Dilemmas of Development: Mining at Porgera, Papua New Guinea
Even before the perfect storm of expansionary government spending and record low commodity prices threatened Papua New Guinea’s resource dependent economy, questions were being asked about the impact of mining-led development. Inspired by Jerry Jacka’s recent publication Uneven development in the Papua New Guinea highlands: Mining, corporate social responsibility,...
A Sense of place, a sense of loss: Australia’s Mining Legacies
With the construction phase of the mining boom over and demand for Australia’s energy and mineral resources waning, now is a good time to reflect upon the issue of mining legacies and what they mean for our connections to landscape and place – our ‘sense of place’. The extractive...
Poison or poverty? Glencore’s blackmail of Borroloola
Panic has set in for the global resource sector with a sharp commodities slump bringing some of the world’s biggest mining companies to the brink of financial collapse. In Australia, Glencore, one of the world’s largest and fastest growing diversified commodity traders, has been hit hardest of all. While...
Australian uranium in Africa – our responsibility?
Mining in Africa Poor working conditions, a high exposure to radiation, deaths and injuries to workers, road accidents, toxic spills and the discharge of radioactive tailings into a local river are just some of the reported incidents at Malawi’s Kayelekera Uranium Mine (KUM). The mine, located in the north...
Hidden Valley Mine – MPI Report – Tok Pisin Summary
As bilong ripot Dispela em i ripot blong we maining bin bagarapim sindaun bilong ol lain blong Wara Watut long Morobe Provins, Papua Niugini. Olsem i gat wankian ripot i stap long planti ol arapela main displa bai stap olosem ripot tu blong maining industri blong Papua Niugini. Ol...
Hidden Valley – Watut River Communities, MMJV and mining
Hidden Valley (documentary) from Mineral Policy Institute on Vimeo. A people speak out for their river, and for their future The Hidden Valley gold and silver mine in the Morobe Province is affecting communities living along the Watut River, a long and fast-flowing river in the lush mountains of...
Mining in Morobe
Mining in Morobe, Papua New Guinea: Impacts from mining along the Watut River The Mineral Policy Institute’s report into mining impacts along the Watut River in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea is now publicly available. The report was officially released and distributed late September2014 to many 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...