Rocks are crushed and sorted 2:51. 1 talking about this. 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. Nevertheless, it is not my intention to vilify BCL. Narrators John Worthy, Sam Bena. "Bougainville Copper Limited shareholding", "Bougainville imposes moratorium on Panguna mine over fears of civil unrest", "BCL takes Bougainville Govt to court over licence non-renewal", European Shareholders of Bougainville Copper (ESBC), Bougainville Copper Limited - All Annual Reports since 1967, Blood and Treasure - SBS documentary 2011, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bougainville_Copper&oldid=1142268123, Copper mining companies of Papua New Guinea, Companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 13:11. And the team learned of the perils of fording rivers subject to sudden floods as aging tailings dams from the 80s begin to fail. Environment Minister Sussan Ley faces a critical test: will she let a mine destroy koala breeding grounds? The Evidence of BCL's role in the Bougainville Conflict: A Reluctant Response to Axel G. Sturm's Open Letter. It was a resentment bred of an insensitive approach on the part Every new rainfall brought more tailings downstream and changed the course of the waterways, making life especially challenging for the hundreds of people who eke out a precarious existence panning the tailings for remnants of gold. A BCL General Manager from the period recalls: "We did everything they asked of us to make their life more comfortable, and better able to manage through, with transport, communications, provisions, whatever, fuel. Photo: The Panguna mine was abandoned in 1989 after an armed uprising known as the Bougainville Crisis. "It is possible that some further remediation work will be carried out on site with the co-operation of landowners, to make areas safe whether mining proceeds or not," he said. Regardless, all views are to be respected." Power station generators are built as lead line items in other countries 12:50. web pages Caballus Mining was set up only in August 2018. Bougainville has voted to become a new country, but the journey to independence is not yet over, PNG marks 40 years of independence, still feeling the effects of Australian colonialism, allegedly under strong political pressure. Unit 3: Transition and Change - Bougainville Case Study 1 Additional Support Material Bougainville - Background Notes From 1987 to December 1997 Bougainville Copper The Bougainville Copper Agreement of 1974 was signed with some resentment on the part of the Bougainvillean landowners. Of course, I can only hint here at the evidence collected over several years of doctoral research. 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. 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. Be worried when fossil fuel lobbyists support current environmental laws. So many parents spoke to us about their fears for their childrens future, Adams said. [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. We believe that [Bougainville Copper] was compliant with applicable regulatory requirements up until the mines operations were suspended in 1989, a spokesperson told Mongabay. For example, BCL was informed by the Minister of State that the security forces were planning to use "brutal firepower" to resolve the situation on Bougainville. Rios former subsidiary BCL is still in the race for a mining licence, though Rio divested its shares and walked away in 2016. Explosives are set under rocks 9:45. Produced by Bougainville copper proprietary Limited and Bechtel WKE. Taylor said he was more optimistic about the future of this company than any year out of the previous 20 years. 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. This public disclosure should document the logistical support BCL supplied to the government's security forces between December 1988 and March 1990. 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. It was not a new argument, indeed the distinguished ANU scholar John Braithwaite wrote in 2011: "Reconciliation between the mining company, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, and Bougainvilleans is yet to be achieved. 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.[3]. The natives of Papua New Guinea are to be trained to work in the copper mines 14:03. Rock crushers weighing 24 tons 24:20. Momis initially supported a moratorium on mining at Panguna to avoid reigniting old conflicts between landowner groups. U.S. Court is prepared to hear Bougainville genocide case against Rio Tinto. Port installations continue at the bay 17:25. It ended the day at 89 cents, up 122.5%. [7], A referendum on Bougainville's independence must be held no later than June 2020 under the Bougainville Peace Agreement. 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. At the time CRA was investing heavily in mineral projects at Hidden Valley in Morobe, and Mount Klare in Enga (Post-Courier, 29/11/1988; Business Review Weekly, 9/6/1989). Paul Toohey 7 min read June 4, 2013 - 5:36PM News Corp Australia Network mining 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. 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. You know we gave them everything, because as a far as we saw it we were hoping that they were going to solve the situation, so we could start operating again. 7. Traditional earth-moving methods are employed 16:00. RTG chairman Michael Carrick was also loath to talk about the issue. "Some of these are within the control of the company itself, others less so. The transnational company Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL), a joint venture of the Australian based companies Conzinc Rio Tinto and Broken Hill Corporation, began prospecting in 1963. The mine at Panguna was opened in 1972 and majority-owned by Rio Tinto.It was important to the economy of Papua New Guinea, but the people of Bougainville were seeing little benefit from it.The first Bougainville independence movement arose in the late 1960s, as people aired their grievances against the Australian colonial government over the handling of the Panguna mine. The Panguna mine is set to reopen after landowners in Bougainville agreed to the decision, 30 years after it was forced to shut amid a civil war between local rebels and the government of Papua. If you wish to join the group, please state who you are and what relationship you had with Bougainville. 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. Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is a mining company of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). That move left Bougainville Copper as little more than a shell company, Adams said, without the resources to mount such a formidable cleanup effort. Different equipment is displayed in demonstrated 20:30. 19 Panguna Mine Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO 19 Panguna Mine Premium High Res Photos Browse 19 panguna mine stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Banner image of the Panguna mine tailings wasteland courtesy of the Human Rights Law Centre. 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. 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. My specific claims relate to a small window in the company's life, 1988-1990, where decisions were taken that implicated BCL in the hostilities, and the human rights abuses they generated. But that race has also already sparked intense political disagreement between rival groups on the island. No environmental impact study was carried out. It was, at the time, one of the worlds largest copper and gold mines. 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. A new port was also reportedly proposed. Fruit trees and fauna 6:24. 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. They say that waste from the copper and gold mine is causing health problems for 12,000 . The Autonomous Bougainville Region consists of 168 islands with the most populated being the large island of Bougainville and the smaller island of Buka to its north, separated by the narrow Buka Passage. Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. We believe in the future of mining truck mobility. 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. Australian External Territories Minister Charles Barnes was accused of telling the Bougainvillean people they would "get nothing". The two governments signed a peace deal in 2000 under which Bougainville remained part of PNG but was allowed a measure of governing autonomy. Here you can read our near-verbatim reports on all debates, including oral questions and proposed laws (bills). Consistent with business development activities, representatives from Fortescue have visited Bougainville Island to learn about the region and potential opportunities., Businessman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest during a state dinner in Washington in September.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen. I expressed the view that CRA would want to review its assessment of PNG as a place to invest. 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. On 1 July 2016, Bougainville Copper Limiteds major shareholder, Rio Tinto, transferred its 53.8 per cent shareholding for distribution to the Autonomous Bougainville Government, for the benefit of Panguna landowners and the people of Bougainville, and to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. 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. Lets examine what led to the ongoing crisis. An obstacle here is that the company fears ritual apology would expose it to liability in the courts. 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. 0:02 / 17:58 Bougainville rebels guard the Panguna mine site in 1996. The villages were varying from five or six houses to twenty or thirty houses" (Personal Communication, 2006). Mongabay is a U.S.-based non-profit conservation and environmental science news platform. BCL should immediately remove from its Board of Directors, Sir Rabbie Namaliu who was appointed in March 2011. Read more: 6 inches of rain per hour. 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. The production had a value of 5.2 billion Kina (K) which represented approximately 44 per cent of Papua New Guineas exports over that period. Mongabay Series: Land rights and extractives. Vacuum filters remove the water from the copper slurry in the containers and dried for shipping 5:03. Bougainville has a long human history with the first inhabitants arriving around 29,000 years ago. Bougainville Copper now has three offices, located in Port Moresby, Buka and Arawa. Engitech is a values-driven technology agency dedicated. 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. 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. In fact Mr Lasslett's critique of the company's complicity in human rights abuses, during the first 15 months of the bloody conflict, is quite measured. FEEDBACK: Use this form to send a message to the author of this post. 1. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. I have found no evidence to suggest BCL were forced by the PNG government to make this contribution. [5] This research suggested that BCL placed pressure on the PNG government to assert its authority on Bougainville, following acts of industrial sabotage. 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. A peace agreement was signed in 2001 and Bougainville was given greater autonomy within PNG, with a non-binding referendum in favour of independence . 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. This is one of the problems of the resource curse, you have these big revenues sitting in bank accounts that can be misappropriated quite easily, he said. President Momis asserted that progressing with BCL could "cause a total explosion of the situation again". 100 talking about this. Also today, the . Jungle vines are cut back 15:10. 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. Ore is dumped into the primary crusher 2:10. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Sale ends. BCL did not alert the domestic or international community of the impeding humanitarian crisis. [8], During 2017, President Momis and the Autonomous Bougainville Government advocated for the re-opening of the Panguna mine. While the arrival of the mine brought infrastructure and helped to modernise Bougainville, perceived inequities in the distribution of compensation and . On November 23, Bougainvilleans will go to the polls and are expected to vote overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New Guinea. The complainants say by not ensuring its operations didnt infringe on the local peoples human rights, Rio Tinto breached OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises. There is evidence to suggest BCL's Managing Director did raise concerns with PNGDF officers over the loss of civilian life. Bougainville's estimated $58 billion in remaining copper and gold reserves has caught the attention of international mining companies and world governments. "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. Thats what communities want, Adams said. If you want to post a public comment, you can do that at the bottom of the page. A truck drives through a large quarry 1:50. View of Melbourne, Australia 12:09. They would love for Rio Tinto to come back and listen to them face to face about the problems that they have. The Panguna mine was operated by Bougainville Copper (BCL), majority owned by Rio Tinto, between 1972 and 1989, when operations were suspended owing to an uprising against the mine and subsequent . More recently a new player, Caballus Mining, has arrived in Bougainville. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. We urgently need Rio Tinto to come back and deal with these problems so our communities can find healing.. Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL) yesterday announced a loss of K3.7 million in 2011 . It was the most serious conflict in the south Pacific since World War II. The mine itself and specifically what some saw as the inequitable sharing of the profits played a part in precipitating almost a decade of civil war between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Bougainville beginning in 1989 and led Rio Tinto to abandon completely the mine by 1990. 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. Dew Farmers in Bougainville to Produce Rice with Mill donated by Bougainville Copper Limited, Outstanding Leadership Skills Awarded at Tonu Secondary School. Engitech is a values-driven technology agency dedicated. These allegations were previously denied by BCL's former Chairman, but Dr Lasslett insists on their veracity. [10], In February 2018, BCL begun legal proceedings against the Autonomous Bougainville Government following the cancellation of the exploration license. ( Image from archives via Bougainville Copper Limited.) 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. As the last ten years has proven, Bougainvilleans are a forgiving people. Available ONLINE ONLY! 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. 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.. However, democratic decision making about the future depends upon accurate knowledge of the past. Several sources linked to the company and NGOs operating on the island said this was due to the request by the government that the miners are not seen to be influencing the independence vote. "The company has sufficient funds to cover its recurrent expenditure under the current plan and is debt free.". But the defense force was not properly equipped at all" (Personal Communication, 2006). Contributions to the National Government in the form of taxes, duties and dividends were approximately 17 per cent of internally generated Papua New Guinean Government revenue during that time. Part of the gigantic Panguna copper mine, one of the largest copper and gold deposits in the world. Landowner concerns with their treatment when the mine was previously operated led to civil unrest and closure of the mine. 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. A large dump truck is lowered from a ship for work at the mine 23:40. . Picture taken March 29, 2017. During its operation from 1972-1989, the mine operator, then a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, dumped one billion tonnes of mining waste into Bougainville's rivers with devastating environmental consequences. Rebel guerillas above the Panguna copper and gold mine in Bougainville in 1994. (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. Heavy trucks sit rusting on the edges of Panguna copper mine, closed in 1989 as a result of sabotage. The people of PNG and Bougainville have a significant stake in Bougainville Copper, with the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) holding a 36.4 per cent share in the company, as does the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. BCL hit back saying the landowners association (known as SMLOLA) is a new invention and points to recent statements disputing its provenance. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. John Cannon is a staff features writer with Mongabay. BCL/Handout via REUTERS. As this dearth of inquiry is particularly evident in South Pacific economies, this paper examines the management of Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL), an Australian mining company that operated in Papua New Guinea (PNG) until it was violently expelled by local communities in 1990. 3. Bougainville Copper, which is no longer associated with Rio, has estimated it would take seven to eight years and $5 billion to $6 billion to rebuild the mine and resume full operations. 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. Battle intensifies over Bougainville copper mine and civil war legacy SBS is an Australian public broadcast service. It should also reveal the relevant conversations that took place between the BCL management and senior state officials during this period. Since the end of mining activities 30 years ago, tailings have continued to move down the rivers and the waterways have never been treated for suspected chemical contamination. The pulp is sent to the flotation station 4:15. 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 homeland. Rio Tinto said representatives from the company hadnt been able to visit the mine site since 1990 because of the civil war and later ongoing severe security concerns. As a result, the company wasnt able to address these problems before 2016. Hundreds of millions of tonnes of tailings were deposited in the rivers. Another significant shareholder, Graeme Kirke, is the founder of Kirke Securities where Mr Forrest previously worked. The movie opens on a beach with palm trees. Read more: Sir Rabbie Namaliu was the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea during 1988-1992. Mining operations were officially halted on 15 May 1989, due to militant activity and the mine has remained closed since. I think communities would welcome them doing that, if they were there for that reason.. I took it from Mr Sturm's statement, he had not bothered to familiarise himself with my research on the Bougainville conflict. 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. Photos taken in Panguna-Loloho-Kieta during construction era plus recently added( 9/2012) booklet and article on the. MELBOURNE, Australia An independent investigation will begin on Tuesday into the environmental and human rights impact of an abandoned gold and copper mine in Papua New Guinea . The mine, located in Bougainville, was centrally important to Papua New Guinea, providing over 45% of the country's national export revenue. 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