The Bougainville community in Panguna wants justice for mining’s ‘toxic legacy’

Mongabay
Jun 16, 2026, 5:35 pm118 ptsTrending
Theonila Roka Matbob grew up next to what was — at the time — the world’s largest open-pit mine in Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, operated by a subsidiary of Rio Tinto. This mine wrought environmental and social devastation on the community of Panguna for decades. And many of…

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