Dilemmas of Development
Abstract
The Porgera gold mine in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea is technically one of the most sophisticated and successful mines of recent times. In its second year of operations (1992) it was the third largest gold producing mine in the world. Socially, though, the mine has brought a range of massive changes for the local Ipili community-both positive and negative. Dilemmas of Development is a record of a series of studies of the social and economic effects of the Porgerta mine, commissioned by the Porgera Joint Vemture (PJV).
Keywords
resources; papua new guinea; development; mining; Ipili language; Kiwai; Pakistan; Porgera Gold MineDOI
10.26530/OAPEN_459885ISBN
9781922144416OCN
945782611Publisher
ANU PressPublisher website
https://press.anu.edu.au/Publication date and place
Canberra, 2012Classification
National liberation and independence