MEDIA RELEASE – For Immediate Release 30 September 2020 Rio Tinto’s readiness to enter talks with key stakeholders about social and environmental issues arising from its prior operation of the Panguna mine, has been welcomed by Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL). Rio Tinto was responding to a complaint to the Australian National Contact Point for the […]
By Simon Pentanu Every picture tells a story. Every story a picture tells may not be a perfect story but, as another saying goes, there’s more to the picture than meets the eye. There is a certain poignancy about this picture – and many other images connected with the multitude of matters surrounding Panguna. Panguna […]
Chairman’s Address 2020 Annual General Meeting Bougainville Copper Limited Click Here to View the Chairman’s speech 2020 AGM & Powerpoint Web Click Here to View the Voting Results AGM 2020
Haus Krai and the mourning process in Bougainville is deeply traditional, with each village, tribe and constituency having slightly different customs (kastom) and ‘steps’ towards healing and laying a loved one to rest. The Bougainville Copper media team was visiting Dapera village in Panguna, when we saw a large sculpture in the village, resembling a […]
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Denika Seeto Michael Pye of Temarua Central Electrical has been an electrician for almost 50 years. The 67-year-old Arawa local started working at 20-years-old and has since grown his business in Central Bougainville. I first met Michael when visiting the BCL transit house renovation in Arawa in February this year. He was busy at […]
MEDIA RELEASE – 28/02/20 New Dawn FM and the Bougainville Health Department, with the assistance of K10,000 from Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL), will soon be launching a weekly radio program, dedicated to improving the health of Bougainvilleans. The program, to be aired on 89.9 New Dawn FM, will cover a wide range of health topics […]
Team Bougainville u18 sprinter for Air PNG National Athletics Championships It was on a Wednesday, my PE teacher told me that I was one of the selected students who will be taking part in the National Athletics Championship in Kimbe. I was very surprised and excited. I couldn’t believe that I was selected. I was […]
Which industries are going to create the jobs of the future in Bougainville? This is a question that will be increasingly asked during this post-referendum period as policymakers consider a road map for economic growth. As it stands the government has identified key industries that it believes will help create new opportunities and lead to […]
Just before Christmas (24 December) the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) passed its K439 million budget for 2020. The theme for this year’s budget is: Focusing on Post Referendum. The financial plan included new funding commitments announced by PNG’s prime minister James Marape during his recent visit to Bougainville. Of the budget’s allocated funds, K338 million […]
Bougainville Copper Limited, or BCL for short, is the best-placed company to rehabilitate, re-engineer, re-finance, re-resource, construct and to operate the giant Panguna copper-gold deposit on Bougainville going forward. BCL is well-placed to tap into global mining and investment networks. BCL efficiently operated the world’s giant copper-gold mine from 1972 to 1989 when it was […]