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Inter Press Service: Whether the world’s largest open-cut mine on this island territory of Papua New Guinea (PNG) will resume copper and gold production, after being mothballed for 22 years, will depend on how satisfied matrilineal landowners are with the proposals.
The women landowners are already raising issues about the potential impact on their land and communities if copper mining resumes at the site in the central mountainous district of Panguna.
"What sort of mining and with what process will it reopen?"......
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Women Call the Shots on Mega Copper Mine
Posted by Inter Press Service: Catherine Wilson on October 17th, 2011
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