Update on the Panguna Mine - Rio Tinto
On 21 July 2021, Rio Tinto and Bougainville community members, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC), announced they had reached an agreement to identify and assess legacy impacts of the former Panguna copper mine in Bougainville.
Landmark report uncovers human rights abuses at Rio Tinto gold …
Oct 12, 2024 · A large-scale study of social and environmental impacts from Rio Tinto's abandoned Panguna mine in Bougainville has found a plethora of actual and potential human rights violations, including risks to life.
Bougainville's destructive goldmine could also be its $90 billion …
Jun 6, 2023 · BCL was majority owned by global mining group Rio Tinto, but operations ceased on the mine in 1989 after an armed insurgency known as the "Bougainville crisis".
Rio Tinto and Bougainville community residents reach …
MELBOURNE, Australia-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rio Tinto and Bougainville community members, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, have reached an agreement to identify and assess legacy impacts of the former Panguna copper mine in Bougainville.
Rio Tinto class action over Bougainville mine damage set for …
MELBOURNE, July 23 (Reuters) - The first hearing date has been set in a class action against miner Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) for historical environmental and social damage caused by the...
A brutal war and rivers poisoned with every rainfall: how one …
Sep 30, 2020 · This week, 156 people from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, in Papua New Guinea, petitioned the Australian government to investigate Rio Tinto over a copper mine that devastated their...
‘Important Step’ Toward Addressing Toxic Legacy of Huge Mine
Dec 5, 2022 · In 2020, 156 residents of Bougainville, an island in an autonomous region of the country, accused the mining giant Rio Tinto of human rights and environmental violations related to what they...
Human rights violations at abandoned Rio Tinto mine in Bougainville …
Oct 16, 2024 · Rio Tinto's abandoned Panguna mine in Bougainville is the site of actual and potential human rights violations, including risks to life, a preliminary study of the social and environmental impacts of the mine has found.
Rio Tinto backs environmental study into mine that triggered civil …
Jul 21, 2021 · Rio Tinto has agreed to co-fund a study into the environmental and human rights impact of a shuttered mine in the South Pacific that sparked a civil war, which could lay out clean-up costs ...
Rio Tinto reaches deal to review Bougainville copper mine impact
Jul 21, 2021 · Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO.AX) said on Wednesday it has reached an agreement with stakeholders of the Bougainville community to look into potential environmental damage and human rights breaches at...