Monthly Archives: July 2010
Look out! China is sending a naval fleet to PNG
While the Chinese government owned Ramu nickel mine in Papua New Guinea is on hold following a court injunction preventing the construction of a marine mine watste dumping system, the Chinese have announced an unprecedented naval flotila will visit PNG … Continue reading
Filed under Mine construction
In North China corruption rules the coal mines
“Accident prone, lax regulation, corruption and inefficiency” with “widespread collusion between the mines and the government”. Is this where PNG is headed with the Chinese owned Ramu nickel mine? From AFP BEIJING — In China’s coal-rich Shanxi province, the source … Continue reading
Filed under Corruption, Environmental impact, Human rights
Marengo’s mine will dump even more waste in the sea
While the controversy rages on over whether the Chinese owned Ramu nickel mine should be allowed to dump 100 million tonnes of mine waste in the pristine marine waters off Madang, an even larger second mine is being planned that … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental impact, Human rights
How will the Chinese fight back now?
Three months ago, following the court injunction that stops the Chinese building a marine waste dumping system for their Ramu nickel mine, we asked the question where do the Chinese go next? Of the four options we laid out then … Continue reading
New promo video gives boost to community campaign
Filed under Environmental impact, Human rights, Mine construction
Ramu NiCo fails to lift interim injunction on DSTP
By JULIA DAIA BORE, The National RAMU NiCo, developers of the giant Ramu nickel project in Madang, have failed in the Supreme Court to quash an interim injunction to proceed with the construction of a deep sea tailings placement (DSTP) … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental impact, Human rights, Mine construction
Licences to pollute put power in the wrong hands
BY Karlo Mila, Dominion Post After the BP oil spill, the wisdom of aggressively exploiting natural resources for monetary gain has hit us like a hole in the world. But you just have to look at the water quality of … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental impact, Human rights, Mine construction
Supreme Court refuses to lift mine injunction
Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has refused to lift an interim injunction that prevents construction of the Ramu nickel mine’s marine waste dumping system, according to project partner, Highlands Pacific. The decision will further delay the start of production at … Continue reading
Filed under Environmental impact, Human rights, Mine construction
Justice Minister, Ano Pala, a total hypocrite
Justice Minister and Attorney General, Ano Pala, is a showing himself to be a complete hypocrite and something of a fool with his handling of the controversial Environment Act amendments. First Pala threatened landowners and the media that they would … Continue reading
Filed under Corruption, Environmental impact, Human rights, Mine construction
Claims Prime Minister offered ‘K40m to drop case’
From the Post Courier THE Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare is alleged to have offered a substantial amount of money to have disgruntled landowners drop their court challenge which has stopped development of the deep sea tailing placement project in … Continue reading
Filed under Corruption, Environmental impact, Human rights, Mine construction
