ramu mine injunction: injunction refused

Looks like the Chinese have a win.


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Skip to contentHomeAbout PNG Mine Watch ?? Ramu mine injunction: Judge dismisses defendants argumentsJuly 26, 2011 ?? 1:28 pm ?? Jump to CommentsRamu mine injunction: Injunction refused
LIVE FROM MADANG: Justice Canning sitting in the National Court in Madang has refused an application by indigenous landholders for a permanent injunction preventing the marine dumping of toxic waste from the Ramu nickel mine.

The judge said that although the landholders did have standing, had established that there was a serious likelihood of irreversible harm that would constitute both a public and private nuisance and that the dumping would breach the National Goals and Directive Principles in Papua New Guinea??s Constitution, he was refusing the application for a permanent injunction.

Justice Canning gave as his reasons for refusing the plaintiff??s application their delay in bringing a court action, the fact the marine dumping has been approved by the government and the economic consequences for the mining company and investor confidence if the marine dumping was stopped

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