Interim Injunction on Wafi Golpu Mine
Release Date: 13 Dec 2023
The Centre for Environmental Law Community Rights (CELCOR) is cautioning the PNG Government against any hasty political decisions that could see the signing of a Special Mining Lease for the Wafi- Golpu Project while there are ongoing legal challenges in country.
Human rights complaint filed over Newcrest’s plans to dump waste in PNG
Release Date: 09 Nov 2022
Today, three organisations filed a complaint against two Australian-based mining companies, Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold Mining, over the proposal to dump toxic mining waste into the Huon Gulf in PNG’s Morobe Province. The companies are seeking to have a Special Mining Lease approved for the project, the Wafi Golpu Mine, by 2 December 2022 - less than a month from now.
New campaign calls on Australian companies Newcrest, Harmony Gold not to dump mining waste in the Huon Gulf
Release Date: 20 Oct 2022
Today, a coalition of PNG and Australian civil society organisations have launched an international campaign, ‘No to Wafi-Golpu DSTP,’ which is calling on Australian companies, Newcrest Mining and Harmony Gold (Australia), to abandon their plans to dump hundreds of millions of tonnes of mining waste into the Huon Gulf.