BCL Director Dame Carol Kidu met with women leaders who were among representatives of landowner associations from mine project areas during their bi-monthly meeting at Buka in August 2017. Those pictured (l-r) include: Helen Koike, Barbara Miriona, Anna Wakai, Scholly Namuna, Sophie Potou, Dame Carol, Jenny Sikota and Theresa Jaintong.
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has continued its partnership with the Arawa Football Association (AFA) with the provision of K20,000 in renewed funding. The funds are targeted to assist with preparation for tournaments, identified as a priority area by the AFA. A majority of the funds were used by AFA to send two teams to the […]
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has partnered with the Arawa Football Association to provide an assistance package worth K7,450. BCL support has enabled the delivery of equipment to the Arawa Football Association including balls, pumps, whistles, watches and flags. The company’s contribution also went towards the purchase of trophies and shields for the end of season […]
medical-gilberta-roland Gilberta Roland is fifteen months old and weighs just eight kilos. The tiny girl was born with a congenitally deformed face but is now in the healing hands of facial surgeons who have worked skilfully to offer her a better future. Along with her mother, Judith Koletin, Gilberta travelled from Lontis Village on Buka Island with […]
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has told representatives of Panguna mine-affected landowners that it welcomes direct dialogue between parties as well as collective discussion. The issue was raised at the Joint Panguna Negotiation Coordination Committee (JPNCC) meeting in Buka last Friday. Some landowner representatives said they would like to have regular, informal contact with BCL to […]
roka-leonard A frequent contributor to Bougainville Copper Limited’s (BCL) blog, Bougainville 24, has won the Ok Tedi Mining Award for Book of the Year in the Crocodile Prize, the national literary awards of Papua New Guinea. Leonard Fong Roka won the award for Brokenville, a memoir of his experiences as a youth in Central Bougainville during […]
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) has announced its support for the Panguna Metals Football Club. The sponsorship will provide up to K20,000 towards the costs of sporting equipment, transportation and accommodation as the team pushes for success in regional and national tournaments. Founded in 1998, Panguna Metals Football Club consists of players from the Panguna tailings […]
The abrupt shut-down of the Panguna mine in 1989 and its closure during the subsequent period of conflict on Bougainville meant there was no opportunity to implement plans for its formal closure. BCL is committed to undertaking appropriate remediation and rehabilitation studies and implementing environmental programs regardless of the future operation of the Panguna mine. […]
Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) will assist with a number of urgent infrastructure projects in Central Bougainville that have been suggested by customary landowners in and around the operating area of the closed mine. In the Special Mine Lease area there is a need for the removal of a small dam at Upper Kurua and culvert […]
Attached is the “Notice of Annual General Meeting” for the Company, included are the proxy forms and explanatory notes. The Annual General meeting details are; Date: Monday 8th April 2013 Time: 2.00PM Venue: Grand Papua Hotel ‐ Mary Street Port Moresby. PAPUA NEW GUINEA The notice of meeting, proxies, explanatory notes and annual report were […]