In presenting the EL02 extension licence, ABG President and Minister for Mining Hon. Ishmael Toroama congratulated IRHL on ...

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 ...

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

Once the world’s largest open-pit copper-gold mine, Panguna played a crucial role in Rio Tinto’s rise in the mining industry and Papua New Guinea’s path to independence from Australia in 1975.

Local communities are witnessing progress in their mission for justice, 36 years after the Panguna copper mine became the centre of landowner grievances.

More than three decades after it ceased operations, the people of Bougainville are still grappling with the devastating impact of the Panguna Copper Mine.

For 15 years, Bougainville had been one of the more prosperous parts of Papua New Guinea because of Panguna, then the world’s largest open-pit copper-and-gold mine, which generated almost half ...

There’s loads of gold, too, but these days ... I can say, “Well, the Panguna mine is here. It’s up to you.”’ In return, ...

After a steady stream of quarterly updates noting there has been no production since May 1989, Bougainville Copper finally has something to say about its Panguna project in the autonomous region ...