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Rio Tinto, Bougainville Community Residents To Assess Legacy Impacts Of Panguna Mine

Rio Tinto, Bougainville Community Residents To Assess Legacy Impacts Of Panguna Mine LONDON (dpa-AFX) - 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. A joint committee of stakeholders will be formed to oversee a detailed independent assessment of the Panguna mine to identify and better understand actual and potential environmental and human rights impacts of the mine which ceased operating in 1989, Rio Tinto said. The Panguna mine was operated by ASX-listed Bougainville Copper Limited 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.

Rio Tinto and Bougainville community residents reach agreement to assess legacy impacts of Panguna mine

Share: 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. This follows several months of constructive discussions facilitated by the Australian OECD National Contact Point (AusNCP). A joint committee of stakeholders will be formed to oversee a detailed independent assessment of the Panguna mine to identify and better understand actual and potential environmental and human rights impacts of the mine which ceased operating in 1989. The Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment Committee will be established by the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) and the parties to the AusNCP process, Rio Tinto, the HRLC and the community members the HRLC represents. It will be chaired by an independent facilitator with representatives invited to join the Committee from the Independent State of Papua New Guinea (PNG), ASX-listed Bougainville Cop

Rio Tinto, Bougainville community reach agreement to assess Panguna legacy impacts

Rio Tinto, Bougainville community reach agreement to assess Panguna legacy impacts Theonila Roka Matbob stands in front of the Panguna mine pit in Bougainville. (Image courtesy of the Human Rights Law Centre). The world’s second-largest miner, 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. 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. A peace agreement was signed in 2001.

Rio Tinto PLC (LSE:RIO) | RNS | Rio Tinto - Agreement to assess legacy impacts of Panguna mine

Rio Tinto PLC (LSE:RIO) | RNS | Rio Tinto - Agreement to assess legacy impacts of Panguna mine
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