I was taken aback (to say the least) after reading this article titled "MCC Spillover at Ramu Mine Site" on PNG Mine Watch and watching the below video titled "Out of sight, Out of Mined' from Oxfam Australia. Althought they are two different companies mining different metals - the state of the rivers and vegetation looks surprisingly simmilar...

Further proof that no matter which way you spin it (mining propaganda) - the risks and the destruction caused by WHOEVER spins it (b*llsh**) is pretty much uniform...

©Klaireh

These photos, from the MCC operated Ramu mine site at Kurumbukari (KBK) in Madang Province, show why local people are asking questions and becoming more and more concerned at the lack of answers.

The spillover from what is called “the pit”, where MCC store what local people refer to as ‘the tailings’, is now flowing out through garden areas and running into the Ramu River.

People in the area are saying anyone who complains about the spillover and its impacts are told to “shut up” or they won’t “partake in the benefits”.

This attitude and the destruction is causing tensions and fueling strong calls for talks about resuming the Ramu River court case which is still pending in the Madang court.

This spillover problem, along with the Chromite issue in Madang town, are making more and more people concerned. On top of that landowners are starting to ask where are the benefits they were told they were going to be receiving.

Things aren’t going well at what MCC and Highlands Pacific describe as their “WORLD CLASS” operation…