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>Mines & Communities website >http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press999.htm > >Papua New Guinea Update > >8th April 2006 > >Just as talks are conjectured to be "hotting up" over >a resumption of mining on Bougainville, sanity raises >its head in the shape of a statement that tourism >could be a viable option. However, given the man tasks >with pushing these talks forward is part of a World >Bank Technical Assistance Program, is there any hope >that mining on the island will not be railroaded >through, regardless of how much people talk about the >issue of engaging local landowners. And talking of >railroading through mining, the ambitious project for >exhaustive geological surveys, both in the highlands >and seas around Papua New Guinea, shows how serious >the industry and government are to ensure mining is >central to the PNG economy. Finally, to emphasise >again why mining can be so problematic in PNG, there >is belated coverage of the fact that Placer Dome >admitted that eight people had been killed by its own >security forces at Porgera.

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