**Submission Statement:** The NYT reports on the planned re-opening of the defunct Panguna mine in Bougainville, PNG. Panguna, once the world’s largest copper mine, closed amidst a civil war in the 1990s. The effort to re-open the mine aligns with Bougainville’s push for independence from PNG, but political, environmental, and economic questions abound.
This story is relevant to this sub as it examines the role multinationals play in the notoriously corrupt mining sector, importance of copper to global supply chains, and self-determination of what may soon become the world’s youngest country.
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Nimbyism is an issue everywhere
Logan891 on
I feel like I have been hearing about their independence for years now, jeez.
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**Submission Statement:** The NYT reports on the planned re-opening of the defunct Panguna mine in Bougainville, PNG. Panguna, once the world’s largest copper mine, closed amidst a civil war in the 1990s. The effort to re-open the mine aligns with Bougainville’s push for independence from PNG, but political, environmental, and economic questions abound.
This story is relevant to this sub as it examines the role multinationals play in the notoriously corrupt mining sector, importance of copper to global supply chains, and self-determination of what may soon become the world’s youngest country.
Nimbyism is an issue everywhere
I feel like I have been hearing about their independence for years now, jeez.