Category: Mining

GOVERNMENT ON GOLDRIDGE
Guadalcanal Province

GOVERNMENT ON GOLDRIDGE

admin- October 3, 2014

Gold Ridge Mining Limited billboard. Photo credit: SIBC. Gold Ridge mine remains closed due to the impacts of the April floods and more recently, wanton ... Read More

SUMITOMO’S CASE AGAINST AXIOM KB THROWN OUT OF COURT
Court

SUMITOMO’S CASE AGAINST AXIOM KB THROWN OUT OF COURT

admin- September 25, 2014

The High Court of Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. The High Court has thrown out Sumitomo's case against Australian Mining company, Axiom KB. The Japanese-owned ... Read More

AXIOM & SUMITOMO CASE TO JUDGEMENT THIS WEEK
Court

AXIOM & SUMITOMO CASE TO JUDGEMENT THIS WEEK

admin- September 22, 2014

The High Court of Solomon Islands. Photo credit: SIBC. The High Court will deliver its Judgement into the lengthy Court battle between mining giants Axiom ... Read More

CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP DESCRIBED TAILING DAM AS “THREATENING”
Civil Society

CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP DESCRIBED TAILING DAM AS “THREATENING”

admin- September 22, 2014

The tailings dam at Gold Ridge. Photo credit:Pacific Scoop. The Guadalcanal Civil Society Network describes the current status of the tailing dam in Central Guadalcanal as ... Read More

GOV’T CALLED ON TO ADDRESS MISAPPROPRIATED ROYALTIES
Corruption

GOV’T CALLED ON TO ADDRESS MISAPPROPRIATED ROYALTIES

admin- September 5, 2014

TSI officers at their office in China Town, Honiara. Photo: Courtesy of TSI Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) has called on the government to address the ... Read More

LAKE TEGANO WORLD HERITAGE SITE ASSOCIATION ACCUSED
Investment

LAKE TEGANO WORLD HERITAGE SITE ASSOCIATION ACCUSED

admin- August 24, 2014

Lake Tengano in East Rennell. Photo credit: Banaban Voice. A landowners taskforce in West Rennell has accused the Lake Tegano World Heritage Site Association of ... Read More

TUBI REMAINS PROHIBITED SPECIES UNDER FORESTRY LAW
Conservation

TUBI REMAINS PROHIBITED SPECIES UNDER FORESTRY LAW

admin- August 21, 2014

Tubi timber. Photo:http://mtctimbers.com/ Tubi is a prohibited species under the Forest Resources and Timber Utilization (protected species) Regulations 2012. A media statement sanctioned by the ... Read More