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.

In Bougainville, on a mountain called Panguna, Rio Tinto once operated the world’s most profitable copper mine. Through the ...

Stan Starygin, ‘The Gangs of Bougainville: Seven Men, Guns, and a Copper Mine’, Journal of Conflict Transformation & Security, vol. 3, no. 1 (2013). Koike has been a figure in localised conflict in ...

The autonomous Papua New Guinea region, which is seeking independence, continues to face trauma of its past, says a former ...

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 ...

LONDON, Mar 17 2025 (IPS) - Local communities are finally witnessing progress in their mission for justice, 36 years after the Panguna copper mine in Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Region of ...

Island Passage Exploration Ltd says its Bougainville subsidiary, Isina Resource Holdings Ltd, has secured the exploration.

A Land Access and Compensation Agreement (LACA) has been signed by traditional landowners in North Bougainville for a planned mine exploration site. More than 250 landowners from eight clans in the ...

In the remote hills of Bougainville near the disbanded Panguna mine, a cult like Ponzi scheme is being run by a man called Noah Musingku, who prefers to be called His Majesty King David Peii Upeii the ...

A Land Access and Compensation Agreement (LACA) has been signed by traditional landowners in North Bougainville for a planned mine exploration site. More than 250 landowners from eight clans in ...