Tag: BCL
PNG faces dilemma over ‘momentous’ decision to reopen Bougainville’s Panguna mine
Last week the Bougainville Autonomous Government announced an agreement had been reach with Panguna landowners to reopen the island's controversial gold and copper mine.
Once...
Panguna share value doubles overnight after landowners opt to reopen mine
By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby
The dormant Bougainville Copper Limited share value has more than doubled overnight on the Australian Stock Exchange following a...
‘Please explain’ call by hardliners over Australian police at Bougainville mine
By Chris Baria at PNG Mine Watch
The chairman of Bougainville Hardliners Group and former combatant-turned-businessman, James Onartoo, has called on the Autonomous Bougainville Government...
Images: ‘No BCL, no mining,’ say protesting Panguna women
Landowner women and mothers have protested over plans to reopen the Panguna mine on Bougainville in Papua New Guinea.
They demonstrated in Arawa in central...
