Belkol to repay PLA's debt
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 11:08
Source: Special Bougainville Correspondent
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WE CHASED YOU OUT! NO COAL MINING!
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Tue, 06/01/2015 - 13:40Landowners stand up for their land in an attempt to spread the word that coal and any kind of mining, regardless of the governments commitment to foreign investment, is not welcomed on their (the people's) customary owned land.
Source: 'Red soil'
Australian government has known for 25 years that mining will not deliver benefits for PNG people
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Tue, 06/01/2015 - 12:08
Source:PNG Mine Watch
Australia’s political leadership has spent decades promoting large-scale mining in PNG while carefully suppressing advice from experienced civil servants warning that the extractive industries will ‘not deliver lasting development for the majority of PNG’s population’.
Nautilus lies and deception about experimental seabed mining
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Mon, 05/01/2015 - 00:00
Source: PNG MIne Watch
A recent story from Nautilus Minerals on the web
Prospective experimental seabed mining company Nautilus Minerals loves to try and deceive people about the true nature of its proposed mining operations.
PNG PM O'Neill says it is time to raise West Papua oppression
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Mon, 05/01/2015 - 00:00
Picture: Papua New Guinea Prime minister Peter O'Neill
Source: Radio Australia
Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has pledged to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua.
THIS IS RD=CMIZ Up
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Mon, 05/01/2015 - 00:00Source: "Red Soil"
Word on the streets of Madang is that the RD Tuna Cannery in the province made a 2 Million Kina loss on exported frozen loins last year. Why that is so is unknown, but the impact caused the recruitment of more women very poorly paid as usual, doing a lot of standing, and unnecessary deductions made to their already low pay packages.
The Spoiling of Paradise: Can Indigenous West Papuans Survive?
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Thu, 01/01/2015 - 00:00
Craig Harris , a village garden in Papua
Source: Craig Harris
Mining boom no cure for PNG poverty: Kiwi development expert
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Mon, 22/12/2014 - 00:00
Large scale mine and oil production has "sparked civil strife, caused massive environmental damage, arguably distorted the economy, and brought about a range of negative impacts on communities" (PNG Mine Watch)
Violence erupts at Porgera mine. Photo: Jethro
Source: Global Post
Collingwood Bay communities take on threat of mining after SABL land grab victory
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Mon, 22/12/2014 - 00:00This is great proof that 'united we stand, divided we fall'. Enough is enough, how many more court battles do Landowners from Collingwood Bay have to fight to amplify that they DO NOT want any kind of land grabbing activity on their customary land?
Collingwood Bay. Photo Eric Wakker (RAN)
Ok Tedi LOs: Government didn't consult with us first
Submitted by Elizabeth1 on Sat, 20/12/2014 - 00:00
Ok Tedi mine (Credit: ABC licensed)
Source: Post Courier
THE clan leaders and chiefs of Faiwolmin Association Incorporated representing six mine villages and the entire Faiwolmin tribe have refuted claims made by the national Government that they were consulted in the new shares distribution in Ok Tedi Mine.