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RIO TINTO, CIVIL WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

RIO TINTO, CIVIL WAR AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER

The Panguna mine in Bougainville that operated from 1971 to 1989 left a decade of civil war in its entrails, environmental destruction and social upheaval.

THE FRIEDA-RIVER COPPER GOLD PROJECT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

THE FRIEDA-RIVER COPPER GOLD PROJECT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER

As a part of a mega energy-infrastructure project, a large-scale open pit copper mine has been proposed by Pan Aust, a Chinese owned company listed in Australia, on a culturally and ecologically significant river region in Sepik in Papua New Guinea.

OCEANAGOLD, PHILIPPINES

OCEANAGOLD, PHILIPPINES

Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER

Australian-Canadian OceanaGold has received international attention for grave human rights and environmental concerns throughout the life its Dipidio copper-gold mine.

AUSTRALIAN MINING FOOTPRINT IN ECUADOR

AUSTRALIAN MINING FOOTPRINT IN ECUADOR

Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER

Since 2016, around seven million hectares of land in Ecuador has been sold by the government, under zero public scrutiny, to international mining companies keen to take advantage of the country’s promise of untapped reserves of copper and other base metals.

CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPER BELT

CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPER BELT

Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER

Concerns have been raised by corporate watchdogs about the lack of regulation for Australian companies operating in Africa including the Central African Copper Belt

LAKE TORRENS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

LAKE TORRENS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Dec 21, 2021 | Alternatives to Green Extractivism, CAMPAIGNS, CASE STUDIES, COPPER

A large ephemeral salt lake in central South Australia, of significance to the local Aboriginal groups, is under threat from mining.

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