Independent report calls for urgent inquiry into McArthur River Mines risks A report published today by the Mineral Policy Institute on environmental risks at McArthur… Read More »The McArthur River Project: The Environmental case for Complete Pit Backfill
Indigenous residents in the Gulf of Carpentaria have taken what they hope will be a pre-emptive strike in the battle over whether the McArthur River… Read More »McArthur River Mine expansion approval process should halt for inquiry: report
Report demands mining stop until it can be determined how and at what cost the operation can be made safe The huge McArthur river mine… Read More »Calls to halt McArthur River mine operations over safety and remediation concerns
MPI is pleased to release Ground Truths; Taking responsibility for Australia’s mining legacies. The report sets out to explain some of the current and potential… Read More »Ground Truths; Taking Responsibility for Australia’s mining legacies
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… Read More »Dilemmas of Development: Mining at Porgera, Papua New Guinea
This article explores how a large-scale mining development located upon the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea is transforming how a local community value their… Read More »The Hidden Costs of ‘Mining Development’: A View from the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea
The integrity of marine ecosystems all over the world is threatened by human activities such as dumping of rubbish, disposal of chemical and radioactive waste,… Read More »Deep sea mining PNG’s Sensitive Marine Ecosystems
The story runs that everything the ancient Greek King Midas touched turned to gold. In the 1950’s and 60’s uranium was seen as a Midas… Read More »Undermined and Wasted: Australia’s Nuclear Landscape