In all, it was an unsatisfactory meeting". Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. Another ASX-listed company, Kalia Limited, has been given two permits to explore in the northern tip of Bougainville. 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. Now Aussie companies are fighting over it again. As one woman from Dapera told me in 2015: I have travelled all over Bougainville, and I can say that they [in Dapera] are the poorest of the poor. The Panguna copper mine in Bougainville was closed in 1989. divested its shares and walked away in 2016. And in an unsuccessful class action, launched by Bougainvilleans in the United States in 2000, Rio was accused of collaborating with the PNG state to commit human rights abuses during the conflict and was also sued for environmental damages. 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. Rock crushers weighing 24 tons 24:20. 60 Minutes' report, "Seeing Red," on China in the Pacific airs at 8.30pm on Sunday November 17, 2019. They were very heavy handed in the way they handled disputes in the HighlandsIt was a case, somebody has to come. Control room and men monitor the equipment 26:35. (AAP Image: Ilya Gridneff) The Bougainville Government has also criticised the consortium for paying landowners who support them and implied it is not respecting the approval process. Website http://www.bcl.com.pg/ Industries Mining Company size 11-50 employees Headquarters Port Moresby,. Environment Minister Sussan Ley faces a critical test: will she let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds? "The company has sufficient funds to cover its recurrent expenditure under the current plan and is debt free.". The mine was vitally important to the economy of Papua New Guinea. The copper slurry is then pumped to the seacoast 4:38. 7. 6. A new report by the Human Rights Law Centre in Australia details the continuing devastation wrought by a copper and gold mine that closed more than 30 years ago in the Papua New Guinean territory of Bougainville. 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. They would love for Rio Tinto to come back and listen to them face to face about the problems that they have. Bougainville Island, easternmost island of Papua New Guinea, in the Solomon Sea, southwestern Pacific. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History Other Events on 17 September 1574 - Death of Pedro Menndez de Avils, Spanish admiral and. But that race has also already sparked intense political disagreement between rival groups on the island. New services are provided with trained personnel 19:33. That may have been true for the duration of the conflict, Adams said. There can be no independence without first setting the country on a pathway to fiscal self-reliance and Panguna is the only asset which can assist this fundamental objective.. The PNG national government received a 20% share of profit from the mine, of which the Bougainvilleans received 5% - 1.25% share of the total profit. This letter included comments that bordered on the slanderous. Discontent was brought to a head in 1988 by a long-running dispute over the uneven economic returns and environmental impacts from Panguna copper mine. BCL company secretary Mark Hitchcock said from his office in Port Moresby that the company retained strong support among landowners and rejected suggestions the company had lost its social licence to operate. Bougainvilles president John Momis has copped much criticism for entertaining the Caballus deal, and the Autonomous Bougainville Government has given mixed signals on its position on mining. It's really shameful if an expert in criminology completely ignores facts and reality. FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post. It was operated by Bougainville Copper Limited, a subsidiary of what is now Rio Tinto, until 2016 when Rio handed its shares to the governments of Bougainville and PNG. The natives of Papua New Guinea are to be trained to work in the copper mines 14:03. Large dumb truck rolls through the mine 20:55. The Duke of Edinburgh visits in 1971 22:25. Such past shortfalls aside, Adams said that Rio Tinto has since agreed to more stringent environmental requirements for other mines. If BCL comes to the table and publicly acknowledges its role on the Bougainville war, perhaps the healing process can begin. Construction required filling the swamp 14:40. It was, at the time, one of the worlds largest copper and gold mines. This highlights the enormous challenges in seeking redress from mining companies for their operations in foreign jurisdictions, and, in this case, for historical impacts. A total of K1,088 million was contributed to the National Government, which represented 62 per cent of the net cash generated by the project between 1972 1989. Rio Tinto, therefore, is of the view that it is for the people of Bougainville to determine their future, including any potential redevelopment of the mine.. Bougainville has a long human history with the first inhabitants arriving around 29,000 years ago. For 17 years in the 1970s and 1980s, the mine was one of the worlds largest for copper and gold. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A peace agreement was signed in 2001 and Bougainville was given greater autonomy within PNG, with a non-binding referendum in favour of independence . I expressed the view that CRA would want to review its assessment of PNG as a place to invest. Its a curse that many think is worth risking. All friends up till the closure of the mine. The men break for lunch in the tropical forest 24:45. During these meetings security force operations were discussed in detail. Ben Bohane is a Vanuatu-based photojournalist. They did everything, I mean we spent lots and lots of money, to provide backup support services for the operation. The pulp is sent to the flotation station 4:15. Already the tussle for Panguna has sparked a race to promise the best deal and the highest royalties to landowners while stemming the environmental degradation that has ravaged Bougainville. 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. On 15th May 1989 production was brought to a halt by militant activity and the mine has remained closed since. A recent example is when, after Rio Tinto divested from Bougainville Copper in 2016, former Bougainville President John Momis said Rio must take full responsibility for an environmental clean-up. However, in light of recent personal attacks on my credibility as a researcher and scholar, I feel compelled to summarise the empirical evidence on which my recent suggestions were based. The movie opens on a beach with palm trees. Uploaded by However, China is also sniffing around opportunities in Bougainville, although not necessarily the Panguna mine itself, which was valued recently at a staggering $US58 billion ($84 billion). Bougainville Copper has a strong local board and management team that knows Bougainville extremely well. 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. "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. The mine, located in Bougainville, was centrally important to Papua New Guinea, providing over 45% of the country's national export revenue. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. 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 company's employees and significantly added to the number of skilled workers elsewhere in the country's Several villages had to be relocated to make way for the mining operations, with around 200 households resettled between 1969 and 1989. 3. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com, There are no reviews yet. 8. Nevertheless, the company continued to provide material assistance to the security forces. Its clear the time has come for Rio to finally take responsibility for cleaning up the mess on Bougainville. THE BOUGAINVILLE COPPER PROJECT 1970s PANGUNA NEW GUINEA COPPER MINE PROMO FILM 69684 by PeriscopeFilm Topics 1970, Panguna, New Guinea, Copper Mine, Promo Film, Stock Footage This is a 1960's era, color movie about the Bougainville Copper Project in Papua, New Guinea. In a memorandum dated 6 December 1988 he recounts his reaction to the Prime Minister's proposal: "The PM's priority was to 'appease' the landowners. The entry of Caballus sparked fears among Bougainville locals specifically those linked to rival miners that a three-way fight for Panguna would erupt. We believe in the future of mining truck mobility. Therefore, they should do something about it.. But the defense force was not properly equipped at all" (Personal Communication, 2006). Matthew G. Allen has received funding from an Australian Research Council fellowship DE140101206. Cut from a glossy travel brochure and just smaller than Hawaii's Big Island, Bougainville is blessed with incredible natural resources: warm waters teeming with fish, hyper-fertile soil and one of the largest untapped mineral deposits on the planet. Ore is dumped into the primary crusher 2:10. [9], In January 2018, the Bougainville government enacted an indefinite moratorium on renewing the licence of BCL over fears it could reignite violent civil conflict. 2023 Getty Images. Local workers work the mine and ships in the bay in the new economy 27:44. View of Melbourne, Australia 12:09. 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. Adams team cataloged the fouled water supplies that force communities to depend on drinking water piped from long distances upslope. 2 May 2012. 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. These interviews were triangulated through extensive documentary research, using internal BCL records including meeting minutes and company memorandums (these documents became available following two court cases involving BCL and its parent company). Melbourne Australia 10:06. They cannot rely on the land anymore to produce what they need.. 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. Moreover, noted McLeod, Bougainville is "right in the middle of a number of territories in the South Pacific. BCL placed substantive pressure on the Papua New Guinea government to send the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary Mobile Squads - a paramilitary style force, who according to their own commanders excel in the use of terror (RPNGC Assistant Commissioner, Personal Communication, 2006) - to Bougainville in 1988, following attacks on mine property by a landowner group. The Panguna copper mine in Bougainville was closed in 1989.Alamy "There is at times frustration when some purporting to speak on behalf of all landowners are in fact representing a narrower interest. Equipment from Japan arrives for storage at the mine 24:00. 100 talking about this. But shares in the . Re-opening Panguna would be a disaster., Rebel guerillas above the Panguna copper and gold mine in Bougainville in 1994.Credit:Ben Bohane. Only then will BCL shareholders find the certainty they demand. This derelict mine caused a bloody war. No environmental impact study was carried out. They say that waste from the copper and gold mine is causing health problems for 12,000 . In its heyday, the mine, which would take an estimated $US5 billion in infrastructure spending to restart, was a productive asset for Rio Tinto, then known as Conzinc Rio Tinto. The moratorium was put in place in early 2018, but the government now appears to favour mining across the island as a means to generate income and underwrite independence. However, democratic decision making about the future depends upon accurate knowledge of the past. 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. Bougainville Copper now has three offices, located in Port Moresby, Buka and Arawa. Other companies - including one chaired by a former Liberal defence minister David Johnston and another by Arabian horse breeder and luxury goods dealer Jeff McGlinn - have also been striving to gain local support on the island to reopen the mine, which was shuttered in 1989. Bougainville Copper (ISIN PG0008526520) is an Australian-listed copper company which lost its main asset due to a civil war on the island of Bougainville during the 1990s. More recently a new player, Caballus Mining, has arrived in Bougainville. Were working to restore it. Banner image of the Panguna mine tailings wasteland courtesy of the Human Rights Law Centre. But Bougainville Copper simply abandoned the site in the face of a landowner rebellion. Nevertheless, it is not my intention to vilify BCL. Bougainville Copper mine in PNG shut in 1989 on stock market TWENTY four years after the world's largest copper mine was closed due to a civil war, the majority Rio Tinto - owned Bougainville Copper Limited still floats on the Australian Stock Exchange. 4. If you want to post a public comment, you can do that at the bottom of the page. Though in light of the above, I would suggest - to borrow the words of Mr Sturm - it was in fact those scholars and journalists that rejected the allegations made against BCL by landowners and activists who might be accused of being "naive", after all accessible documentary evidence on BCL's involvement has been available since 1990 (following a Supreme Court of Victoria court case involving BCL and their insurers - BCL records are also stored in an archive at the University of Melbourne and may be viewed upon request). When Prime Minister Namaliu opted to send a peace delegation to Bougainville to resolve the impasse with landowners in December 1988, BCL's Chairman - who was also an executive at Conzinc Rio Tinto Australia (CRA) - threatened to withdraw all CRA investments from Papua New Guinea. A large dump truck is lowered from a ship for work at the mine 23:40. Already, former Rio subsidiary BCL and Australian-Toronto based RTG Mining have been slugging it out via statements on their websites or on the Australian Securities Exchange. Debate continues raging over the role played by Rio Tinto's subsidiary Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) in the decade-long war waged by Papua New Guinea "security" forces on the people of Bougainville from 1988 onwards. This was largely triggered by the mines environmental and social impacts, including disputes over the sharing of its economic benefits and the impacts of those benefits on predominantly cashless societies. I spent several nights in a large two-story house built entirely from a single tree dragged out of the tailings dragged upright, with a tractor. Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) yesterday announced a loss of K3.7 million in 2011, compared to an anticipated loss of K7.3 million, reports The National. The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald have confirmed that representatives of Mr Forrest's mining company, Fortescue, travelled in recent months to the island and were exploring growth opportunities there. The mine operated for 17 years and produced 3Mt of Cu and 9.3Moz of Au. The first Bougainville independence movement began to arise in the late 1960s, as people began to air their grievances against the then Australian colonial government over the handling of the Panguna mine. In the 17 years prior to 1989, the mine produced concentrate containing three million tonnes of copper, 306 tonnes of gold and 784 tonnes of silver. The moratorium is a dramatic turnaround in policy from the Autonomous Bougainville Government, which determined landowners felt BCL didn't deserve a social licence to run the mine. An obstacle here is that the company fears ritual apology would expose it to liability in the courts. In particular Axel G Sturm argued: "Your disgraceful lampoon is remarkable. 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Eighteen months later, Rio Tinto decided to divest from its local subsidiary in control of the Panguna mine, Bougainville Copper Limited, handing over its majority stake to the governments of PNG and Bougainville. This claim was confirmed by a senior civil servant who was working in Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister's department: "We relied heavily on some of the civilian facilities provided by the company. This followed the departure of Rio Tinto in mid-2016. Recent Growth, Poverty, Inequality, and Environmental Dynamics 1. BCL operated the copper, gold and silver mine at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island in PNG from 1971 to 1989. Credit:Ben Bohane. Meanwhile, a Chinese delegation is rumoured to have offered substantial funds in late 2018 to help finance a transition to Bougainville independence, along with offers to invest in mining, tourism and agriculture, with a figure of $US1 billion cited. BCL is an independently managed company of PNG that is working towards the vision of resuming. 1989: World's Largest Gold/Copper Mine Bougainville was home to the largest copper/gold mine in the world, the Panguna Mine which operated until 1989. BOC:ASX price moved over -1.52% to 0.325 February 23, 2023 Key statistics On Tuesday, Bougainville Copper Ltd (BOC:ASX) closed at 0.33, 32.00% above the 52 week low of 0.25 set on Sep 27, 2022.. 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Editing by Gerald Varney. Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is a mining company of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The company spokesperson pointed to a referendum in late 2019, during which around 98% of voters said that Bougainville should be fully independent of PNG. Over 10 years we help companies reach their financial and branding goals. Production, William Heick, Corrie Grove, Richard Clark and Pat Morgan. That legislation was later rejected by the government's legislative committee, illustrating how politically contentious this issue will be in an independent Bougainville. In 1975, the people of Dapera were relocated to make way for mining activities. Also today, the . Sir Rabbie Namaliu was the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea during 1988-1992. Different equipment is displayed in demonstrated 20:30. The Panguna mine is a large copper resource in the east of Papua New Guinea in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville. In his latest broadside, Sturm accuses Ulster University criminologist, Kristian Lasslett, of using his "academic position as a platform for indoctrination and agitation.". And it's based on compelling evidence which BCL shareholders - not to mention Rio Tinto itself - would do well to urgently address. 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. Collect, curate and comment on your files. A man uses a 3-D map to plan the excavation 11:04. There is evidence to suggest BCL's Managing Director did raise concerns with PNGDF officers over the loss of civilian life. Photo: Francis O'Neill, April 1994: . Evidence from Thirteen Cases Author(s): Michael L. Ross Source: International Organization, Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future. It was the most serious conflict in the south Pacific since World War II. They made this request in full knowledge of the Mobile Squads' chequered human rights record. Businessman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest during a state dinner in Washington in September. Rios former subsidiary BCL is still in the race for a mining licence, though Rio divested its shares and walked away in 2016. Bougainville Copper, a company in which the local government (known as the Autonomous Bougainville Government) has a 36.4% stake is up 200% over the past three weeks with a rise from 6.5. When a large-scale mining project reaches the end of its commercial life, a comprehensive mine closure and rehabilitation plan is usually put in place. The villages were varying from five or six houses to twenty or thirty houses" (Personal Communication, 2006). "Again, the landowners will be informed and involved as appropriate. Opened in the late 1960s and early 1970s, The mine at Panguna was officially opened in 1972 and was majority-owned by Rio Tinto. I took it from Mr Sturm's statement, he had not bothered to familiarise himself with my research on the Bougainville conflict. In 1988, disputes around the notorious Panguna mine sparked a lengthy civil war in Bougainville, leading to the deaths of up to 20,000 people. In 2014, the governments planned to figure out how to clean up the site, and Rio Tinto was supposed to have played a supporting role. BCL should demand that Rio Tinto - its parent company - cease contesting litigation taken by Bougainvillean landowners in the US, and fully compensate those victimised by the security forces using BCL property/facilities. 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. But they will not suffer corporate intransigence lightly. Mining giant Rio Tinto Group, which was historically Bougainville Copper Limited's major shareholder, exited on 30 June 2016 when it transferred its 53.8 per cent shareholding for distribution to the Autonomous Bougainville Government and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. However, perhaps the ESBC's President needs reminding, the greatest threat to BCL's future remains its unacknowledged past. BCL operated the copper, gold and silver mine at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island in PNG from 1971 to 1989. Fruit trees and fauna 6:24. President Momis asserted that progressing with BCL could "cause a total explosion of the situation again". SYDNEY, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Communities around Rio Tinto's (RIO.AX), (RIO.L) shuttered copper mine in Bougainville face a serious threat of flooding due to unstable mine instrastructure, an. This letter included comments that bordered on the Bougainville war, perhaps the ESBC President... 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