One of the first women to hold an open seat in Bougainville, Theonila Roka Matbob, is "more relaxed, more focused" and ...

Communities around Rio Tinto's shuttered copper mine in Bougainville face a serious threat of flooding due to unstable mine instrastructure, an interim report commissioned by the mining company ...

Rio Tinto's (NYSE:RIO) abandoned Bougainville mine continues to pose imminent life-threatening risks to local residents, according to a report released Friday, prompting community and human rights ...

Lawyers representing Bougainville island residents have filed a class action lawsuit seeking huge compensation from Rio Tinto for environmental damages related to a shuttered copper mine.

The dormant, open-cut mine is owned by Bougainville Copper Ltd , which has retained its Australian stock-market listing. It in turn is owned 53.58 percent by Rio Tinto.

Theonila Roka Matbob, a local landowner, near the shuttered Panguna mine pit in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, in 2019. Human Rights Law Center, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images ...

SYDNEY-- Rio Tinto PLC said it has reached an agreement with residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, to assess the legacy impact of the Panguna copper mine that it ...

SYDNEY, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Communities around Rio Tinto's (RIO.AX), opens new tab, (RIO.L), opens new tab shuttered copper mine in Bougainville face a serious threat of flooding due to unstable ...

The miner in 2016 transferred its 53.8% stake in Bougainville Copper Ltd BOC.AX, the company that ran the mine, to the Autonomous Bougainville government and the Papua New Guinea government for no ...

The Panguna mine was operated by BCL, majority owned by Rio Tinto, for 17 years from 1972 until 1989, when operations were suspended due to an uprising against the mine and subsequent civil war.