Jubilee's Policy Director, Fyfe Strachan, visited Fiji in April to meet with partner organisations and build our shared work with communities affected by black sand mining. Here she recounts a trip to Ba, where a black sand mining operation has been underway since 2019.
Australian companies Newcrest Mining Limited and Harmony Gold (Australia) want to dump millions of tonnes of hazardous mining waste directly into the ocean in the Huon Gulf over the next 28 years.
Dr Volker Boege, Research Fellow at the University of Queensland writes about the likelihood of whether the Autonomous Bougainville Government will reopen the Panguna copper mine in central Bougainville.
Dr Volker Boege, Research Fellow at the University of Queensland blogs about Rio Tinto's refusal to take responsibility at its recent AGM for the disastrous effects of the Panguna mine operations.