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Pressespiegel – Press Review: Mining in the South Pacific Pressespiegel – Press review: Mining in the South Pacific Vol. 2, No. 5, September – October 2010, 92 pages Redaktion/compilation: Dr. Roland Seib, Hobrechtstr. 28, 64285 Darmstadt, Germany www.roland-seib.de/mining Copyright: The material is copyrighted by the media and authors quoted. Abbreviations in common use: BCL: Bougainville Copper Limited LNG: Liquid Natural Gas PIR: Pacific Islands Report: http://pidp.eastwestcenter.org/pireport/graphics.shtml PNG: Papua New Guinea ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Porgera: Barrick Gold accused of being threat to environment National 29.10.2010 BARRICK Gold Corp, operator of the world class Porgera Gold mine and other Canadian mining companies have been implicated for their involvement in alleged "sustained and flagrant violation of environmental protection" causing investors to withdraw their shares. The Montreal based Cana- dian online news The Gazette reported last Friday "heavy metal pollution, especially mercury buildup from Barrick's Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea, was an egregious case in point". The revelation came about last week when Norwegian government decided to sell off its shares in Bar- rick, saying: "Under Norwegian rules, the public pension fund is not allowed to invest in compa- nies that in the judgment of Norwegian council on ethics entail an unacceptable risk of the fund contributing to environmental damages." Two years ago, according to the online news, the Norwegian minister for finance Kristin Halvorsen ordered Norway's government pension fund to divest itself a C$200 million plus investment in Bar- rick. However, a senior staff of Barrick in Porgera mine yesterday denied the report, saying: "Stud- ies undertaken by the Commonwealth scientific and industrial research organisation found no evi- dence of anomalously high inputs of dissolved inorganic mercury from any of the inflows into the Lake Murray (including Strickland River), but rather an efficient process of the methylation and biomagnifications of mercury naturally occurring low levels in water and sediments up through the food web which occurs naturally." The Gazette further reported that yet this week, there was the Canadian mining industry working overtime to try to contain the damages from a 2009 study it had commissioned and tried to keep bu- ried." The study which the industry said was for internal consumption only, found that Canadian 2 mining companies are implicated in four times as many environmental and human rights violation as mining companies from other countries. Canadian companies accounted for nearly two-thirds of the 171 "high-profile" environmental and human-rights violations between 1999 and 2009, the study found. The National: http://www.thenational.com.pg/ LNG flights fuel cult Post-Courier 29.10.2010 By PETER KORUGL Mysterious flights over Southern Highlands in the nights in recent weeks have added fuel to a cargo cult mindset that has developed over the liquefied natural gas project. According to a leading Chris- tian church in the province, many people in the Southern Highlands do not understand how the benefits from the LNG project will be delivered and there are stories going around that the “cargo” in the form of the benefits will drop from the sky. The church say it does not help matters when air- craft are flying over Southern Highlands in the night, something that is regarded unusual because no flights had ever flown over the province in the dark before. “Someone in authority needs to explain these flights. Two planes flew in the night on two separate occasions in the past. “Last Saturday, nine planes flew over Mendi town between 6pm and 1am on Monday. This is highly unusual and this is fueling this cargo cult thing,” head bishop of the United Church in the Highlands, Reverend Wesif Porop said. Bishop Porop said when the planes were flying over Mendi, the story was going around that the planes would drop the “benefits” from the LNG from the sky. “This is no good. Somebody needs to explain these flights over Mendi in the night. We are doing a lot of work to educate our people and this unexplained events do not help.” He said the planes were flying in a straight line over Mendi and this has aroused the curiosity of the people, who are talking about it. Bishop Porop said last month, some planes flew over Southern Highlands on separate oc- casion, drawing the same reaction from the people. The PNG Post-Courier: http://www.postcourier.com.pg/ ‘High sediment in Watut’, Morobe Province National 29.10.2010 By MALUM NALU One of the joint venture partners in the just-commissioned Hidden Valley gold mine in Morobe has admitted that there are “high-than-expected” sediment levels in the Watut River. South African company Harmony Gold Mining, through its chief executive officer Graham Briggs, made the an- nouncement in a letter to stakeholders published on its website on Tuesday. Briggs admitted that this was causing “serious concern within and outside the company” and a change in the course of a section of the lower Watut River, resulting in die-back of vegetation. The admission came about as Morobe Mining Joint Ventures, made up of Harmony and Australian partner Newcrest, started pay- ing compensation to affected villagers along the Watut River and as Bulolo MP Sam Basil called on villagers not to accept the payouts. “The higher-than-expected sediment impacts in the Watut River in PNG have given rise to serious concern within and outside the company,” Briggs said. “The mine’s environmental impact statement (EIS) predicted sediment loads in the Watut River du- ring construction but, as it has taken longer than expected to reach hard rock at the mine which will be used to construct the interim waste dumps, the construction of stable waste dumps has been de- layed resulting in a continued high sediment load in the Watut River. “Construction of the interim waste dumps has been prioritised, with specific resources allocated to the project to ensure speedy progress. “This will reduce the sediment load in the river, and allow the current sedimentation to flush out. “In addition, mining activities which contributed to the increased sediment load have been 3 stopped. “The MMJV commissioned further impact assessments so that we could better understand the impact of these sediment loads on the river. “These studies show that the increased sediment load in the Watut River (of which the mine is one source) has resulted in a change in the course of a section of the lower Watut River, and a die-back of vegetation in that area as a result of flooding. “Although these changes in the river course occur naturally over time, the mine’s contribution to the sediment load in the lower Watut River has speeded up this process. “The MMJV has committed to expanding its monitoring programme to quantify the impacts coming from the mine and other sources, taking remedial action wherever pos- sible and working with the government to assess fair compensation for those affected.” Hidden Val- ley mine was officially commissioned on Sept 29 by Governor-General Sir Paulias Matane at a ceremony which also marked its opening. The new gold project is a joint venture between South African miner Harmony Gold (70%) and Newcrest Mining Ltd (30%), the largest gold miner in Asia-Pacific. LNG: National Executive Council acts National 29.10.2010 By ANGELINE KARIUS A 30-STRONG police squad will be redeployed at three LNG project construction sites today to en- sure work continues on schedule. The national executive council met in an emergency session yes- terday afternoon and approved the immediate release of K10 million for security operations. Police Commissioner Gari Baki said last night that police from Port Moresby would be sent at first light to Gobe in Southern Highlands and Gulf’s Kikori and Kopi where construction of facilities were underway for the laying of the pipeline from the gas fields to the coast to Port Moresby. The police redeployment was to quash fears among investors, especially developer ExxonMobil and its construction contractor Clough Curtain Brothers Joint Venture (CCBJV), of growing landowner opposition over employment opportunities, working conditions and outstanding land pay issues. Infrastructure activities at Gobe, Kikori and Kopi included camp construction and site clearing, wharf and laydown at Kopi and bridge and road works on northern and southern logistics routes. Baki said he gave a briefing on the security situation to the NEC which was chaired by Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare, who had flown in from Cairns, and attended by Internal Affairs Minister Sani Rambi, who had also flown in from Brisbane, Finance Minister Peter O’Neill, Arthur Somare (Public Enterprises) and Paul Tien- sten (National Planning). The meeting was called about 4pm amid growing concerns that investors were seriously considering their options in the multi-billion-kina project, which was scheduled to begin production in three years. The construction phase had been targeted by the burning of equip- ment belonging to CCBJV at Kopi, strike at Komo airfield construction site and last Friday’s stop- work by 108 employers at two pipeline sites. Baki said police personnel from the Port Moresby-based task force division would be deployed for an indefinite period. Police had withdrawn from selected sites during the year because of lack of funds. Rambi confirmed Baki’s statement, adding that the K10 million would be drawn from the K101 million set aside last month for special police operations, including resource areas. He said police presence was to restore law and order and, secondly, to instill public confidence in the pro- ject, especially among the expatriate workers. The NEC intervention yesterday was forced by events of the past week when villagers stopped early construction work on pipeline from Kopi to Kaiam and Mubi crossing.
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