Opinion
Class action skewers Rio Tinto’s Bougainville redemption
A secretive company is disrupting efforts to finally make amends for the environmental devastation caused by its copper mine in Bougainville some 30 years ago.
Tony BoydContributorWhile I admire Rio Tinto for finally setting the wheels in motion to compensate the people of Bougainville for the horrendous damage caused by its Panguna copper mine, I am stunned at the company’s strategic naivety.
Instead of taking control of an issue that has festered since 1989 by making a firm commitment to actually pay the affected residents of Bougainville, Rio chief executive Jakob Stausholm opted for a process that left the question of compensation in limbo.
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