Mining Life Conference
Mining Life Conference Report back Mia Pepper, Mining Legacies Project Officer MPI Director and Board members attended the Life of Mine Conference in Brisbane – June 2014 to present our peer reviewed paper on Mining Legacies in Australia. It was clear from the conference that there are many frustrations...
Chronology of major tailings dam failures – updated with Mount Polley
Just updated to include Mount Polley from http://www.wise-uranium.org/mdaf.html(from 1960 – last updated 6 Aug 2014) Date Location Parent company Ore type Type of Incident Release Impacts 2014, Aug. 4 Mount Polley mine, near Likely, British Columbia, Canada Imperial Metals Corp. copper, gold tailings dam failure 4.5 million m3 of...
Me’ekamui statement on mining in Bougainville
PHILIP MIRIORI – CHAIRMAN ME’EKAMUI GOVERNMENT OF UNITY — BOUGAINVILLE August 01 2014 – Arawa Our recent reconciliation between Meekamui members of North and Central Bougainville and our pledge to support the ABC has been well publicised and well received both here and abroad. From this time forward, the...
Statement from Doko and Biruniom – Panguna Districts Veterans Assoc
BOUGAINVILLE MINING POLICY or AUSTRALIA’S BOUGAINVILLE MINING POLICY? Which has been………………… Written in Australia — By Australian Lawyers Drafted in Australia — To benefit an Australian Company Promoted in Buka by — Australian High Commision and Australian Rio Tinto/BCL Executives Funding/support/cover —- Provided by Aus/Aid Head of Operations — Australian...
Bougainville Mining Bill 2014 in ABG Parliament
The Autonomous Bougainville Government is debating the new Bougainville Mining (Transitional Arrangements) Bill 2014 this week with a vote expected on Friday 8th August. Until the bill was made available this morning via the PNG Mine watch website, most people had yet to see the bill, indeed most Bouganvillians...
Mining Monitor June
It’s hard to believe it’s June already. Here at MPI we are not that into financial years (apart from accounting, audits, budgets etc….) preferring to keep an eye on mining instead. And while it is hard for any small civil society organisation to measure progress against the mining industry, ...
Mining Monitor April
While the future of Australia’s mining tax is dependent on party politics and constantly discussed in the media, it seems we are still waiting on a real debate about the future and impact of mining in Australia. Fortunately, there are some inspiring and interesting stories in the April’s Mining Monitor. The...
Mining Legacies Tour in Tasmania report back
By Dr. Gavin Mudd (MPI/Monash University) In early February, the Mineral Policy Institute (MPi) and the Tasmanian Public & Environmental Health Network (TPEHN) co-hosted a tour of abandoned and legacy mines in western and north-eastern Tasmania. The tour was led by Isla Macgregor from TPEHN and Dr Gavin Mudd,...