The high point of 2024 was the commencement of the first widespread and prolonged exploration campaign in modern times on ...

A class action against Rio Tinto has been filed in a Papua New Guinea court in relation to a long-shuttered copper mine that it offloaded in 2016 and was at the center of a decadelong civil war.

The mining giant Rio Tinto can attest to that. In Bougainville, on a mountain called Panguna, Rio Tinto once operated the ...

The PNG PM who tried to crush the Bougainville rebellion with foreign mercenaries then became an unlikely ally for ...

The Panguna copper mine in Bougainville continues to generate toxic waste and may spark landslides that could kill people and cause lasting ecological damage. The miner has agreed with community ...

More than three decades after it ceased operations, the people of Bougainville are still grappling with the devastating impact of the Panguna Copper Mine.

The Panguna mine, under redevelopment, is anticipated to have a productive lifespan exceeding 20 years and is projected to ...

A long history of colonial influence has drastically changed Bougainville’s cultural landscape. Deforestation, mining, unsustainable practices, and climate change are transforming its environment. The ...

THE PORTILLO EXPEDITION: MYSTERY ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND examines the circumstances surrounding the death of Isoroku Yamamoto – the Japanese WWII Admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor surprise ...

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, General Montcalm's aide-de-camp, was diminutive, overweight, asthmatic and possessed a good military mind. As he had already written two books on mathematics and was ...