26 October, 2011 The lawyer for a group of Bougainville landowners using the United States legal system to prosecute Rio Tinto for genocide and war crimes says today’s ruling allowing the case to proceed sets a precedent. The suit, filed in 2000, claims that the London-based mining company conspired...

By MALUM NALU Minister for Environment and Conservation Benny Allan and his secretary Dr Wari Iamo have been asked to explain to mining-affected communities along the Watut River of Morobe province how the environment audit of Hidden Valley Mine will be conducted. The Union of WatutRiver Communities (UoWRC) said...