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1. How can we achieve peace if we hop on the band wagon

   ... At the same time it boosted police numbers in Porgera, Enga province to keep “illegal miners” away from the gold. Barrick ... a group of people demand to be included in this world class project, the Liquified Natural Gas LNG), but off course “there are too many ...

   Klaireh - 19/04/2012 - 14:30 - 0 comments

2. Resource projects stealing PNGs self-reliance

   ... I AM DESPERATELY afraid that our Liquefied Natutral Gas Project could turn out to be the sickest joke that the world has as yet played ... and then out, of our country from Bougainville, Ok Tedi, Porgera, Lihir and Kutubu. We have made mistakes over the past forty ...

   rait man - 11/04/2011 - 08:30 - 0 comments

3. Frieda river mine will destroy lives and livelihoods

   ... blog The proposed Frieda River mine complex showing the 123km2 that will be flooded to hold the mine waste ... Experience from other large-scale mines in PNG like Porgera, Lihir and Ok Tedi show how insufficient attention given to ... norms. “The experience at every other mining project in the country indicates that pre-existing vulnerabilities will be ...

   ACTNOW - 19/08/2021 - 11:37

4. Extractive industries cause "serious human rights problems and environmental harm" in PNG

   ... violent clashes erupted around the controversial Ramu Nickel project. In 2011, Human Rights Watch documented gang rape and other violent abuses by private security personnel at PNG’s Porgera gold mine, operated by Canadian company Barrick Gold. Along with other ...

   Elizabeth1 - 02/02/2015 - 11:21 - 0 comments

5. Mining boom promises unprecedented riches for who?

   ... like Misima are already exhausted, Ok Tedi will soon close, Porgera, Tolokuma and Lihir have been operating for more than a decade and have ... New Guinea says a multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas project is expected to help propel the country’s economic growth rate to a ...

   rait man - 20/06/2011 - 08:46 - 1 comment

6. Human Rights report highlights Papua New Guinea's many problems

   ... - Papua New Guinea  As construction of a US$15 billion project to tap Papua New Guinea's rich liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserves got ... For instance private security forces at the sprawling Porgera gold mine-operated by Barrick Gold, a Canadian company-have been ...

   rait man - 30/01/2011 - 08:49 - 1 comment

7. Exxon Mobil - PNG's new Bougainville Copper?

   ... a decade (Exxon Mobil will operate Papua New Guinea's LNG project). One wonders if they have ever crossed paths with a number of ... of approximately one thousand people living near the Porgera mine during April 2009 .     Image: A ...

   rait man - 15/10/2010 - 06:05 - 0 comments

8. Where has all the money gone?

   ... room, PNG’s Oil Search Limited, a major partner in the LNG project, shocked the experts and government officials including ministers from ... the others. Take for example the Ok Tedi copper mine, the Porgera gold mine, the now closed Misima mine, the Tokoluma mine and the Lihir ...

   rait man - 08/12/2010 - 11:56 - 2 comments

9. Will we benefit from mining windfall?

   ... and InterOil, Ramu nickel, Wau-Bulolo mine, Nautilus project off the coast New Ireland, Frieda River gold mine, Kutubu oil, Ok Tedi, Porgera, Lihir and the possible revival of Panguna mine.
 Whose interest is ...

   rait man - 09/05/2011 - 13:00 - 1 comment

10. Poverty rises amidst gold

    ... from a quarry being excavated for a liquefied natural gas project. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS Natural reserves such as gold, ... the negative economic and social impacts.” The Porgera gold mine, located in Enga Province and majority owned by the Canadian ...

    rait man - 23/02/2014 - 07:51 - 0 comments

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