Panguna, which was operated by Rio subsidiary Bougainville Copper, was once one of the world’s largest copper mines. It was shut in 1989 after local protests over the disbursement of revenue ...

Bougainville was PNG’s economic powerhouse for two decades until 1989, when a bloody civil war erupted over revenue from Panguna, the world’s third-biggest open cut gold and copper mine and ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Rio Tinto’s abandoned Panguna copper mine in Bougainville continues to generate toxic waste and could spark deadly landslides ...

After two years of work, the scale of legacy issues at the Panguna mine in Bougainville has been laid bare in the first of what will be multiple reports over many years, with a call for urgent ...

The Panguna copper mine in Bougainville continues to generate toxic waste and may spark landslides that could kill people and cause lasting ecological damage. The miner has agreed with community ...

The latest report on the abandoned Panguna copper mine, once operated by Rio Tinto's subsidiary Bougainville Copper, reveals serious environmental contamination and ongoing risks to local ...

and the Autonomous Bougainville Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding addressing the findings of the ‘Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment’ (PMLIA) report. The independent ...

The independent report assesses the environmental impacts and directly connected social and human rights impacts caused by the Panguna mine since Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) ceased ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, December 05, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As a member of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment (PMLIA) Oversight Committee, Rio Tinto today welcomed the release of the PMLIA report ...