Freeport Dismisses Papua Tribe Lawsuit as ‘Baseless’
Heru Andriyanto US mining giant Freeport McMoRan has criticized a lawsuit filed by Papua’s Amungme people, who are seeking $30 billion in damages over the company’s 40-year mining operation in the...
View ArticleNickelore signs Indo gold, copper deal
Edited announcement West Perth-based nickel producer Nickelore has signed an agreement to acquire up to a 51 per cent interest in a gold and copper project in Papua Province, Indonesia and appointed...
View ArticleNew Zealand Fund Ends Investment In Freeport Mine
Pacific Islands Report -WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Sept. 26, 2012) – Human rights breaches have prompted the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to end its investment in the...
View ArticleNew Zealand Fund Pulls Freeport Investment, Cites Papua Rights Offenses
Jonathan Vit | September 27, 2012, The JakartaGlobe New Zealand’s public pension fund pulled more than $1 million in investment from Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold over allegations of human rights...
View ArticleNZ Superannuation Fund ends investment in Freeport Gold project
According to reports, human rights breaches have prompted the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to end its investment in the project. WELLINGTON(BullionStreet): Freeport McMoRan’s huge copper and gold...
View ArticleDestroying Local Livelihoods With Mifee
At the launch of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate project in 2010, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced that the agribusinesses involved would “feed Indonesia, then feed the...
View ArticleGovt probe into tunnel collapse should not take long
June 8, 2013, Reuters, By Michael Taylor and Yayat Supriatna JAKARTA, June 7 (Reuters) – A government-led investigation into the tunnel collapse that killed 28 people at Freeport McMoRan Copper and...
View ArticlePNG MP says Bougainville people oppose mining
The Papua New Guinea MP representing central Bougainville, Jimmy Miningtoro, says the people living near the controversial Panguna mine do not want it to be re-opened. The Autonomous Bougainville...
View ArticleWas Bougainville leader Francis Ona assassinated by mercenaries?
May 29, 2014, Dansi Oearupeu, PNGEXPOSED Francis Ona died in May 2005. He was an inspiration to many, Francis stood up against Rio Tinto, the Australian government and PNG in order to secure a way of...
View ArticleWangan and Jagalingou people reject $16 billion Carmichael mine to be built...
A challenge by Indigenous interests to the Carmichael mega mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin is shaping up as the biggest test of Australia’s Native Title law in almost two decades. Traditional owners...
View ArticleNickelore signs Indo gold, copper deal
Edited announcement West Perth-based nickel producer Nickelore has signed an agreement to acquire up to a 51 per cent interest in a gold and copper project in Papua Province, Indonesia and appointed...
View ArticleGovernment pledges assurance to investors to realize plans for petrochemical
Plastemart.com (26-8-2013) Industry Minister has pledged government help for investors in order to realize plans to build a massive petrochemical complex in West Papua. The Minister met with senior...
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