MELBOURNE, Australia, December 05, 2024--As a member of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment (PMLIA) Oversight Committee, ... and also from waste rock and tailings.

In 2021, Rio Tinto agreed to fund a Panguna Mine Legacy impact assessment after human rights complaints from locals, represented by the Human Rights Law Centre, over waste-related risks and ...

Report warns of tailings dam failure at Rio Tinto’s former Panguna mine on Bougainville. More than 30 years after it was closed, the legacy of Rio Tinto’s former Panguna copper mine on ...

The Northern Territory's Department of Mines and Energy is investigating whether the same reaction that caused waste rock to burn at the McArthur River Mine in 2013 is happening again.

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. Copper $ 5.127 / lb -0.49% Brent Crude Oil ...

Rio Tinto Chief Executive, Australia, Kellie Parker said: “The Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment is the most comprehensive assessment of the environmental and associated human rights impacts ...

MELBOURNE, Australia, December 05, 2024--As a member of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment (PMLIA) Oversight Committee, Rio Tinto today welcomed the release of the PMLIA report as a critical ...