“It’s the same old blues again,” sang Eric Clapton, and there might be a few Ipili and Engan people at Porgera feeling much the same with the announcement of the start-up of the “New Porgera” gold mine a few days before Christmas.While the economic benefits to the nation and the local population .
Unless longstanding problems with the Porgera mine are addressed, the announced reopening is just old wine in new bottles, say Glenn Banks and John Burton.