics, representatives of non-government organisations and community members at the UNSW Australian Centre for Human Rights on Friday, September 12.

A house divided within itself cannot stand

On 14 Sep, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Special Correspondent in Bougainville

Panguna trust fund board meeting in Buka

On 19 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: Post-Courier

A ONE-day meeting for the trust fund board responsible for the coordination of discussions on issues concerning Panguna mining and its subsequent re-opening was held in Buka yesterday.

Who controls Bougainville

On 14 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Riio Tinto/ABG Game Plan for Paguna

On 12 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

While it is fairly certain a few champagne corks were popped Friday night, as a conspiratorial session of parliament finally passed a legislation designed to uphold Rio Tinto’s leases in Panguna, and pave the way for other industrial mining operations.

A mining Bill from Hell

On 11 Aug, 2014 By Elizabeth1

Source: PNG Mine Watch

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