Papua New Guinea

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2021-12-12 PNG: Communities file complaint against PanAust
2021-06-04 Following recent PNG-Barrick agreement, minister promises "restorative justice"
2021-05-20 Deep Sea Mining corporate spin doctors
2021-04-21 Papua New Guinea: Landowners not consulted on Porgera deal
2021-04-09 Barrick forces hand of Papua New Guinea Government in reopening Porgera
2021-03-22 PNG: Six reasons why Frieda River mine should not go ahead, report
2021-02-10 PNG President emphasises stance on Panguna mine
2021-01-27 Australian lawyer arrested over Ok Tedi mining fund
2020-12-18 Secretive ‘gold rush’ for deep-sea mining dominated by handful of firms, report
2020-11-22 Megaprojects risk pushing forests past tipping point, report
2020-11-16 Frieda River tailings dam proposal is not an option
2020-11-12 Deep Sea Rush: Speculators are circling
2020-10-12 Renewed Call for Real Development in Papua New Guinea
2020-09-29 UN increasingly concerned about mining impacts since the pandemic
2020-08-17 The Early Week Essay: Recalling the Nautilus deep-sea debacle
2020-08-06 Ok Tedi mine closes, as Covid-19 spreads
2020-07-14 Barrick Gold again battles with PNG government
2020-06-30 Tailings containment "battle-lines" re-open with unique ferocity
2020-06-18 Mining's "Pandemic Profiteering" - a new report
2020-05-22 Report Highlights Danger of Deep Sea Nodule Mining
2020-05-13 PNG: The ongoing struggle over the lease for Barrick's Porgera mine
2020-04-26 Papua New Guinea refuses lease extension for Barrick's Porgera mine
2020-03-13 The Weekend Essay: Has Bougainville a mine-free future?
2020-03-04 Vociferously calling out against Rio Tinto and BHP
2020-02-09 PNG's Madang government sues Chinese company for billions of dollars
2020-01-30 Bougainville's Momis slams joint mining-landowner enterprise
2020-01-28 Barrick makes fresh agreement with Tanzania government
2020-01-18 Barrick Gold battles with Papua New Guinea's citizens and government
2019-11-26 Nautilus minerals finally bankrupt, but is it still a threat?
2019-11-17 Bougainville: "Mining Madness" before the referendum
2019-09-24 A Just Transition is a Post-Extractive One
2019-09-01 Chinese nickel overflow threatens toxic disaster in Papua New Guinea
2019-08-16 Fiji calls for deep sea mining moratorium
2019-08-13 Nautilus re-emerges, battered and impotent
2019-07-30 New report damns deep-sea mining
2019-07-20 Why the rush to mine the seabed?
2019-05-05 Life after Ok Tedi - can it compensate for huge mining sacrifices?
2019-03-14 Nautilus Minerals gets protection order against creditors
2019-02-12 Bougainville: Is it sitting on a hornets nest?
2019-02-05 Bougainville: squabbles among a den of thieves
2018-12-13 Is it 'Game Over' for Nautilus' Deepsea Mining Experiment?
2018-11-02 Bougainville: Locals want Filipino company out of their ancestral land
2018-08-21 Bougainville MP - better a drunk Ozzie rugby team than further politicking!
2018-07-28 In peril: Southeast Asia’s environment and its defenders
2018-07-19 Deep Sea Mining rules debated ... while proposed project sinks
2018-07-11 Standard Chartered and Citigroup Take Stand Against Mine Waste Dumping
2018-06-26 Nautilus Minerals AGM: Deep Sea Mining company sinking in deep water
2018-05-09 Anglo American divests from Nautilus deep sea mining risks
2018-02-13 Bougainville: Moratorium re-confirmed on Panguna mine
2018-01-05 Vale talking with BHP over a Samarco takeover?
2017-12-29 Bougainville government announces moratorium on Panguna
2017-09-15 Bougainville - "Softening up" the people for renewed mining
2017-07-18 Bougainville Copper: will it get to play again?
2017-05-02 Barrick Confronted by Indigenous Women from Papua New Guinea at Toronto AGM
2017-04-02 PNG: Houses burnt down (again) at Porgera mine
2016-09-15 Bougainville: Communities see tourism gold in Panguna mine
2016-07-29 PNG: MCC resumes logging operations at Ramu mine
2016-07-10 Rio Tinto to quit Bougainville's Panguna mine
2016-07-03 PNG: Women accuse Barrick Gold of ignoring rape complaints
2016-06-25 Barrick Once Again Ignores Human Rights Victims
2016-06-02 PNG: Large-scale copper mine in sensitive Sepik region alarms environmentalists
2016-05-28 From the Pacific to London; Ban Seabed Mining
2016-04-26 Victims at Barrick mines in PNG and Tanzania demand justice
2016-03-04 Why is Mine Waste Being Dumped Directly into the Ocean?
2016-02-01 A Peaceful Decade but Pacific Islanders Warn Against Complacency
2016-01-22 Has Bougainville's president done a U-turn on the Panguna mine?
2016-01-18 Former PNG PM takes legal action against Ok Tedi Act
2016-01-10 Is the PNG Government buying Rio Tinto's Bougainville shares?
2015-10-17 Would restarting Bougainville's Panguna contribute to sustainable development?
2015-09-30 World’s first deep sea mining proposal ignores consequences of its impacts
2015-09-23 Statement from the Bougainville Hardliners
2015-06-16 Nautilus Minerals - Investor and Shareholder Alert
2015-04-23 London Calling asks: Is Rio Tinto getting cold feet in Bougainville?
2015-04-05 Barrick compensates Papua New Guinea women after alleged rapes
2015-03-31 Critics slam new Bougainville mining law as 'forgetting history'
2015-02-08 Mining Capitalism: The Relationship between Corporations and Their Critics
2014-11-21 PNG - "Small Business Grants" For Survivors of Brutal Rapes by Barrick Guards
2014-11-04 Bougainville Voices Say No to Mining
2014-09-16 Opposition to Bougainville's Panguna mine 'higher than media suggest'
2014-09-13 PNG: Barrick Gold refuses to relocate villagers who suffer violence in response to 'illegal mining'
2014-08-14 A new mining law for Bougainville ...
2014-08-07 PNG: China's Ramu nickel mine attacked by armed villagers
2014-06-11 PNG: Villagers' Houses Burnt Down Again Near Barrick Gold Mine
2014-05-03 PNG: State of Emergency at Porgera gold mine
2014-05-01 Barrick Gold Faces Demonstration Against Abuses at Toronto AGM
2014-04-08 Rio Tinto revealed as lobbying in human rights case
2014-02-26 Barrick Gold: North Mara's problematic grievance mechanism
2014-02-21 Nautilus ends deal with PNG govt
2014-01-30 Papua New Guinea court orders Ok Tedi to halt dumping waste
2013-12-20 Calls, again, for binding instrument on corporate human rights abuses
2013-12-19 Bougainville: "A people impoverished and humiliated by Rio Tinto"
2013-12-11 PNG: Deadly clashes at Barrick Gold's Porgera Mine
2013-11-29 Canadian Mounties Investigating on Bougainville
2013-11-13 Opposition to Pacific seabed mining continues
2013-10-29 Barrick Ignores UN Recommendation Regarding Porgera Rapes
2013-09-10 UNEP promises to help Bougainville manage clean-up of Rio Tinto mine
2013-08-30 Bougainvillians against the mine
2013-08-07 Deep Sea Mining Targeted By Activists At London Conference
2013-07-17 Bougainville president fails victims of brutal resource conflict
2013-07-09 Greenpeace takes on deep sea mining
2013-07-02 Nautilus Questioned on Economic Viability and Environmental Risks of Deep Sea Mining
2013-05-07 US Supreme Court "vacates" Rio Tinto Bougainville case
2013-04-28 The bad habits of Peter Munk
2013-04-28 AusAID Fuels Bougainville Mining Tensions
2013-03-26 Papuan police wreak havoc on Lihir community
2013-03-26 Bougainville: War of words continues over mine re-opening
2013-03-25 Papua New Guinea: Abuse of rape victims at Barrick's Porgera mine
2013-03-19 PNG: Ok Tedi mine a curse
2013-03-19 Mining's desecration of ancient art
2013-03-11 New Bougainville legislation "a world first for landowner rights"
2013-03-05 PNG PM Silent on Environmental Risks of the Solwara 1 Deep Sea Mine
2013-02-04 Rape Victims Must Sign Away Rights to Get Remedy from Barrick
2013-01-21 BHP Billiton "done an enormous favor" by being "allowed to exit ownership of the Ok Tedi mine"
2013-01-21 The Curious Case of the Canadian hedge funder and his bid for Deep Sea Control
2012-12-27 Papua New Guinea: OK Tedi - Up The Fly Without A Paddle
2012-12-27 Where now for Indigenous Peoples and the extractive industries?
2012-12-11 London Calling issues a Public Health Warning
2012-11-19 Will Rio Tinto be barred from returning to Bougainville?
2012-11-01 Nautilus seabed mining project jeopardized again
2012-10-23 From Bougainville to Ok Tedi via Grasberg
2012-09-18 A call to suspend mining in Papua New Guinea
2012-08-21 Pacific inter-governmental science body under fire over seabed mining
2012-08-13 Bougainville Landowners irate over Rio Tinto's possible return
2012-08-01 Canadian venture capitalists step onto Bougainville
2012-07-17 A Gold Rush in the Abyss
2012-07-03 Nautilus Minerals seabed venture hits the rocks
2012-06-19 Glencore in deep water
2012-05-29 Ride on, Australia's Rinehart Cowgirl!
2012-05-01 Bougainville Copper's bloody "hidden past" exposed
2011-12-27 Ok Tedi pays compensation to Papua New Guinea villagers
2011-12-27 PNG Supreme Court allows Ramu Nickel's toxic waste dumping at sea
2011-10-31 U.S. Court is prepared to hear Bougainville genocide case against Rio Tinto
2011-10-25 PNG's government promises to reverse draconian Environment Act amendment
2011-09-19 Papua New Guinea PM eats his words
2011-09-12 Wikileaks expose US & PNG position on Bougainville case against Rio Tinto
2011-09-06 Papua New Guinea earmarks mineral rights for its indigenous peoples
2011-08-08 Greens want crackdown on overseas Aussie miners
2011-08-01 Ramu deep sea waste dumping can proceed, says PNG judge
2011-07-04 London Calling asks: did Rio Tinto fund war on Bougainville?
2011-05-30 Papua New Guinea politicians demand Ok Tedi mine close in 2013
2011-05-24 Rio Tinto: the elephant in Bougainville's room
2011-05-17 From Ecuador to Labrador
2011-05-10 Re-opening of Panguna Mine is not negotiable
2011-05-02 Global gold supremo faces its critics
2011-04-27 "All they say is no to mining, enough is enough!"
2011-04-12 Seabed mining a risky business, says expert
2011-04-04 Should Rio's Bougainville mine be re-opened?
2011-03-28 Canadian companies are ignoring human rights issues overseas
2011-03-28 Rio Tinto's record on Bougainville is nothing to be proud of
2011-03-28 PNG Governor condemns proposed seabed mining project
2011-03-14 Cyanide spill shuts Simberi mine in PNG
2011-03-14 Critics See PNG as Guinea Pig in Deep-Sea Mining
2011-03-08 Tayloring a new Panguna mine for Bougainville
2011-03-08 Bougainville: New voices raised against mine re-opening
2011-03-08 World Bank Backs Marine Dumping Of Mine Waste
2011-02-14 Independent scientific review slams Nautilus's environmental plan
2011-02-07 Papua New Guinea: HRW Confirms Serious Abuses at Barrick Gold Mine
2011-02-07 London Calling deplores the Human Rights Watch 2010 Report
2011-02-07 Hidden Valley leaves disadvantaged communities 'worse off'
2011-01-31 Warning: "Don't rush to re-open the Bougainville mine"
2011-01-25 PNG: Seabed mining, a risky investment
2010-12-21 Opposition voiced to reopening Bougainville's Panguna mine
2010-12-06 Bougainville: Panguna gets the nod
2010-11-01 Papua New Guinea gives green light to deep-sea mineral mine
2010-10-04 Papua New Guinea's Ramu battle may not be at an end
2010-09-27 Rio Tinto asks US appeals court to dismiss Papua New Guinea human rights lawsuit
2010-09-20 Ocean exploration reaches perilous new depths
2010-09-20 Garnaut behind controversial PNG mines
2010-09-20 Papua New Guinea:A killing at the Porgera mine
2010-08-08 Goliath fights back against David in PNG mine battle
2010-07-24 Ramu fails to lift interim injunction on tailings disposal
2010-07-09 Marchers against mining's "environmental vandalism" face arrest in PNG
2010-06-19 Abandoned Bougainville mine still an environmental headache
2010-06-04 Papua New Guinea removes land owner rights
2010-05-29 Indigenous Leaders from Papua New Guinea Accuse Barrick Gold of Abuses
2010-05-29 Two statements to UN CSD on Indigenous Peoples & uranium
2010-05-23 Secret government report says Ramu mine dumping flawed
2010-05-20 Canadian mining ... more than a PR problem
2010-05-07 Bougainville Women oppose re-opening of Panguna Mine
2010-05-07 Barrick's chairman unapologetic in face of protest
2010-04-24 Court stops completion of PNG's Ramu mine
2010-03-31 Chinese company fails to move Ramu case
2010-03-24 PNG: Chinese project brought to a grinding halt
2010-03-24 The shine keeps coming off Canada's gold miners
2010-03-02 Petition about the Ramu submarine tailings disposal
2010-02-15 Mining lobby group advocates engaging with artisanal miners
2010-02-07 PNG: Amnesty urges police violence at Porgera be investigated
2010-02-01 Papua New Guinea villagers concerned about impacts of valley mine
2010-01-31 Frieda project to be largest open pit mine in the world
2010-01-25 Chinese mine project faces growing opposition in Papua New Guinea
2010-01-11 Nautilus Minerals stock rises after subsea miner awarded Papua New Guinea permit
2009-12-22 Companies accept that police forced communities from their homes near Porgera mine
2009-11-30 Barrick accused of gang rapes at Porgera, Papua New Guinea
2009-10-13 Bougainville: after 20 years absence Rio Tinto returns to scene of crime
2009-09-14 PNG landowners threaten close-down for world's leading gold company
2009-06-08 Landowners threaten to close Wau mine in PNG
2009-06-08 PNG Ramu Nickel mine - Pipeline risk
2009-06-02 While government stalls, private member launches bill to regulate Canadian mining overseas
2009-06-02 Brazil beds down with Africa in ocean minerals' quest
2009-05-18 Barrick at the barricades
2009-04-20 Mining crisis still hits hard on workers around the world
2009-04-20 Out of Sight, Out of Mine: Ocean Dumping of Mine Wastes
2009-04-14 No to call-out - Ipatas opposes troops for Enga
2009-03-11 Concerns over mining in sea off PNG
2009-02-23 A world free of mercury? Not yet - but hope rises
2009-02-02 Norway throws out Barrick Gold
2008-12-22 Seabed mining threat recedes - for the moment
2008-12-09 Papua New Guinea landslide buries ten alive
2008-11-24 "Deep sea mining threatens PNG tuna exports"
2008-11-17 Scientist calls for end to PNG mine dumping
2008-09-29 Women - catalysts for peace in mining conflict
2008-08-25 Heavy handling mars Metallica's mettle
2008-07-14 The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea
2008-02-27 Bougainville landowners pledges Panguna will never re-open
2008-02-08 Metals traders address mining's "moral conflicts"
2008-02-06 Bougainville mine won't reopen, says local leader
2008-02-04 Panama resolution
2008-01-24 Environmental Costs in Bougainville
2007-12-03 Sustainable funding for dubious developments
2007-11-28 Challenging the "Resource Curse"
2007-11-15 "Reverse Anthropology" - Padel reviews Kirsch
2007-11-04 Papua New Guinea: Was it worth the effort?
2007-10-31 Seafloor copper-gold could be mined in 2010
2007-10-04 Philippines update
2007-09-04 Bougainville update
2007-09-04 Bougainville update
2007-09-04 Panguna delay call
2007-09-04 Sir Peter praises ABG, Me'ekamui leaders' move
2007-08-24 China update
2007-07-21 Ok Tedi's final chapter
2007-07-21 Ok Tedi's final chapter
2007-07-21 OTMLs US$153mil mine tailing pipeline
2007-07-19 Ok Tedi's final chapter
2007-07-19 Getting in too deep?
2007-07-19 Nautilus gets more licences
2007-07-03 Tribal Villagers Demand Stop to Deep Sea Mining in Pacific Papua New Guinea
2007-07-02 Miner pays K1.01b
2007-07-02 OTML passes damage blame onto Government
2007-06-13 Bougainville update
2007-06-13 Bougainville update
2007-06-13 ABG may opt to use own powers
2007-06-08 Doing good for the people of Bougainville
2007-06-08 Press Release: 30 million Kina Robbery!
2007-06-08 Doing good for the people of Bougainville
2007-05-29 Bougainville update
2007-05-29 MRA wants to see reactivation plans for mining on Bougainville
2007-05-29 Bougainville update
2007-05-28 China Update
2007-05-28 China Update
2007-05-18 Ecosystems threatened by deep-sea mining: report
2007-05-09 Bougainville Copper keen to resume
2007-05-09 Chinese Banks Still Have A Long Way To Go On Environment
2007-04-26 Mine closed as leaders hold talks with landowners
2007-04-16 Bougainville: Court rules in favour
2007-04-11 Another miner bites the dust
2007-04-11 Mining company excluded from the investment universe of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund - Glob
2007-04-11 Another miner bites the dust
2007-03-02 Bougainville update
2007-03-02 Bougainville update
2007-03-02 There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
2007-02-28 Bougainville: Panguna Mine & PNG
2007-02-13 Aust Has 'high' Mining Standards
2007-02-13 Asia-Pacific update
2007-02-09 The possible impacts of the submarine tailings disposal of tailings from the Ramu nickel mine could
2007-02-09 Papua New Guinea update
2007-02-09 Papua New Guinea update
2007-02-06 Bougainville update
2007-02-05 Demand for Ramu review
2007-02-05 Demand for Ramu review
2007-02-05 Ramu mine breaches PNG industrial law
2007-01-31 Ramu project 'needs review'
2007-01-25 Ok Tedi: Governor backs compensation claim
2007-01-19 Ok Tedi: K12 billion lawsuit
2006-12-14 Latin American Update
2006-12-06 Png Landowners Demand Mine Benefits
2006-12-06 Papua Update
2006-11-28 Bougainville Update
2006-11-20 Alluvial gold mining in Kaintiba
2006-11-20 Papua New Guinea update
2006-11-20 Papua New Guinea update
2006-11-20 Mining not welcome on New Hanover
2006-11-10 China In A Bull Shop: China Update
2006-11-10 The Ramu Nickel Cobalt Project, Papua New Guinea
2006-11-10 China in a Bull shop: China Update
2006-10-28 London Calling on Rio Tinto's latest fall from grace
2006-10-12 Papua New Guinea/Bougainville update
2006-10-12 Landowners Tell Explorer To 'back Off'
2006-10-12 Papua New Guinea/bougainville Update
2006-09-15 The Journey For Peace And Freedom
2006-09-15 Papua New Guinea/Bougainville Update
2006-09-15 Villagers Close Mine, Seek Compensation
2006-09-15 Mt Sinivit Project Shuts
2006-09-15 Local Landowners Close Mine
2006-09-14 Tilting at Friedland
2006-09-14 Tilting at Friedland
2006-09-09 Panguna promising
2006-08-24 Bougainvillean miners slam secret talks
2006-08-24 Business slowly returning to Panguna area
2006-08-24 Bougainville Update
2006-08-24 Bougainville Update
2006-08-18 Bougainville: Mining courtship starts
2006-08-16 Bougainville update: notorious "bad actor enters the controversy
2006-08-16 Bougainville update: notorious "bad actor enters the controversy
2006-08-15 Robert Friedland
2006-08-09 Bougainville case against Rio Tinto set for US hearing
2006-08-09 Bougainville case against Rio Tinto set for US hearing
2006-08-07 Bougainville: Islanders Win Court Appeal
2006-08-07 Ninth Defies State Department, Allows New Guinea Tort Suit to Proceed
2006-07-20 Ok Tedi: Landowners want shares
2006-07-10 Papua New Guinea conducts flawed investigation of killings at Barrick mine
2006-06-16 Bougainville Update: As ministers squabble, the people denounce re-opening Panguna
2006-06-16 BOUGAINVILLE: PNG says President's mining trip wasn't approved
2006-06-16 Bougainville update: As ministers squabble, the people denounce re-opening Panguna
2006-06-13 Mine to stay closed
2006-06-07 Arms and a hammer used against Canadian First Nation
2006-06-07 Arms and a hammer used against Canadian First Nation
2006-06-04 A deadly clash of cultures
2006-06-02 PLATINEX SUING FIRST NATIONS
2006-05-29 PNG cabinet divided over mine closure
2006-05-26 Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Says Ontario Mining Act Unconstitutional via MiningWatch
2006-05-25 The imperative to ban seabed mining
2006-05-25 The Imperative To Ban Seabed Mining
2006-05-24 Riches Calling From Deep Under The Ocean
2006-05-18 Bougainville Update
2006-05-18 Bougainville Update
2006-05-18 European shareholders call for copper mine re-opening
2006-05-17 Indonesia/west Papua Update
2006-05-17 Indonesia/West Papua Update
2006-05-15 Bougainville/PNG Update
2006-05-15 Bougainville/PNG Update
2006-05-15 PNG: Business leaders set to discuss life beyond mineral boom
2006-05-11 Lawmakers Confirm Report Of Pollution At Freeport
2006-05-06 Rio Tinto Evades Questions On Panguna At Agm
2006-04-13 Letter to the Editor: Panguna must pay out
2006-04-13 Papua New Guinea Update
2006-04-13 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier
2006-04-13 Papua New Guinea Update
2006-04-11 Protests Grow Over Group's Grasberg Revenues
2006-04-08 Papua New Guinea Update
2006-04-08 Papua New Guinea Update
2006-04-07 Grassroots exploration in PNG hits $US30m: World Bank
2006-04-07 Grassroots exploration in PNG hits $US30m: World Bank
2006-04-07 Grassroots exploration in PNG hits $US30m: World Bank
2006-04-04 Bougainville identifies tourism as main sector
2006-04-04 Review process requires cooperation: Hancock
2006-04-03 PNG: Giant geological surveys to provide information for mining venture
2006-04-01 Submitted to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald: Re "Ethics test miner's mettle" [not publishe
2006-04-01 Ethics test miners' mettle
2006-03-31 Bougainville government to decide on mining activities: Kabui
2006-03-28 Papua New Guinea Update
2006-03-28 Papua New Guinea Update
2006-03-28 Rio may look to re-enter PNG: analyst
2006-03-28 Indonesia Update
2006-03-28 A mixed bag for PNG
2006-03-28 Indonesian police arrest 12 over attack on Newmont camp in Indonesia
2006-03-28 Indonesia Update
2006-03-28 Police arrest 12 suspects over attack on Newmont mining camp
2006-03-24 Jim Bob rakes in millions from Papua goldmine
2006-03-23 Miner Freeport hit by double-whammy in Indonesia
2006-03-22 Rio in reverse?
2006-03-22 Rio in reverse?
2006-03-22 London Calling has a tiff with Dfid…and a bouquet for Rio Tinto
2006-03-21 INDONESIA: Mining group warns resources sector in peril
2006-03-21 Government and northern First Nation agree on forum to discuss resourceissues
2006-03-20 Backgrounder on Elang/Dodo by JATAM and WALHI
2006-03-20 Indonesian police detain 11 more after Papua clashes
2006-03-19 Elang Dodo Exploration: Proof of Newmont's Destructive Power of Expansion
2006-03-15 LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ONTARIO
2006-03-15 Rio denies Panguna talks
2006-03-14 Papua New Guinea Update
2006-03-14 Papua New Guinea update
2006-03-14 Png Intensifies Drive On Mining Investment
2006-03-14 Png Mining Chooses Sustainable Energy
2006-03-13 Png, A Gold Mine Of Resources Ready For The Taking
2006-03-09 Highlands Frustrated By Landowner Process
2006-03-03 A further push to the boat for Bougainville
2006-03-03 A further push to the boat for Bougainville
2006-03-03 Panguna revisit mooted
2006-02-27 Iraq occupation makes possible record profits for British private military contractor
2006-02-23 London Calling squeezes further - with "Extracting Intellects", Part Two
2006-02-22 Stakes are high as miners and natives square off
2006-02-19 Latin American update
2006-02-19 Latin American update
2006-02-19 PANAMA
2006-02-15 Chile authorizes Barrick gold mining project; bans relocation of glaciers
2006-02-15 Statement of the Latin American Observatory of Environmental Conflicts (OLCA) in face of the Approva
2006-02-15 THEY WILL DESTROY THE GLACIERS ANYWAY
2006-02-15 Chile approves Barrick mine, despite environmental concerns
2006-02-13 BOLIVIA
2006-02-13 Human Rights Groups And Mining Watchdogs Call For Immediate Ban On Waste Dumping
2006-02-09 The goose and the golden egg
2006-02-08 Acidic exposures
2006-02-05 ARGENTINA
2006-02-05 Dog of war builds £62 million business on Iraq
2006-02-01 Ok Tedi warns of environmental concerns as output rises
2006-01-19 Australian miner looks to sea floor
2006-00-24 Jakarta tells Freeport, 'Start following rules'
2005-12-22 New Ok Tedi crisis
2005-11-30 BHP Billiton faces shareholder concern
2005-11-30 BHP Billiton faces shareholder concern
2005-11-25 BHP challenged at AGM over nuclear expansion
2005-11-25 Anti-nuke protest targets BHP Billiton
2005-11-18 Canadian Firm Admits to Killings at PNG Gold Mine
2005-11-11 Lafayette cyanide spill probed
2005-11-11 Australia Miner in Philippine Cyanide Leak Probe
2005-11-10 Lafayette gets please explain
2005-11-09 Bicolanos and environmental groups demand permanent closure of La Fayette mining in Rapu-rapu
2005-11-09 Bicolanos and environmental groups demand permanent closure of La Fayette mining in Rapu-rapu
2005-10-31 Three mining multinationals companies are among a dozen companies which allegedly violate the United
2005-10-31 UN Ignores Own Standards in Investing $29 Billion Pension Fund
2005-10-24 Miners wary of department edict
2005-10-21 Bougainville mine to re-open?
2005-10-21 THE WOUNDS ARE STILL FRESH, THEY ARE STILL HEALING
2005-10-21 Bougainville mine to re-open?
2005-10-21 B'ville sets up team to revive mine
2005-10-15 Government of PNG's Bougainville votes to reopen copper mine
2005-10-14 Major disaster kills workers at Lihir mine
2005-10-14 After the Lihir landslide
2005-10-14 Major disaster kills workers at Lihir mine
2005-10-14 Ona's family meets in Buka
2005-10-11 Landslide In Lihir: Setback Or Symptomatic?
2005-09-26 Landowners up the stakes on the Ramu Nickel Mine
2005-08-19 Landowners push for BCL share split
2005-07-26 145;Biggest rebel with a cause’
2005-07-26 Ona to be accorded a State funeral in Buka
2005-07-25 Bougainville Seccessionist leader Francis Ona dies
2005-07-25 His later years were marked by signs of paranoia and megalomania. However, Francis Ona initiated the
2005-07-15 Bcl Sent Out K89m Overseas To Avoid Paying Taxes: Irc Lawyer
2005-07-11 Akoitai Disappointed Over Rio Tinto Suit
2005-07-11 Kabui Urges Ona To Share Gold Wealth
2005-07-01 Ona: No, No - 'close B'ville Govt And Let Me Run It'
2005-07-01 B'ville Class Action Gains Momentum
2005-06-24 Panguna Copper Mine To Remain Closed: Akoitai
2005-06-24 Kabaui Names 10 Ministers
2005-06-21 Bougainville Leader Calls For Talks On Mining
2005-06-16 Bougainville's pot of copper
2005-06-16 A new era for Bougainville...
2005-06-16 A new era - Bougainville's new autonomous govt sworn in
2005-06-16 A new era for Bougainville
2005-06-16 Kabui sets mission of making autonomy work
2005-06-16 B'ville is still part of PNG, says PM
2005-05-30 Widen Porgera mine deaths investigations
2005-05-27 London Calling - May 29 2005
2005-05-27 London Calling! May 27 2005
2005-05-11 Porgera Mine Deaths Prompt Call for Independent Probe
2005-05-06 Probe looms for mine deaths
2005-04-08 More Gold as Probe Looms
2005-04-06 China Tries to Stem Flow of Coal Mine Disasters
2005-04-03 South Africans, Canadians Leading PNG Mining Expansion
2005-03-31 China Says Environment Spending Falls Short
2005-03-30 Porgera landowners call for mine closure
2005-03-30 Landowners call for mine closure
2005-03-29 Bougainville Copper Ltd in legal conflict over taxes
2005-03-15 Placer must clean up Philippine mine site - Oxfam
2005-03-09 Tolokuma landowners want miner to leave
2005-03-07 For further information: Fred McMahon,
2005-03-07 Mining executives rate the investment climate of jurisdictions around the world
2005-03-07 If you're a Canadian or Australian mining company, once again this year you're advised to stay at h
2005-02-10 Orchid to buy copper giant
2005-02-07 Chinese Coal Mining Update
2005-01-31 Investors drawn to China despite risks
2005-01-31 China Coal Crunch Expected to Worsen
2005-01-27 China Hikes Penalties on Illegal Coal Mining
2005-01-27 China Using Environment Rules To Help Cool Economy
2005-01-27 Canada Worried by China Buying its Resources
2005-01-26 Ramu Project Nudged
2005-01-20 China's Go West Campaign and Globalisation: Tibet's mines up for sale in the international market
2005-01-14 In a statement of appalling insensitivity towards the victims, some Indian scientists have expressed
2005-01-13 Mining a magnet for China's overseas investment
2005-01-13 China contradictions
2005-01-13 China contradictions
2005-01-07 Half of China's overseas investment falls in Latin America
2005-01-07 Quarrying made Kanyakumari coast vulnerable'
2005-01-02 Tsunami underlines importance of CRZ
2005-01-02 One of India's major nuclear power plants was profoundly affected by the tsunamis, and many employee
2004-12-30 London Calling! December 30 2004
2004-12-30 London Calling - December 30 2004
2004-12-29 Coming next month: brand new coastal rules
2004-12-29 Mining companies untouched by tsunamis
2004-12-27 Human activities contributed to tsunami's ravages: environmental expert
2004-12-03 Plea from PNG to Gathering of Mining Investors in Sydney
2004-11-26 Minmetals meets Noranda
2004-11-24 Threat to Shut Kainantu Gold Mine
2004-11-10 Porgera Mine is destroying land
2004-11-05 Blacks call BHP cash bid an insult
2004-10-27 Miner, clan feuding over ‘sacred rock’
2004-10-23 Chinese companies advance across the globe
2004-10-22 Community critics blast world's biggest miner
2004-10-22 Community stands up to BHP’s destruction of rivers
2004-10-22 Community critics blast BHPBilliton
2004-10-18 Boost for nickel in PNG
2004-09-23 Tolukuma says 'made progress'
2004-09-23 Environmental Disaster at Misima Mines Continues…. Misima Landowners in Port Moresby to Seek Ju
2004-09-23 Trouble in Paradise - Placer Dome leaves a legacy of destruction on tiny Pacific Island
2004-09-21 Meet on cyanide compensation claim set
2004-09-21 Tolukuma mine accused of contamination
2004-09-21 Outrage mounts in Papua New Guinea over current mining
2004-09-21 Outrage mounts in Papua New Guinea over current mining - as a "new era" is declared
2004-09-02 A new dawn for mining after a lost decade in PNG?
2004-08-31 Whale dies near mine
2004-08-15 Placer to be scrutinised
2004-08-11 Cyanide poisoning kills fish at Misima
2004-08-11 News of a cyanide leak from Placer's Misima gold mine doesn't come as a surprise to those who live a
2004-08-05 Placer Dome and Corporate Social Responsibility: A response on Placer Dome
2004-08-05 Placer Dome and Corporate Social Responsibility: A response to
2004-08-05 Dirty Gold..?
2004-07-19 Quest for American justice on a South Pacific island
2004-07-19 Quest for Justice on Bougainville continues
2004-07-15 BHP Billton CEO admits OK Tedi was 'not ethical'
2004-07-15 Mineral Policy Institute commentary of issues raised during the BHPB Annual General Meeting, Sydney
2004-06-21 Political solution, not barrel of gun' - General Singirok lashes out at Sir Julius over Sandline co
2004-06-09 Sandline mercenaries: from Sierra Leone to Iraq
2004-05-05 Future uncertain for Bougainville mine
2004-04-30 EFIC defends the indefensible
2004-04-30 The Australian government's EFIC is arguing export finance will save PNG
2004-04-29 Australian firms plunder Papua New Guinea
2004-04-29 Prime Minister's new ally - Top Aussie group warns of economic decline under new leadership
2004-03-22 Rio Tinto and the new IR laws
2004-03-16 Highland Pacific Under Siege as Local Community Revolts
2004-03-09 Decision saved innocent
2004-03-04 Former PNG defence force commander cleared of sedition
2004-03-04 For those who aren't aware of the events surrounding the recent trial of Brigadier Singirok in Papu
2004-03-04 Singirok: ‘Special weapon of God’
2004-03-04 And a footnote from a Singirok enthusiast!...
2004-03-01 Dispute on Crater Mountain gold prospect in PNG
2004-03-01 Crater Mountain gold prospect in Papua New Guinea
2004-02-01 Ok Tedi settlement rejected
2004-01-16 OK Tedi Landowners Refuse to let BHP Billiton escape justice
2004-01-07 Background from Press release of
2003-12-10 West Papua: Gag Island under threat
2003-11-11
2003-11-11 DiamondWorks remembers its dead, in silence
2003-11-11 Despite the international focus over the past two years on the scourges caused by the extraction an
2003-10-27 Australian firms plunder Papua New Guinea
2003-10-15 Beware the Wolf at the Door: Conservation International
2003-10-14 Cost of crime hits Porgera
2003-09-24 Caa-oxfam Australia Recently Released Its Annual Ombudman's Report On Mining. This Covers Community
2003-09-24 Png: Drd Management Maintain Its Not Responsible For Miners Deaths
2003-09-24 CAA-Oxfam Ombudsman Mining Report
2003-08-06 PNG Landowners say enough is enough
2003-08-03 Access to courts for corporate accountability: recent developments
2003-07-15 The Motupore Declaration on Mining
2003-07-03 Australian hypocrisy over mining in Indonesian forests
2003-07-03 Government under fire for mining contracts
2003-07-03 Australian hypocrisy over mining in Indonesian forests
2003-06-17 Bougainville won't allow larger-scale loggers to harvest its forests - Large-scale loggers out
2003-06-17 Bougainville won't allow larger-scale loggers to harvest its forests
2003-06-17 Panguna wants peace
2003-06-11 Freeport-Rio Tinto: between the devil and the deep blue sea
2003-06-11 Freeport-Rio Tinto: between the devil and the deep blue sea
2003-06-11 Minister: Freeport to improve tailings management or face legal action
2003-03-29 Four treated after being shot over Newmont attack
2003-01-30 Fears raised over spoilt cyanide containers
2003-01-28 Threat to shut OK Tedi down
2003-01-16 Cyanide threat for Panguna on Bougainville
2003-01-16 Cyanide threat for Panguna ... Francis Ona concerned
2002-12-12 Tolukuma mine requests investigation in PNG
2002-12-11 US lawsuit on Bougainville still on
2002-11-16 Government link to gold mine's 'prohibited' waste
2002-11-05 DRD embroiled in fracas over Tolukuma mine
2002-10-09 Diverse causes responsible for Bougainville conflict
2002-09-19 Arms disposal by December
2002-09-19 Bougainville to see benefits in five years: Kabui
2002-09-19 Bougainville to see benefits in five years
2002-09-19 Momis back BCC
2002-09-19 Elections for Bougainville autonomy in Nov 2003
2002-09-09 Rio Tinto in Court battle over Bougainville
2002-08-18 How State Department is protecting Exxon, Unocal and Rio
2002-08-18 Oily Diplomacy: How State Department is protecting Exxon, Unocal and Rio Tinto from peoples' claims
2002-08-09 Further comment from the Financial Times...
2002-08-01 London Calling - August 1 2002
2002-08-01 London Calling - August 1 2002
2002-04-08 Bougainville's Suit can't stop peace: Hill
2002-04-02 Bougainville Legal Action May Still Go Ahead
2002-04-02 Bougainville Legal Action May Still Go Ahead
2001-12-18 Private Power: PNG government and OK Tedi
2001-12-18 Private Power
2001-12-18 For more information, the Legislation and Agreement call:
2001-12-18 Simon Divecha works for the Mineral Policy Institute in Australia, a research and advocacy organisat
2001-12-18 BHP Deal Faces Supreme Court Today in Australia and PNG
2001-12-18 Update on 21/12/01
2001-11-30 US government opposes Bougainville lawsuit
2001-11-30 Don't object to lawsuit - Ona
2001-11-30 US government opposes Bougainville lawsuit
2001-11-30 PRESS RELEASE
2001-11-30 Bougainville Vs Rio Tinto in Court: A Dramatic Development in the "Reparations" Trial. Has
2001-11-23 The National - 23 November 01
2001-11-23 Prime Minister explains stand on US lawsuit
2001-11-23 CRA blamed for Bougainville conflict
2001-11-22 The National - 22 November 01
2001-11-15 Statement by the PNG Prime Minister on Bougainville lawsuit
2001-09-15 What has Bougainville to teach us?
2001-06-14 A Background Factsheet and Yati Bun’s resignation letter are also available. Please contact MWC
2001-06-14 For more information contact:
2001-06-14 Chairperson Quits Over River Pollution at Placer Dome’s Porgera Mine in Papua New Guinea
2001-06-14 Press Release: June 14, 2001
2001-05-23 Thirty years ago the promise made to newly-emerging independent Papua New Guinea was that Rio Tinto'
2001-05-01 Emerging from Sandline shadow
2001-05-01 Latest Legal news on Ok Tedi
2001-05-01 Court to approve Ok Tedi class action
2001-04-23 What's Next for OK Tedi?
2001-04-23 Somare gives blessing to Bougainville court case
2001-04-23 Indemnity unfair for Ok Tedi says MP