As people worldwide fight for climate justice, the Australian company Mayur Resources is trying to bring the coal industry to Papua New Guinea. If the mining giant succeeds, it will make PNG the first Pacific Island nation to develop a coal industry. 

We are campaigning to stop this from happening, alongside our partners on the ground.

Mayur Resources is an ASX-listed company led by Paul Mulder, a former sidekick of Gina Rinehart, and has ties to Rugby League star Darren Lockyer. The company plans to build a coal power plant in Lae, PNG’s second largest city, and mine for coal in Gulf Province.

If approved, Mayur Resources’ coal project could wreak havoc on local communities and cause irreversible environmental damage. It would also seriously harm the efforts of communities across the Pacific who are leading the fight to save their homes, livelihoods and lives from the ravages of climate change.