Bougainville update: notorious "bad actor enters the controversy
Published by MAC on 2006-08-16
Bougainville update: notorious "bad actor enters the controversy
16th August 2006
As Rio Tinto continues sending mixed messages over its own intentions, the Bougainville Autonomous government (ABG) has started talks over a possible resumption of mining at Panguna with an Australia junior linked to the notorious China Nonferrous Metals company. The Chinese company was directly responsible for the deaths of more than fifty miners last year at the Chambisi copper mine in Zambia.