Source: The National

TWO groups of women from the Ramu Nickel project areas are the first in Madang to benefit from the small grants programmes for mine affected communities.

These women from Kurumbukari and Maigari will get two new trucks to assist with their agri-business activities.

Other two from the coastal pipeline and Basamuk will receive a truck and piggery project based on their applications.

By"Special Correspondent in Lae"

Morobe Students from various tertiary institutions in Lae staged a peaceful protest on the 14^th August 2014 demanding the current government to do away with the establishing of Lae City Commission. They discovered that the Commission, it would be controlled by the Morobe Provincial Government.  Revenues generated would be directed to the provincial government basket and will directly affect the 711(internal) vote of the provincial budget.

Source: Radio Australia

Papua New Guinea’s National Forest Board will consider a Malaysian company's bid to continue to logging virgin rainforest in order to plant palm oil.

Papua New Guinea's National Forest Board will consider a Malaysian company's bid to continue to logging virgin rainforest in order to plant palm oil.

The clear-felling around Pomio on the island of East New Britain has been hotly contested by some locals, as well as international groups like Greenpeace and Global Witness.

Dancing around the issue

Source: PNG Industry News

ABOLISHING fly-in, fly-out employment would have detrimental effects for Papua New Guinea’s mining industry, an Australian junior has warned.

While applauding the PNG government’s determination to consult industry ahead of changes to the constitution regarding resources ownership, Highlands Pacific CEO John Gooding warned of potential ramifications of changing fly-in, fly-out rules.

Source: PNG Mine Watch

Deputy Mining Minister, Wera Mori and Papindo group interested in Alluvial Mining fronted up at our gates to be served on a Sunday afternoon only to be locked out and asked to go home and return during Official working days and hours.

Source: PNG Mine Watch

A controversial mining project that involves ploughing the sea floor off Papua New Guinea (PNG) is set to begin amid concerns about its impact on the marine environment.

Canadian company Nautilus Minerals plans to mine 1.6 million tonnes of copper and gold a year from the volcanic hot springs in the Solwara 1 deposit in the Bismarck Sea, in what is hailed as the first deep sea mining project in the world.

Source: PNG Mine Watch

The previous results of the Indochine/Summit Land owner study does not accurately provide the cultural and traditional land owners of Mt Kare.

We the Incorporated Land Groups of our Mt Kare land area EL1093 have requested MRA and the PNG Government to cease any license renewal to this Indochine/Summit circus, and do not authorise any current PNG Government/PM to consent these 2 companies to our EL1093.

For those of us who think about the connection between land and language – thought the following short piece would be of interest and also a kind of warning to us in Melanesia to starting caring more for all of our languages, which are also in decline in this modern era of schooling in English, etc . . 

Source: EMMANUEL VAUGHAN-LEE

Who Speaks Wukchumni?

Source: Sydney Morning Herald

The 'bulk cutter' is built to make the world's first attempt at deep sea mining. Photo: Nautilus Minerals

On an engineering works floor in Britain stands a 250 tonne machine that promises to change the way we think about the seabed.

It's built to mine the deep.

Source: PNG Mine Watch

My island

Mekamui

Oh Mekamui : I care for you,
Sadden by the big hole in you

Oh Mekamui : I would not sell you for a price
I would not strip you off your forest
Or pollute your clear blue sky