Definition of Panguna. Meaning of Panguna. Synonyms of Panguna

- Panguna is a town next to the (now decommissioned) Panguna copper mine on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea. It was owned and operated by Bougainville...
- The Panguna mine is a large copper mine located in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Panguna represents one of the largest copper reserves in Papua New Guinea...
- Island; its epicenter was located 57 kilometers (35.4 miles) south of Panguna, a town on Bougainville Island. Bagana volcano Northern part of the island...
- Securities Exchange (ASX). BCL operated the copper, gold and silver mine at the Panguna mine on Bougainville Island in PNG from 1971 (53 years ago) (1971) to 15 May...
- led to the establishment of the huge Panguna mine by the Australian company Conzinc Rio Tinto. In 1972, the Panguna mine began production under the management...
- was subsumed into Papua New Guinea the following year. Conflict over the Panguna mine became the primary trigger for the Bougainville Civil War (1988–1998)...
- Papua New Guinea due to the harm the company's mining operations at the Panguna Mine had to the environment for decades. Local communities filed this suit...
- Bougainville was incorporated into the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. The Panguna mine was established in 1969 and soon become a source of conflict. The...
- did not previously operate on Bougainville and Buka, which prior to the Panguna mine had largely been Roman Catholic and Methodist United Church in Papua...
- "went bush" and began organising acts of industrial sabotage against the Panguna mine, which he felt was causing environmental devastation and was not fairly...