Tag: Panguna landowners
Rio Tinto class action begins over ‘toxic’ Bougainville mine disaster
By Harry Pearl of BenarNews
An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper...
Lawsuit promises justice for Rio Tinto’s mining disaster in Bougainville –...
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: By Aubrey Belford of the OCCRP
High in the forested mountains of Papua New Guinea's Bougainville Island lies an abandoned, kilometer-wide crater cut...
Thousands of Bougainville residents support lawsuit against mining giant
RNZ Pacific
About 4500 Bougainvillean residents now back a lawsuit against mining giant Rio Tinto.
This is an additional 1500 people from the autonomous Papua New...
Bougainville leaders call on mining giant Rio Tinto to assist communities
RNZ Pacific
Community leaders around Panguna mine in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville want mining giant Rio Tinto to help out following...
