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...
Increasing transparency and accountability for Woodlark Island
In February’s Mining Monitor, MPI outlined a proposed and potentially damaging mine on Woodlark Island in Papua New Guinea, highlighting a number of potential ecological and social impacts. Part of MPI’s work is to make information about such projects available and accessible, recognising that freely available information is critical...
Watut River – Newcrest Mining Sustainability Report 2014
Newcrest Mining released their 2014 Sustainability Report earlier in April. As a large Australian gold mining company, Newcrest operate a number of mining and exploration sites in Australia, Africa, Asia and the Pacific. These include both the Hidden Valley mine and Wafi-Golpu exploration/development site in the Morobe Province of...
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 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...