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Uranium paper Despite its early promise, nuclear power remains a minor source of primary world energy supplies as well as electricity — and its share is projected to continue to decline, especially as renewable energy sources enter substantial growth in the coming decade. Although the detailed evaluation of known...

Morobe Report Charles Roche, MPI Executive Director There can be no doubt that the Hidden Valley Gold- Silver mine has caused environmental impacts in excess of permit and approval conditions, mainly due to poor environmental management practices during construction that resulted in significant and ongoing sedimentation of the Watut...

Industrial mining, investment and impact in Morobe By Charles Roche,  MPI Executive Director Industrial, large-scale mining has a massive impact on people and place. The more connected you are to country for food, shelter, culture, community and opportunity, the more vulnerable you are to adverse impacts.  This fact was...

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...

Voices of Bougainville: Nikana Kangsi, Nikana Dong Damana (Our Land, Our Future) Jubilee Australia released its report ‘Voices of Bougainville: Nikana Kangsi, Nikana Dong Damana (Our Land, Our Future)’ at a gathering of academics, representatives of non-government organisations and community members at the UNSW Australian Centre for Human Rights...

Step by step, conservative forces move to silence NGOs’ voices By Joan Staples The federal Liberal Party, government ministers, Coalition MPs, the Minerals Council of Australia and the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) are targeting the advocacy role of Australia’s environmental NGOs. In particular, they are trying to silence...

MPI’s Jessie Boylan has received a public art commission through the Mt. Alexander Shire Council to show new work from the ongoing series Fourteen Ounces. The work will be large light boxes displayed on the Eastern side of the Market building in Castlemaine, Victoria. Opening on the 7th of...

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...