Panguna is a town next to the (now decommissioned) Panguna copper mine on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. It was owned and operated by Bougainville Copper Ltd , a subsidiary of Rio Tinto . Beginning operations in 1972, the company hired thousands of workers, most from other parts of the country.

The Panguna mine is a large copper mine located in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Panguna represents one of the largest copper reserves in Papua New Guinea and in the world, having an estimated reserve of one billion tonnes of ore copper and twelve million ounces of gold .

The Panguna Mine was the largest operating copper and gold mine in the world prior to closure. The mine operated for 17 years and produced 3Mt or 6.6Blb of Cu and 9.3Moz of Au. Joint Venture established between the SMLOLA and Central Exploration.

Engage with Panguna mine-affected communities to help find solutions and undertake formal reconciliation as per Bougainvillean custom; Fund an independent environmental and human rights impact assessment of the mine by a team of qualified local and international experts to map impacts and to develop recommendations (Impact Assessment); and

Panguna, mining town and site of a large open-pit copper mine in the south-central interior of Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. An Australian mining company began prospecting for copper in the Crown Prince Range at Panguna in the early 1960s. Roads and a pipeline were subsequently built to

Panguna, which was operated by Rio subsidiary Bougainville Copper, was once one of the world’s largest copper mines.

2023年12月28日 · The Panguna mine in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, closed in 1989 after pollution sparked a local rebellion.

The objective of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment process is to identify and assess the actual and potential environmental impacts caused by the Panguna mine since mining ceased in 1989. The PMLIA also identifies and assesses the social and human rights impacts directly connected to these environmental impacts.

Following the discovery of vast copper ore deposits in Crown Prince Range, Bougainville Copper Limited (Bougainville Copper or the company) operated a large open pit mine and processing facility at Panguna in central Bougainville in the North Solomon’s Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between 1972 and 1989.

2024年12月9日 · The Autonomous Bougainville Government has welcomed the successful completion and delivery of the final Phase 1 Assessment Report of the Panguna Mine Legacy Impact Assessment (PMLIA) as a step forward in addressing longstanding environmental and social issues stemming from the Panguna Mine.