Mining Monitor April 2015
This edition of the MM takes us around the globe again; with the first stop being Tasmania. MPI chair Dr. Gavin Mudd attended and opened the mining legacies exhibition Entropy 1, which we featured in February’s edition of the MM. Dr. Mudd gives us an insight in to the...
A state of disorder: An exhibition reveals the truth of the Tasmanian mining landscape
Since fossicking through war debris when she was a child living on Manus Island as the daughter of a Royal Australian Navy doctor, Isla MacGregor has since carried with her a deep interest in geology and minerals. Originally from Scotland, the MacGregor family came to Australia in the post-war...
Paladin’s Curse: Kayelekera and the Extended Mining Saga in Malawi
Jessie Boylan for The Mining Monitor, February 2015 In the rolling hills 575 kilometres north of Malawi’s capital city Lilongwe, lies Paladin’s Kayelekera uranium mine, the first major mining development in Malawi that began operations in 2008, it was to be the standard on which future mines would be...
A new mine for Woodlark island?
MPI will be focusing on Woodlark Island in 2015 due to concerns raised by communities about mining impacts, especially from the disposal of mine waste into the sea, and the poor transparency record of the proponent, Kula Gold. In this first of a series of articles, we provide a...
Mining Capitalism: Book Review
Extended Book Review by; Charles Roche, Executive Director MPI and PhD Student, Murdoch University. Kirsch’s new book, Mining Capitalism: the Relationship between Corporations and Their Critics builds on an extensive body of work examining reverse anthropology and the relationship between corporations, critics, and indigenous communities, all with a focus...
From the Field: Morobe
Media training to address mining and development issues is underway in communities living along the lower Watut River in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Charles Roche & Howard Sindana report. Under cloudy skies and intermittent phone reception, a crowd of thirty people from the remote village of Chiatz...
Decades of Neglect: 30 Years of Ok Tedi
Decades of NEGLECT: 30 years of Ok Tedi By Michael Main A journey along the Fly River uncovers a serious humanitarian crisis unfolding. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the commencement of mining operations at Ok Tedi in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province. Much has been written about...
New Mining Monitor
MPI has updated their Mining Monitor Newsletter to an online magazine. In recognising the changing face of the media landscape and the quantity of, and flow of information we’re presented with each day, MPI has decided to change the way we communicate with our friends and supporters. This new...