The company purportedly aided the security forces by providing them with trucks, fuel, accommodation, communications equipment, storage space, messing facilities and office resources after concerns about human rights abuses became apparent. Country Partnership Strategy: Papua New Guinea, 2021-2025 INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH ASSESSMENT A. RTG claims BCL has lost its local goodwill and cannot operate in Bougainville, and that RTG has the support of a landowner group the Special Mining Lease Osikaiyang Landowners Association - one of the groups who say they represent landowners in the Panguna area. A family carries large, tropical leaves up a hill. The disposal of hundreds of millions of tonnes of tailings into the Kawerong-Jaba river system created enormous problems. 8. I am more than happy to engage in further probing dialogue with anyone who cares to comment; but I will not react to any further personal attacks, or ill informed judgements on the rigour of my research. An advocacy group says as international mining companies eye starting operations in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville, Canberra must take action. See: London Calling asks: did Rio Tinto fund war on Bougainville? Had he, Mr Sturm would have discovered that my findings are based upon interviews with General Managers and three Managing Directors who steered BCL during the 1987-1991 period. McGlinn was last week travelling in Europe. PANGUNA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, Sep 7 2016 (IPS) - The Panguna copper mine, located in the mountains of Central Bougainville, an autonomous region in the southwest Pacific Island state of Papua New Guinea, has been derelict for 27 years since an armed campaign by local landowners forced its shutdown and triggered a decade-long civil war in the late 1980s. In a paper out on Wednesday The Scramble for Resources - The International Race for Bougainville's Mineral Wealth, Jubilee Australia has laid out the steps . In 1975, the people of Dapera were relocated to make way for mining activities. On 15th May 1989 production was brought to a halt by militant activity and the mine has remained closed since. In his latest broadside, Sturm accuses Ulster University criminologist, Kristian Lasslett, of using his "academic position as a platform for indoctrination and agitation.". BCL operated the copper, gold and silver mine at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island in PNG from 1971 to 1989. Professor of Development Studies, The University of the South Pacific. Construction required filling the swamp 14:40. So we supported them every way we could" (Personal Communication, 2006). Bougainville Copper trained some 12,000 employees, including approximately 1,000 completing full trade apprenticeships and some 400 completing graduate and post-graduate studies that resulted in considerable progress in the localisation of the companys employees and significantly added to the number of skilled workers elsewhere in the countrys workforce. In-depth copper exploration started in 1964 8:15. Bougainville Island, easternmost island of Papua New Guinea, in the Solomon Sea, southwestern Pacific. Bougainville Copper Limited, (BCL) a subsidiary of the British-Australian resources giant Rio Tinto, owned the mine at the time of the conflict and despite extracting around 550,000 tonnes of. In 1643, the inhabitants of Takuu and Nissan atolls had the first recorded contact with Europeans from an expedition led by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman. 4. A. "Overall, income and costs were generally within budget, administration and exchange losses being over, offset by a similar amount under budget for BCA renegotiation," he said. U.S. Court is prepared to hear Bougainville genocide case against Rio Tinto. "Interest of K2.2 million earned on court-held IBDs has been brought into account this year. Production, William Heick, Corrie Grove, Richard Clark and Pat Morgan. It was a critical but hopefully constructive piece, on how BCL might mend certain bridges with communities on Bougainville, using fairly orthodox transitional justice techniques. Ore is dumped into the primary crusher 2:10. For an all-round overview of the Bougainville Copper story - a constant plaything of speculators - please refer back to my Weekly Dispatch of 13 March 2020. Joe Stevens emailed from Western Australia: My name is Joe Stevens, I first went to Bougainville in 1969 and remained until Feb 1990 I worked for Pioneer Concrete for two years, then BCL Civil Works, Laurie Mentze, Ross Wilson, Ian Garside and Win Spurr. She and her colleagues contend that shedding its shares in Bougainville Copper, which controls the still-abandoned mine, does nothing to absolve Rio Tinto from its responsibility to improve the lives of the people who are still affected by the mining operations to this day. Sale ends. As one General Manager informed me: "We knew the riot squads were heavy handed, that was well known in PNG. Our EIN or tax ID is 45-3714703. stories compiled by the Catholic Diocese of Bougainville, decided to divest from its local subsidiary in control of the Panguna mine, United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Bolivian national park hit hard by forest fires in 2022, satellite data show, Deforestation out of control in reserve in Brazils cattle capital, In Brazils Amazon, land grabbers scramble to claim disputed Indigenous reserve, Gold mining invades remote protected area in Ecuador, Machine learning makes long-term, expansive reef monitoring possible, Experts pushing for high-seas fishing ban win Nobel Prize for environment, Theyre everywhere out there: Three new nautilus species described, End of the tuna FAD? Once the backbone of the Papua New Guinea economy, Panguna has been idle since the civil war began more than 30 years ago - a war the mine was at least . She added the companys representatives wouldnt have to visit the mine site to find ways to improve access to water and health care and to orchestrate an assessment so that communities understand the risks they face and how to deal with them. Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws. Sadly the Chairman has passed away, and I have not been able to confirm the veracity of this particular allegation. MELBOURNE, July 21 (Reuters) - 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. While the arrival of the mine brought infrastructure and helped to modernise Bougainville, perceived inequities in the distribution of compensation and . But beyond the question of financing, those affected by the mine want the company to acknowledge the problems that the mine continues to cause. You only have to look on Google Earth and see the environmental devastation caused by the mind is huge and ongoing and extensive, Adams told Mongabay. African Turntables (Pty) Ltd turning underground. It cannot be the case that a company can be seen to improve its environmental social governance standards, simply by cutting and running from any projects that pose a high risk and high liability to them, Adams said. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History Other Events on 17 September 1574 - Death of Pedro Menndez de Avils, Spanish admiral and. Men discuss the new project in Papua New Guinea 10:35. Yet this reconciliation to some extent holds a key to international reconciliation among Bougainville, Australia and Papua New Guinea". That will come at a cost, she added a cost that the Human Rights Law Centre and other groups contend Rio Tinto should bear. A Shell gas station 21:35. Mining operations were officially halted on 15 May 1989, due to militant activity . I took it from Mr Sturm's statement, he had not bothered to familiarise himself with my research on the Bougainville conflict. on the Internet. Copyright 20102023, The Conversation Media Group Ltd. A no-go zone around the Panguna mine, set up by the Meekamui Defence Force, is signposted in Bougainville, 2008. 411 University St, Seattle, USA engitech@oceanthemes.net +1 -800-456-478-23 // BCL BCL Today Bougainville Copper's main objective is to work cooperatively towards realising the vision of resuming active exploration and sustainable copper, gold and silver mining at Panguna, in central Bougainville, after mining ceased in 1989. Clouds in the mountains 6:45. The Panguna mine devastated our communities physically and culturally and we are still living with the consequences, said Theonila Roka Matbob, a teacher from the village of Makosi, which is downstream from the mine, according to a statement. BOC's core objective is to work cooperatively towards realising the vision of resuming active exploration and sustainable copper, gold and silver mining at Panguna . A map overlays the scene at the mine 27:04. Even the subsistence farming on which many local communities rely has been hampered by the tainted water flowing from the mine. Port installations continue at the bay 17:25. Taylor said he was more optimistic about the future of this company than any year out of the previous 20 years. Die besten Alternativen zu Websites Abg.gov.pg - berprfen Sie unsere hnliche Liste basierend auf dem Weltrang und den monatlichen Besuchen nur auf Xranks. Construction continues at a rapid pace 25:27. Adams said she doesnt agree with that reasoning, which she said has become something of a mantra for the company since its divestment in 2016. Calls to the Perth offices of another suitor, Kalia Limited, which is now led by Michael Johnston, the former boss of failed PNG miner Nautilus Mining, went unreturned. It is astonishing, in light of these facts, BCL would appoint Sir Rabbie Namaliu to the Board of Directors, and that the ESBC would support this decision. The Mobile Squads were responsible for numerous atrocities on Bougainville during 1989-1990. That may have been true for the duration of the conflict, Adams said. In all, it was an unsatisfactory meeting". Politics is played extremely robustly in PNG and the facts/truth are often amongst the first casualties, Carrick said via email from his Perth office. This afternoon, the Bougainville Copper share price exited a trading halt to hit 99 cents, 147.5% higher than its previous close. Prince Philip tours the mine 22:53. . 4. Evidence from Thirteen Cases Author(s): Michael L. Ross Source: International Organization, Heavy machinery mines the mountainside 1:30. A large dump truck is lowered from a ship for work at the mine 23:40. BCL operated the copper, gold and silver mine at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island in PNG from 1971 to 1989. They, and others, sent the complaint to the Australian OECD National Contact Point after lodging it with Melbournes Human Rights Law Centre. They did everything, I mean we spent lots and lots of money, to provide backup support services for the operation. And the second was that there was always these threats that they were going to sell off the mine equipment" (Personal Communication, 2006). Produced by Bougainville copper proprietary Limited and Bechtel WKE. I also interviewed senior state officials in Papua New Guinea, including the former Prime Minister Sir Rabbie Namaliu (1988-1992), and senior military officers involved in the operations on Bougainville. Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP via Getty. Last month the President of the European Shareholders of Bougainville Copper (ESBC) Axel Sturm publicly raised concerns over the volatility of BCL's share prices. And the team learned of the perils of fording rivers subject to sudden floods as aging tailings dams from the 80s begin to fail. While it is our belief that from 1990 to 2016 no Rio Tinto personnel had access to the mine site due to on-going security concerns, we are aware of the deterioration of mining infrastructure at the site and surrounding areas, and claims of resulting adverse environmental and social, including human rights, impacts. In this respect, BCL can make an important contribution to democracy and reconciliation in Bougainville by, a) fully disclosing their role in the conflict; and b) making amends with those affected by their actions. I took it from Mr Sturm 's statement, he had not bothered to familiarise himself with my on. 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