Industrial mining, investment and impact in Morobe
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
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)
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...
Why Bougainville landowners oppose Rio Tinto’s return
Dr Kristian Lasslett | International State Crime Initiative (statecrime.org) Once more Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is in the headlines, after the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) passed transitional mining legislation that seemingly continues the momentum towards the re-opening of the Panguna mine. The legislation has provoked strong...
Mining on Misima
The Island of Misima lies 200 kilometers off the far eastern coastline of mainland Papua New Guinea. Over two hundred thousand people inhabit the Island and live together in small villages along the coastlines. Isolated and remote a one-way plane ticket to the Island from Port Moresby or the...
Hidden Valley Premiere
Hidden Valley Premiere In early September, The Environmental Film Festival Melbourne premiered the Mineral Policy Institute’s film Hidden Valley on opening night of the festival. Hidden Valley is a 22 minute documentary focusing on the Hidden Valley gold and silver mine in the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. This film portrays community members of...
Profits of Doom Book Review
Profits of Doom, by Antony Lowenstein Disaster Capitalism and mining Review by Charles Roche Prolific author, blogger and commentator Antony Lowestein has targeted disaster capitalism in his new book, Profits of Doom. It’s an ambitious book seeking to not only build on Noami Klein’s work from the The Shock...
Draft Bouganville Mining Bill
From the draft bill – who owns the minerals is always going to be a contentious issue! Division 2 – Ownership of minerals 9. MINERALS CEASE TO BE PROPERTY OF THE STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA All minerals existing on, in or below the surface of land in the...