The World's Next Country Is Banking on Copper Mining to Lift Its Economy

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The World's Next Country Is Banking on Copper Mining to Lift Its Economy

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The Bougainville independence movement began when local landowners expressed their opposition to the Australian colonial government’s policy in regard to the giant Panguna copper mine in the 1960s. Now, more than 50 years later, the success of Bougainville’s looming independence from Papua New Guinea will depend on what it achieves with that very same copper mine.
CREDITS:
Producer: Nadav Shemer
Video & animations: Vantage Visual Arts
Footage: Envato Elements
Music: Envato Elements
Any views expressed in this video are those of the producer and not of any third parties.
SOURCES:
[1] United States Institute of Peace | The Next Five Years Are Crucial for Bougainville’s Independence Bid | bit.ly/3laWeHQ
[2] The Lowy Institute | Bougainville independence: recalling promises of international help | bit.ly/3yArz9O
[3] The Diplomat | Will Bougainville Reopen the Panguna Mine? | bit.ly/3Lgtic0
[4] Mining.com | Bougainville independence could revive one of world’s biggest copper mines | bit.ly/3J5LySI
[5] Reuters | 'The revolution is ongoing': Bougainville to revive radical mining proposal | reut.rs/427NlPI
[6] Bougainville Copper Limited | Annual Report 2021 | bit.ly/405Qpua
[7] National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | Origins of the Bougainville Conflict | bit.ly/3LkVuud
[8] The Red Line | Bougainville, Papua New Guinea and the Battle for Melanesia | apple.co/3mI4Fup (podcast)
[9] Rio Tinto | Update on the Panguna mine | bit.ly/3Flus1Z
[10] Australian Parliamentary Committee | History of the Bougainville Conflict | bit.ly/3Jz3uqk (PDF download)
[11] Rio Tinto | Rio Tinto and Bougainville community residents reach agreement to assess legacy impacts of Panguna mine | bit.ly/3ZFqCZM
[12] Human Rights Law Centre | Historic environmental and human rights assessment of Rio Tinto’s former Panguna mine begins | bit.ly/3yGBAlL
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@user-og4ol7nc8r 3 ай бұрын

Bougainville Is Love the country , love the people , It needs its own Government

@AlphaGeekgirl Жыл бұрын

Came here from your comment in Economics Explained about Zimbabwe. 😊 Great video 👍🏼 Very informative… especially as I live in Australia, know little about the mining industry, and even less about our neighbouring countries (other than New Zealand). I hope you get to upgrade to a better mic… oh, and turn down the background music a tad.

@MiningTheWorldYT Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you! Australia is arguably the world's greatest mining superpower (and an actual superpower - not in the way some channels use the word for clickbait :). I'll zoom in on it at some stage. And I'm working on the audio situation, thanks for the feedback.

@ZONER1 Жыл бұрын

Good video, I recommend a better mic if possible at some point.

@MiningTheWorldYT Жыл бұрын

Thanks, working on it!

@simonsmatthew Ай бұрын

Reopening the mine would be a tragedy for Bougainville and its people. It will mean the same thing as Grasberg in West Papua, which is even more of a catastrophe than Bougainville Copper was. What do you think the civil war in Bougainville was about? Do you really think you can avoid the environmental, social damage and greed of the past?

@simonsmatthew Ай бұрын

By the way Grasberg was also run by Rio Tinto. You need to talk to the Free Papua movement about the consequences of mining and relationships between huge Anglo-American multinationals and governments. It inevitably leads to corruption. You might want independence from PNG. That is fine. I support that. But they are facing the same battles as you against greater powers and money. You need to know who your friends are. The Solomons are in a similar battle - and the people there are losing.